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The twilight of the movie superhero age

It's superhero saturation at the box office with Batman's offsiders claiming screen time without Batman.
Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie à Deux.

Featherston, a fairy tale of reinvention

In the space of a decade the Wairarapa town of Featherston has reinvented itself, from a broken down P-plagued problem place, to a vibrant reading centre
A street in Featherston at sunset

The good, the bad and angry of the flourishing menopause industry

Coaches, gels, health supplements, and even pyjamas. Menopause has become a marketing opportunity
Author Niki Bezzant's new book about menopause is called This Changes Everything.

At Wellington Games Week, a lucrative but fickle business

New Zealand's booming video game industry reaches for $1 billion exports in the next few years
A person dressed up for Wellington Games Week

Protecting our fishers from conservation efforts

New Zealand is making Australia look good when it comes to new efforts to save the world's biodiversity and protect its oceans
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When the rules on sexual and violent offenders fall down

This article contains sensitive material including the discussion of sexual violence Extended supervision orders should keep tabs on serious offenders, but sometimes they're not granted - and sometimes they don't work
sensitive material including sexual violence.
A man in handcuffs

How artificial intelligence could be a leap forward for brain disease detection

Developers of AI that could detect brain injuries and disease say it's just a tool, not a replacement for health experts
Artificial intelligence generic

Christchurch's furious food fight

Christchurch's cash-starved arts centre needs to boost its budget, but city businesses are turning up their noses at its request to bring in revenue-generating food trucks
A 'Save the Arts Centre' banner hangs at the site of the original Dux de Lux building in central Christchurch

The fast track to nowhere

Critics are asking if the 149 projects on the government's fast-track list are real schemes, or just unfunded dreams
Eden Park would look significantly different, including the installation of a roof, if upgrading it becomes the preferred option for a national stadium in Auckland. (Mock-up image)

Boom or bust in the sawmill industry

Winstone has shut down two mills, citing high electricity costs, but in Kawerau, Sequal sawmill is scaling up to meet demand
David Turner, Ceo of Sequal Lumber standing beside new equipment that will go into the new furnace at the mill

Covid fatigue ignores a very real problem

Long Covid sufferers feel they've been abandoned by health authorities and the government, left to struggle alone with the after-effects of the pandemic
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Warnings that crackdown on nangs will make them more dangerous

Recreational use of nitrous oxide has been reclassified. Some experts say it's an overcorrection.
Cartridge of nitrous oxide, also called laughing gas or nangs, can cause serious health problems. These were found in a street in France in 2020.

One for the language lovers

Join Alexia Russell, Tim Murphy and Jeremy Rees in a look at the words we find the most confusing, satisfying, irritating, beautiful, and just plain revolting
Merriam-Webster's grid of words

Fears of privatisation by stealth in an overwhelmed healthcare system

The risk of an increasingly privatised healthcare system is deeply inequitable care, and some fear we could be moving toward a US model
A patient receiving medical care.

The billion dollar Du Val empire that didn't exist

The founders of Du Val portrayed a lifestyle of extreme wealth. The company's investors and contractors look set to pay the price.
Kenyon Clarke

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