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From the Listener archive: Columnists

April 12-18 2008 Vol 213 No 3544

  • Health Hungry for more by Linley Boniface
    Crash diets don’t work, but is exercising more really the right way to go about losing weight?

  • Nutrition A bad mix by Jennifer Bowden
    Grapefruit interacts badly with some medications. Should you be worried?

  • Ecologic A bit of a beef by Dave Hansford
    We should be doing more with our land than simply grazing cattle.

  • Business Hard pressed by David W Young
    The country’s chief banker needs more room to move.

  • Sport A tackle too far by Paul Lewis
    Rugby needs to find a balance between thuggery and boredom.

  • Inbox Bird of passage by David Hill
    Once lauded in poetry, the thrush has become the terrorist of suburbia.

  • Food What a lovely pear by Martin Bosley
    This versatile fruit is an unsung hero in the kitchen.

  • Wine Sheer terroir by Michael Cooper
    New Zealand is now embracing an old French concept.

  • Travel Moveable feasts by Sarah Murray
    For the dabbawallas of Mumbai, anytime is lunchtime.

  • Politics Fabulous fiscal feats by Jane Clifton
    As long as you’re not Mr or Mrs Taxpayer, it’s amazing what creative things you can do with public money.

  • Life Our chemical romance by Bill Ralston
    Banning BZP-based party pills won’t stop kids wanting to get trashed.

  • The Black Page Changing my religion by Joanne Black
    Joining a Carbon Reduction Action Group is the latest feel-good fad.

  • Wide Area News Cabinet policy by Russell Brown
    Broadband services are getting better, at long last.

  • Editorial Fruitful thinking
    Why are we paying GST on fruit and vegetables?