Shaping Up To Fight
Will the new White Paper on Defence raise the chances of us getting involved in other peoples’ wars?
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The Real Three Strikes: Mad, Sad and Bad
Using common sense would be a welcome change for our criminal justice system …
Living by the Code
The mixed blessings of commercial gene testing
The Jesus Cringe
The etiquette of fessing up to being Christian + a reply to reader feedback from the author
Welcome to the Jobless Recovery
GDP growth without jobs is no recovery at all
Owning Upwards
How workers in Argentina have taken over failing firms, and turned them around
Legends of the Lost
Why John Key and the Buckle tax review should continue to ignore Don Brash
Fleeing into Limbo
Stories from the Iraqi diaspora in Lebanon and Syria
Navigating the Cultural Landscape
Part two of interview with Wellington music legend Disasteradio
Bringing it all back home
A Kiwi helps salvage Britain’s system of justice
Star Wearing
Dressing in style on the Galactic outer rim
License to prey
The government needs to stop ignoring loan sharks
Politics in the P pipe
Evaluating John Key’s community crusade against P
Can science take pain and guilt off the menu?
How science could foster ethical eating
Here, there are no anonymous citizens
Portugal weathers the recession
When angels fall to earth
A Niki Caro interview about Vintner’s Luck
Taking stock with Disasteradio
An interview with Wellington musician Disasteradio
For whom the Nobel tolls
Regional bias and politics can decide the Nobel Prize for Literature
Changing the law on rape
Can rape victims get a better deal?
How Green Is Your Landlord ?
Convincing landlords to invest in energy savings – when tenants reap the benefits – is difficult
Looking After Our Patch
Crush and crate’ em policies increase the power of gangs
Iran: Paranoid, But With Real Enemies
Iran faces up to its inner demons and its foreign foes
Living Sensibly with Drugs
Portugal makes the de-criminalisation of drugs work
Universal Television
Mapping the TV cosmos
The Business of Cruelty
Why does New Zealand treat animals so badly?
Provocation: A Dispassionate Look
After Weatherston and Ambach – will the law change make people any safer?
Eyeball Economics
Making a living on the Net
Worth Fighting For
The battle to bridge the gender pay gap in New Zealand.
Get That Camera Out of Here, We’re Making a Film
The ‘Fourth World’ cinema of Barry Barclay
Art politics in the 2000s
Helen Clark’s legacy to the arts, and will it survive her?