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Coming Home in the Dark: The true story behind Owen Marshall's harrowing tale
Master storyteller Owen Marshall on his chilling tale that's about to hit the big screen.

Harold Hillman: The Empathy doctor on Jacinda Ardern v Trump and the human side of leadership
Jacinda has it. Donald doesn't. What's the characteristic Harold Hillman is talking about?

The show's not over: The battle for Prince's fortune
Who will gain control of a legendary vault said to hundreds of hours of unreleased music?

Reviewed: "Finger" food southside in the Hokianga at Boatshed Cafe
A Rāwene institution gives shelter from the storm.

Karanga a homage to my mother - Merenia Gray
Karanga is a rallying cry and an homage to her mother, says Merenia Gray.

The view from my window: Troy Kingi, award-winning musician
"New Zealanders as a whole need to learn their history. Not a lot of it is gonna be good."

What I'm reading: Bill Manhire, poet and emeritus professor
'These days I tend to dip in and out of poetry books.'

"She's a redhead, she's led by her heart, she attracts the attention of the press - but this is not an autobiography'
The Duchess of York on her new novel with a character just like her but not her.

The power of the unremitting bleakness of The Justice of Bunny King
Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch The Justice of Bunny King.

Soundtrack to My Life: Brianna Fruean, Pacifica Climate Activist
Pacific Climate Warrior Brianna Fruean picks the tracks that mean the most to her.

Sexy with a chance of meatballs: Where to eat this weekend
Looking for somewhere to eat this weekend? Meet the best meatball in Auckland.

Steve Braunias examines a brief history of filth
Whatever happened to John Thomas and Lady Jane?

A nuclear apocalypse-turned-desert island fantasy
Kate Sawyer's debut novel segues from the dystopian to something entirely more romantic.

'Unidentified work of genius found behind publisher's radiator'
How David Hill's unpublished first novel led to his change of genre

Non-peer pressure. The operations manager seeking to make a difference
The high-flying businesswoman who now champions needle exchange

Tina Fey's Girls5eva: Lots of buzz; how much bazinga?
Half of married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie are excited about Girls5eva.

Reviewed: The new city fringe cafe where bread is the star
At Fluff Cafe, you come for the bread and stay for more bread.

Emma Neale: 'Only fools and children criticise or celebrate things half-done'
A tale of grim life is relieved by colourful pages and prose

Generations disrupted by lives chosen and lives imposed
Esther Freud's ninth novel has human truth on its side

The Justice of Bunny King: A love letter to all the women like leading character in new Kiwi movie
"Not all superheroes wear capes, there's a heap of them that wear bras too."

'Can you love the art and think the artist is a horrible human being?'
Finding out what you think can define you, says Diana Wichtel

Soundtrack to My Life: Anna Victoria, artist
"My inner child had this realisation that Beyonce didn't know me the way I knew her."

What do we really think about trees?
A new anthology of writing explores our relationships with the arboreal world.

'This whole monsterisation of Broadmoor itself is a kind of crime fiction'
"Evil" is a kind of state of mind that probably any of us could get into - Gwen Adshead

'In the decades since I went to school, nothing has changed'
It's time school-based violence ends, writes Joanna Mathers