The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading
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Matariki: This year my whānau will say goodbye to my koro
A time for reflection, remembering and a boil-up
Tough guys on addiction: 'Pride, ego, swagger can kill you'
Three Kiwi blokes tell how a macho New Zealand culture led to addiction.
Girl from the North Country star Lisa McCune reveals the tracks to her heart
The star on her new Bob Dylan musical, coming to NZ and having her mind blown by Queen.
Steve Braunias: Tom Cruise cast as a maverick poet
Mission: Pentameter - a new movie starring Tom Cruise as the grotesque weakling.
Under the Banner of Heaven: Mormons, murder and madness
Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch Under The Banner of Heaven.
What life is like if your name is James Bond
A new documentary looks into the lives of James Bonds from around the world.
'I'm your worst nightmare': The rise of the Yellow Peril
From Fu Manchu to "misfortune cookies" - the new show subverting Asian stereotypes.
Simon Wilson: The new London Tube map: On track or off the rails?
Bright ideas that make cities better: Problems for the world leader in transit map design.
Paula Morris: Māori writers meeting strong demand
On the wealth of Māori writers and their passionate readership.
Women storytellers have the edge at documentary festival
Zanna Gillespie previews the strong female-led films at the Doc Edge Festival
Love, grief and 30 years of superstardom: George Michael tells his own story
Times: Elton John, Kate Moss and Nile Rodgers talk about their friend's final project.
The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading
Mohammed Hassan on slam poetry and the most pressing global issues, and more.
Saving Aotearoa: Games developer Maru Nihoniho unleashes Guardian Māia
A patu-wielding wahine toa is finally ready to take the gaming world by storm.
From Covid to comic books: The Auckland doctor exploding onto Chicago's hippest art scene
It began as a dare from his wife — now Brad Novak has cracked the international art scene.
Playing chess with the star of Chess
Star of Chess the Musical Edward Laurenson tries to teach Greg Bruce how to play chess.
Nude Tuesday is the new big-name Kiwi comedy but is it any good?
Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch new Kiwi comedy Nude Tuesday.
Diana Wichtel on being part of the stream of history
Queen's reign jubilee and TV's Kid Sister both point to the value of tradition.
Public toilets with flair - how Tokyo designers gave them appeal
Bright ideas that make cities better: The highly designed toilets of Tokyo.
Pride and Pudding: Retro trifle recipe for mid-winter Christmas
For a mid-winter Christmas dessert, go retro with this glorious trifle.
'Drug use, neglect and abuse': Survivors of infamous NZ sex cult speak out
It took 40 years to say the words "I've been sexually abused".
Milenta reviewed: Where's there's smoke, there's excellent okra
Even a mucilaginous centre tastes good when it's wood-fired.
Dancing in the dark: Matariki's rising stars
A fallen star and a taniwha form an unlikely friendship in the Matariki Glow Show.
Tara Moss: 'I wasn't really sure if I was disabled enough'
Author Tara Moss says she's learning from the disabled community
The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading
Delicious new page-turners, including from the prodigiously talented Laurence Fearnley.
Dame Gillian Whitehead: Violin concerto draws on craft and imagination
First violin concerto of 60-year career for NZ composer.
Julia review: A series about the power of age and food
Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch Julia.
Steve Braunias: Pilgrim's progress to Auckland, via Melbourne
The tale of Volker Pilgrim and posthumous publishing possibility.
Nudity and nonsense! The new movie that uncovers Jemaine Clement's naked ambition
A film about communication - or the lack of it - in meaningful gibberish.
Design for Living: This bridge was made for walking
Bright ideas to make cities better: Why walking and cycling the harbour bridge could work.
Diana Wichtel: Life is short but Shortland Street goes on forever
Is it you, or is it me - but, my, hasn't time flown?
The bookshelf: Six supportive reads
If you are trying to better understand yourself and others, these books are useful.