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February 16-22 2008 Vol 212 No 3536

Features

  • Cover Dear New Zealand by Joanne Black
    Even before its publication here, Duncan Fallowell’s book about New Zealand has caused his website to be jammed with hate mail. He is hurt and upset – and unrepentant.

  • A question of consent Feature A question of consent by David Fisher
    Too drunk to consent, not drunk enough to be unable to consent? Recent rape trials – including that of former league star Tea Ropati who was last month acquitted on six sex charges – raise questions about the issue of consent and how New Zealand handles the matter.

  • Feature One night out hunting by Venetia Sherson
    Briton Matthew Purchase was on a dream visit to New Zealand when he was shot in the head while rabbit hunting. His family face big medical bills on their return home – and can’t sue the man charged over the incident.

  • Feature Class action by Julie Hare
    Australia anxiously negotiates its first steps towards a common national curriculum, reigniting debate about the teaching of the country’s history.

  • States of play Feature States of play by Matt Nippert
    Jon Johansson, a lecturer at Victoria University, got interested in US politics as a 12-year-old after reading a book about Watergate. After studying psychology, he moved into political science and “wasted the best years of the 1990s on the Clintons”, watching live cable coverage of impeachment hearings. A self-described political junkie, Johansson shares his thoughts on the race to the White House.

  • The Interview Tim Wilkinson by Sarah Daniell
    The 29-year-old from Palmerston North is the only New Zealander on the US PGA Tour. He talks about the highs – winning $50,000 on a bad day – and lows of being on the world’s richest golfing tournament.

Arts & Books

  • CDs CD Classics by Ian Dando

  • Theatre Russian Soul by Claire Allfree

  • DVDs DVDs by Tim Wong

  • Film No strings attached by David Larsen

  • Music Their dark materials by Jim Pinckney

Books

  • Books Future stock by Paul Little

  • Books Perfect snacks by John Campbell

  • Books Poles apart by Nelson Wattie

TV & Radio

Columnists

  • Health Healthy ambition by Linley Boniface

  • Nutrition At a squeeze by Jennifer Bowden

  • Ecologic Get in behind by Dave Hansford

  • Business A silver lining by David W Young

  • Sport Coach & seven by Paul Lewis

  • Inbox Hard sell by David Hill

  • Food Simply seasonal by Martin Bosley

  • Wine Way to go by Michael Cooper

  • Travel Mouth wide open by Annie Macgregor

  • Politics Wag the dog by Jane Clifton

  • Life Bar flies by Bill Ralston

  • The Black Page Teen angles by Joanne Black

  • Wide Area News Few clues by Russell Brown

  • Editorial One culture good, two bad?