The year’s best movies and television as judged by our critics
What made the cut and what missed out?
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Design for Living: Scotland’s feminist city
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How the wild survived: a human history of Rakiura
Edited extract from Rakiura, the wild landscapes of Stewart Island, by Rob Brown
The many names of Franz Josef Glacier
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The best books you didn’t read in 2022
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Beach study gives a journey back into social memory
David Herkt reviews New Zealand at the Beach
Diana Wichtel: ’Tis the season to reflect
Diana Wichtel looks back on a not-so-jolly year - but not all was bad
Extract: Needles and Plastic: Flying Nun Records, 1981–1988 by Matthew Goody
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Will Ferrell's Spirited is a Christmas classic - or is it?
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The Unruly Tourists - as you've not seen (or heard) them before
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“We’re here to help people change their lives”
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Three Ukraine families prepare for a very different Christmas
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The dairy: a not-so-reassuring icon
The dairy: an New Zealand icon, an emblem - has hit a new low
The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading
Reviews of new books and a conversation with author/illustrator Jean Donaldson
New Zealand Opera presents The Unruly Tourists
In a tale from living memory, a flock of badly behaved tourists spread a trail of rubbish and fuel a national obsession. Video / New Zealand Opera
Design for Living: Voting for pedestrians in San Francisco
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Bivacco restaurant review: Big lunch energy on the Auckland waterfront
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This jet-set lawyer fought corruption. Then she was accused of fraud
Times: The Ukrainian lawyer's story has it all: intrigue, war and a wealthy ex.
"It was party time in London because this new freedom had arrived. I just never stopped"
At 80, Linn Lorkin has just published her "musical memoir", The Redhead Gets the Gig.
Design for Living: Floodland, a place to practise how to live in a dystopia
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