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The pursuit of grippiness in Queenstown

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By John McCrystal in Travel

Issue 3779 13th Oct 2012

What simple pleasure can be had thrashing someone else’s car around in the snow and ice.

October 13-19: Including Downton Abbey and Wallander

By Fiona Rae in TV Week

Issue 3779 13th Oct 2012

SATURDAY OCTOBER 13 Country Calendar Specials (TV1, 7.30pm). Stories from the past two years are repackaged into bumper themed editions. Tonight’s episode f

Take Five: Including Nelson Arts Festival and The Truth Game

By Guy Somerset in Take Five

Issue 3779 13th Oct 2012

Nelson Arts Festival; The Truth Game; and Dumky.

Auckland’s million-dollar suburbs

By Linda Sanders in Money

Issue 3779 13th Oct 2012

Our two-tier property market: a fizzing central Auckland and the mostly tepid rest of the country.

The poverty trap

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By Brian Easton in Economy

Issue 3779 13th Oct 2012

We need a child-focused approach to dealing with poverty.

The Muka Gallery’s new home

By Hamish Keith in Cultural Curmudgeon

Issue 3779 13th Oct 2012

Gore’s gain is Grey Lynn’s loss.

Interview: Salman Rushdie

By Diana Wichtel in Books

Issue 3779 13th Oct 2012

Author Salman Rushdie finally talks of the Kafkaesque nightmare of living for a decade with a fatwa hanging over him.

October 13-19: Including Kim Hill in Frankfurt

By Fiona Rae in Radio Week

Issue 3779 13th Oct 2012

SATURDAY OCTOBER 13 Saturday Morning with Kim Hill (RNZ National, 8.10am). Excitement! Kim Hill and her doughty producer, Mark Cubey, are in Frankfurt, wher