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From the Listener archive: Features

March 1-7 2008 Vol 212 No 3538

  • Cover Without cause by David Fisher
    Failure to manage an incompetent gynaecologist has created sterility, unwanted fertility and psychological anguish for the women of Wanganui.

  • Feature The gong gang by David Fisher
    News of the Waiouru medals’ return has been greeted with relief – and concern that those responsible may “get away with it”. Meanwhile, the army intends to hold a Court of Inquiry after detecting so-called systems failures with the museum’s security.

  • Feature Water wars by Rebecca Macfie
    A major Canterbury irrigation scheme would lead to increases in farm productivity and incomes, but sceptics say the plan raises questions about sustainable agriculture and the fair allocation of water, and would result in more pollution of rivers and waterways.

  • Feature A piece of Cate by Diana Wichtel
    Blackbird, directed by Cate Blanchett, Wellington, February 23-March 1, as part of the International Arts Festival.

  • Feature - Upfront Margaret Boden by Matt Nippert

    Sussex University professor Margaret Boden, OBE, recently found herself in the middle
    of an academic “pissing competition” with linguist and deified intellectual Noam
    Chomsky. Boden is a leader in the field of cognitive science, which spans philosophy,
    psychology and computer science, and published a 1500-page history of the subject.
    Visiting Auckland University as a Hood Fellow, Boden discussed artificial intelligence, “computer companions”, and her spat with Chomsky.