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May 2-8 2009 Vol 218 No 3599

  • Editorial Feel free
    Don't take media freedoms for granted.

  • Interview Antonia Prebble by Guy Somerset

    Antonia Prebble, 24, was a presenter on children’s TV show What Now? and had a leading role in The Tribe before joining Outrageous Fortune as smart, snarky and increasingly devious daughter Loretta West, a part for which she won the Best Supporting Actress category at last year’s Qantas Film and Television Awards.
    Prebble is about to star as the “she” in Auckland Theatre Company’s production of the 18th-century Oliver Goldsmith comedy She Stoops to Conquer.

  • The Internaut Beauty and beasts by Deborah Hill Cone
    British singing sensation Susan Boyle cops an ugly – and sexist – reaction.

  • Television With conviction. by Diana Wichtel
    It's the media's job to resist being managed by PR minders.

  • Life Scents and sensibility by Bill Ralston
    The male of the species will never sniff out just what women want in a man.

  • Politics Force the issue by Jane Clifton
    Has it really been more than a decade since the last full defence review?

  • Health Lust busters by Linley Boniface
    The recession may have a negative effect on sexual health.

  • Nutrition Think zinc by Jennifer Bowden
    Are New Zealanders getting enough zinc, that mother of all minerals?

  • Sport Making it big by Richard Becht
    Sporting heroes' bodies don't always conform.

  • Inbox Covering all the bases by Jon Bridges
    Let's have a ball by applying rules from sporting codes to the justice system.

  • Economy The curse of Cassandra by Brian Easton
    Would you rather be comforted or told the truth?

  • Ecologic Stepping up by Sarah Barnett
    An environmental campaign started by Jon Warnow has become a runaway success.

  • Food Turning poacher by Martin Bosley
    Take one often-forgotten cooking method and see what fragrant dish results.

  • Wine Honest bargain by Michael Cooper
    Some 'specials' are more genuine than others.

  • Good to grow Garden of (Mt) Eden by Maggie Barry
    A Mt Eden couple have found new ways to use familiar plants to create clever design with a strong formal structure.

  • See-through packaging by Joanne Black
    New Word's "green" stand on plastic bags is a blatant piece of marketing.