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October 24-30 2009 Vol 220 No 3624

  • Editorial Future shock
    What’s the real reason taxpayers are being landed with massive ACC increases?

  • Letters On the bikes
    Thanks for the well-balanced cycling article (Crash course”, October 17)...

  • The Interview Stuart Borlase by Guy Somerset
    Stuart Borlase is president of the National Male Choir of New Zealand, which at Labour Weekend celebrates its 10th anniversary with a concert in Nelson. Since 1999, the choir has toured Australia and the UK. It performed at the Millennium Concert in Cardiff in 2000 and made it to the top five of male choirs competing in the renowned Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in 2005. It hopes to compete in the Eisteddfod again next year, and will also sing at concerts in London, Paris, Salzburg and Vienna.

  • The Internaut Gore's gospel by Deborah Hill Cone
    At 83, Gore Vidal is as opinionated as ever, and not a fan of Barack Obama.

  • Television Watch the birdie by Diana Wichtel
    These days, birdwatching is all the rage.

  • Life What's the skinny? by Bill Ralston
    Do we really want to look at pictures of “real” models in magazines?

  • Politics Down the rabbit hole by Jane Clifton
    Just quietly, what’s going on at Government tea-parties?

  • Health Doc Com by Linley Boniface
    More and more Kiwis are using the internet to research their health problems, but can we trust the information we find there?

  • Nutrition Smoke signals by Jennifer Bowden
    We all know smoking cigarettes is unhealthy, but what about eating smoked fish?

  • Sport In the race by Richard Becht
    The Olympic Games need to move with the times.

  • Inbox Couched in glory by Jon Bridges
    Transform yourself, with sport “specticipation”.

  • Economy Boom time rats by Brian Easton
    Our glut of overseas borrowing is like a disease eating away at the economy.

  • Ecologic Road worries by Sarah Barnett
    Motorists and cyclists need to go easier on the greenest commuters of all: pedestrians.

  • Food Rhubard, rhubard, rhubard by Martin Bosley
    Rhubarb provides a unique contrast of flavour for a variety of dishes.

  • Wine A touch of Italy by Michael Cooper
    Winemakers are heading in an intriguing new direction.

  • Good to grow Best of both worlds by Xanthe White
    Combine your inner colonialist and conservationist to counter our loss of diversity.

  • The Black page A nobel calling by Joanne Black
    It’s hard to believe Barack Obama qualified for a peace prize after only 12 days in office.