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Dead set on destruction
Who says impending destruction can't have a good soundtrack?
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Read MoreSummer’s ill wind and thunderclouds
Weather’s this summer’s talking point. But here’s the newsworthy bit: in the Wellington region, the weather’s been great
Read MoreAdvice from Fat Elvis
We're nearly one-twelfth of the way into 2010, but if you're averse to new year's resolutions it takes that long to make them
Read MoreThe dark side of the Twilight phenomenon
The hit movies Twilight and New Moon – and the books they are basd on – have huge popular appeal but glamourise violent, dependent romantic relationships
Read MoreThe Time Traveler’s Wife: I waited, you didn’t come
The film version of The Time Traveler’s Wife could be a clever metaphor, cynical exploitation, or just a bit of a flub
Read MoreGimme, gimme, gimme: the annual Christmas pressie scramble
What to do about the perennial Christmas gift problem? Sorry, no answers provided here—unless you're in the market for a cupcake car
Read MoreA new kind of fiction
Hilary Mantel's award-winning Wolf Hall skillfully dances the line between fiction and biography
Read MoreWelcome to Planet Palin: Going Rogue reviewed
Sarah Palin's Going Rogue is a campaign book delightfully free of boring old policy and so is a sure fire dog whistle to her adoring base. It reinforces why she should never be President, but who the heck does the Republican Party have as an alternative candidate vaguely as charismatic as Caribou Barbie?
Read MoreWhy Witi Ihimaera did wrong
The plagiarism row surrounding Witi Ihimaera's new novel is a reminder of something more profound: if you want to get respect, you've got to give it
Read MoreFeeling sorry for Octomom and her brood
Octomom Nadya Suleman has made a new documentary—once again stirring a hornet's nest of contempt and condemnation. Diss her if you like, but think of the kids
Read MoreMums share far too much information
Mummy blogging is so yesterday—now new parents are posting their birth videos online
Read MoreDogs' breakfast, paws for thought
What pets eat determines the size of their ecological paws. Is the resulting footprint a crime worthy of capital punishment, or have the professors miscalculated?
Read MoreTamaki the "spiritual father" goes from mad to bad
Brian Tamaki's new "covenant" with male church members crosses a dangerous new theological line and tilts towards a messiah complex
Read MoreNot in the loop: a festival of film for a labour-free weekend
I’m trying, not quite successfully, to kick the climate change habit. After 24 hours’ film immersion, political satire In The Loop loses the battle to the message movie Home
Read MoreThe real estate roller coaster swoops again
Here we go again—property prices are on the rise and all sense and order has flown out the window
Read MoreBeing kind to the cruel: the animal welfare sentencing problem
Animal cruelty sentencing demonstrates a mercy not shown by the offenders to their furry victims. The offenders have something to say too, about all of us
Read MoreCoffee group dropout
Who wants to sit around and talk about nappies and gripe water anyway?
Read MoreGovernment girls dish it
Sarah Palin's memoir is rushed to print and another of Bill Clinton's ladies, oops aides, writes a tell-all
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