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Dance with my coloniser, dance with my culture
1 Jun 2017In an inconspicuous corner of Wellington, Kahu Kutia finds members of the Māori and Pasifika theatre community preparing for Kia Mau Festival.
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Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa
1 Jun 2017Ma'au i lou ofaga, maua'a i lou faasinomaga: Keep your identity alive to thrive.
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Wonder Woman is a wake-up call for superhero movies
1 Jun 2017Superhero origins and kick-butt girl power are two of the tiredest tropes in cinema. Wonder Woman is here to bring them back to life.
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Meet the woman who’s chronicled 20 years of NZ music videos
30 May 2017Patterned wallpaper, shirtless rock dudes, scenic summers and shouty electronica - it's been a long journey.
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Knock, knock: How the news media turns corpses into content
30 May 2017If it bleeds, it leads, or so the saying goes. But with death knocks being practised daily, what is the impact on the living?
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Weekly Reading: The best longreads all in one place
26 May 2017Our weekly recap highlighting the best feature stories from around the internet.
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The Pencilsword: Elimination
26 May 2017Eighty-seven native New Zealand species have become extinct. Who's next?
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What it’s like when your partner changes gender
25 May 2017After Krystle Chester’s partner transitioned to a woman, she reached out to others with similar experiences for first of its kind research in NZ.
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What's Going On? with Lucy Zee: BarberCraft 2017
25 May 2017Lucy Zee checks out sweet fades and tricks of the trade.
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Shortland Street's best plotlines: True fan edition
25 May 2017As everyone's favourite never-ending soap celebrates its 25th anniversary, two patriots take a trip down memory lane.
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You break it, you bought it
24 May 2017A proposed law means tenants will pay their landlord's excess when they break stuff. But is it fair?
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When living with terror becomes the new normal
24 May 2017Sarah Illingworth lives five minutes walk from Manchester Arena. She shares her experience of the attack.
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From child poverty to early puberty
24 May 2017Researchers who linked poverty to early puberty, say it could lead to an abundance of problems in adolescence, including substance abuse and depression.
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The Lions tour means everything, just ask the only All Blacks to lose a series
24 May 2017In 1971, NZ were beaten 2-1. That team reckons it could happen again.
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Truck Life is way more fun than your Facebook photos
23 May 2017The artistic creations of one Upper Hutt plumber.
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Turn off, tune in: Giving up on social media
23 May 2017Feeling emotionally overwhelmed? It could be time to delete a few apps.
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Twin Peaks is still unlike anything you’ve seen on TV
22 May 2017The cult series is back. Is it any good?
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‘I'm not here for the dancing, I'm here to fight’
22 May 2017A woman in the world of full metal combat.
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Rachel MacGregor has had enough of the media’s bullshit
22 May 2017She is neither plaintiff nor defendant in the current Colin Craig trial - so why can’t the media leave his former press secretary alone?
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The wonderful story of Wednesday Adams
20 May 2017Did Ryan Adams really care about cemetery cat? The Wireless investigates.
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'She’s wearing jandals… one of them’s going to come flying my way if I don’t do it properly'
19 May 2017Li'i Alaimoana dusts off his Samoan to tell a joke to his parents.
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