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Colour amid the beige

Steve Killgallon, Adam Dudding, Anthony Hubbard and Tony Wall — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:36:13 +1300

The election is dominated by colourless and choreographed walkabouts by party leaders and spin-doctored blandness. Politicians have taken most of the risk out of their encounters with the public. The polls suggest this will be a no-surprises election, with National retaining the huge lead over Labour that it has had for years now.

'I can't believe it's 10 years...'

Steve Kilgallon — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:36:13 +1300

Pippa Blake doesn't believe much in anniversaries. "I don't think there's one specific day you might stop to reflect on more than any other," she explains. "There are moments that affect you, make you feel sadness and the loss of a person."

If I could vote...

IMOGEN NEALE and MARIKA HILL — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:43:00 +1300

Kiwi teens speak out on their political views, how they balance study and work, and their future dreams. Interviews by Imogen Neale and Marika Hill.

Spine-tingling drama

EMMA PAGE — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:43:00 +1300

Walking a tightrope in high heels? Tiptoeing across wine bottles? Aerial acrobatics? There's real danger in the circus show "Cantina", Emma Page discovers.

Healing and kneeling

ROSEMARY MCLEOD – The Sunday Profile — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:43:05 +1300

A childhood accident offers a clue to the way Children's Commissioner Dr Russell Wills connects with kids who are isolated and vulnerable.

The Twilight diaries

Catherine Woulfe — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +1300

Catherine Woulfe experiences love at first bite and finds something she can sink her teeth into.

Here comes the sun

KATE MEAD — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:43:05 +1300

The sun-smart message has changed from a UV index to a much clearer alert tool. Kate Mead reports on the science behind the new look.

Giant of an NZ we no longer know

MICHAEL FIELD — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:43:05 +1300

Sometimes history, even the relatively recent such as the Great Depression, reads like a foreign country or some kind of parallel universe.

Caught between two worlds

ARTHUR WHELAN — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:43:05 +1300

"Complicated" doesn't begin to describe the New Zealand Wars.

Easy history lesson from Ihimaera

NICHOLAS REID — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:43:05 +1300

The right level for younger readers new to the subject, writes Nicholas Reid.

Having us in stitches

KIM KNIGHT — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:43:05 +1300

Kim Knight meets an artist who captures the meaning and ambiguity of words In fabric.

Funny business

ADAM DUDDING — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:38:01 +1300

The wit behind TV classic Yes Minister and movie My Cousin Vinny shares some comedy tips with Adam Dudding.

The last laugh

KIM KNIGHT – THE SUNDAY PROFILE — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:21:00 +1300

Kiwi artist Regan Tamanui is spraying his talent across Australia, so why has no one here heard of him?

Kiwi writer nabs Oz prize

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:14:59 +1300

Melbourne-based expat artist Nicolas Low has won a Griffith Review Emerging Writers' Prize. Low, who's of Ngai Tahu descent, shared the non-fiction award. His story Octopus, which takes its starting point from the Ruatoki "terror" raids, appears in the annual new fiction edition of the Review, a quarterly produced by Griffith University and Text Publishing.

Show me the money

STEVE KILGALLON — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:14:00 +1300

West Auckland's licensing trusts – which have a monopoly on alcohol sales in the area – turned over $100m in the past decade and claimed to give $80m back to the community. But last year, schools, sports and the arts received just $38,000. Steve Kilgallon investigates where the money is really coming from.

'I have put in the hard yards'

STEVE KILGALLON — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:14:00 +1300

He's just been shortlisted for a $45,000 arts prize, but expat photographer Greg Semu's dedication to highlighting questions of Pacific identity and dislocation have cost him dearly. He wouldn't have it any other way, he tells Steve Kilgallon.

'Leadership is a life sentence'

ROSEMARY MCLEOD – THE SUNDAY PROFILE — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:30:00 +1300

Former PM Jenny Shipley is as driven as ever, from improving her own health to shaping the future for others.

How to save our kiwifruit industry

TONY WALL — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:39:00 +1300

Scientists are in a race against time to find a cure for the Psa bacteria crippling the kiwifruit industry in the Bay of Plenty. Tony Wall reports from the frontline of the fight to save a national icon.

Under the covers

TOM FITZSIMONS — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:39:00 +1300

What will the book look like in 10 years' time? In Frankfurt, home to the world's biggest book fair, everyone's got a slightly different idea, Tom Fitzsimons discovers.

Face value

KATE MEAD — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:39:00 +1300

We should celebrate the moko rather than fear it, reports Kate Mead.