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‘My phone rang. It was the Taliban’: Meet the Aussie journalist fighting for Afghan women
Times: As a baby she was smuggled out of Kabul. Now the journalist is fighting for others.

Bella’s Books - Red, White and Royal Blue review
Bella Fraei is a Wellington teenager who, in a new column for Canvas, reviews YA books.

Sweet music: The extraordinary woman behind a legendary 18th-century love affair
Emilie: more rom-com than earnest period drama

In HBO's wild new series Telemarketers, journalism is the real hero
Frightening, hilarious and inspiring, Telemarketers is the year's best documentary.

Steve Braunias takes to the air: 'Just about the greatest feeling in the world'
Opinion: I thought: “Other than death, what’s the worst that can happen?”

Kylie rosé or Snoop Dogg red? Testing celebrity wines
Times: One critic separates the cynical tie-ins from the labours of love.

"If you can take over a train station, what if we take over a whole country?"
Global design leader Liza Enebeis and her digital mission to take over the world.

Agatha Christie and me: James Prichard on his great-grandmother and A Haunting in Venice
He’s in charge of Agatha Christie’s company, but for James Prichard, it’s more than a job.

Te Reo Kapekape: Hona Black on the power of humour in conflict
Humour has the remarkable ability to bridge divides, says Black.

"She was angry and biting and ready to attack"
Singer-songwriter Danica Bryant on the passionate women who've shaped her career.

Michaela Keeble: The importance of a name
How do you respond to people when they don’t pronounce your name correctly?

Why Facebook Marketplace is like the worst boyfriend
To survive on FB Marketplace requires radical acceptance of zero expectations.

How to live longer: DNA, wellbeing and ageing
Joanna Wane talks to the scientist studying the effects of age.

Diana Wichtel reflects on her dad as generations gather for Father's Day
OPINION: The passage of time was marked by the increasing size of a family

Author Naomi Klein: My life being mistaken for a notorious conspiracy theorist
Times: When her doppelgänger went down the antivax rabbit hole, this is what she learned.

For all its buzz, Theatre Camp is a bit of a fizzer
Mockumentary Theatre Camp sends up musical theatre with some good songs but not much else.

A mud-bath of privilege and radical affirmations? A Burning Man regular responds
Having been to Burning Man seven times, Jo Holley shares her experience.

Opera star Madison Nonoa: 'The life I have now would blow her mind'
A bittersweet homecoming and the Samoan grandmother who sacrificed everything

Canvas: Behind the scenes of NZ Opera's latest production
In demand across Europe, opera singer Madison Nonoa is back home to perform in (m)Orpheus. Video / NZ Opera

Architect-turned-artist Volker Hawighorst: Saving the world one plastic bread tag at a time
"What does it mean to throw something away? It doesn’t go away from this Earth."

At Home With The Furys is reality television at is best and mental health at its worst
Tyson Fury and his family are the undisputed heavyweight champions of reality TV.

John Kirwan sits down to watch 1987 RWC win for first time
All Black legend John Kirwan sits down with writer Greg Bruce to watch the 1987 Rugby World Cup final, a game he starred in, for the very first time. Video / NZ Herald

When John Kirwan watched the 1987 Rugby World Cup final for the first time
He'd never watched one of his games before, then we made him.

There’s no such thing as a bad movie accent
New York Times: Even the over-the-top ones can be awfully fun.

First impressions with Rose Matafeo: Meeting Mandela, becoming a comedian
Times: The Kiwi comedian on her hippie parents and the culture that made her.

The View From My Window: D.V. Bishop on crime novel The Darkest Sin
'I’ve written a lot of stories in this room, looking out this window.'

Light and bright: lift Dad's mood with fun, colourful gifts
Bring a pop of joy and optimism to everyday with an injection of mood-lifting colour.

'You see a city as it really is on the train'
Canvas Editorial: Sarah Daniell on catching the train