Meet the health bots
Subscriber contentBy Geraldine Johns in Commentary
Issue 3731 12th Nov 2011
Residents at a retirement village in Auckland are trialling the future of aged care.
Violins in Otara
Subscriber contentBy Geraldine Johns in Commentary
Issue 3730 5th Nov 2011
Forget the headlines about “violence in Otara”, now it’s violins in Otara.
Overseas dental work - facts and fears
Subscriber contentBy Geraldine Johns in Commentary
Issue 3727 15th Oct 2011
Getting dental work done overseas can save you thousands, but if things go wrong, there may be a high price to pay.
Jodi Bieber interview
Subscriber contentBy Geraldine Johns in Commentary
Issue 3725 1st Oct 2011
The star of the World Press Photo Exhibition discusses her portrayal of a young woman in Afghanistan maimed by the Taliban that sparked debate around the world.
Gwendoline Smith interview
By Geraldine Johns in Commentary
Issue 3724 24th Sep 2011
Dreadful though a cancer diagnosis can be, it’s not the worst thing Gwendoline Smith has contended with.
Dr Bruce Arroll interview
Subscriber contentBy Geraldine Johns in Commentary
Issue 3722 10th Sep 2011
When the head of the department of general practice at Auckland university's School of Medicine became seriously ill, the experience provided huge insights into what patients go through.
Anne Salmond interview
By Geraldine Johns in Books
Issue 3721 3rd Sep 2011
The historian's new biography finds that the victim of the mutiny on the Bounty was a passionate man who threw himself into events without caution.
What good are social media campaigns?
Subscriber contentBy Geraldine Johns in Commentary
Issue 3714 16th Jul 2011
How much credence should be given to internet campaigns like the one in which 46,000 people supported a boycott of the book about Macsyna King?
End-of-life care
Subscriber contentBy Geraldine Johns in Commentary
Issue 3713 9th Jul 2011
To have a “good” death, it pays to discuss what you want before you fall ill – but so many of us are reluctant to do this.
Roger Porsolt
Subscriber contentBy Geraldine Johns in Commentary
Issue 3713 4th Jul 2011
Raised: Auckland. Role: President of a pharmacological contract research company. Resides: Saint-Cloud, France