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'Near extinction' of influenza in NZ as numbers drop due to lockdown
Mask wearing and social distancing for Covid-19 has all but cut influenza cases in New Zealand this year, with only six flu isolates detected in this country from April to August. Professor Michael Baker offers his analysis. → Read More
The sound of evil and classical music in film
It's no surprise Hannibal Lecter listened to Bach in prison, classical music has become the kiss of death in film. → Read More
Stacy Cordery: Trump's place in presidential histories of
The Iowa State University Professor of History takes a look at what appears to be a disproportionate number of hours of "executive time" that factor in US President Donald Trump's working schedule, and the fact that he is by no means the first US president to be accused of effectively sleeping on the job -- joining the likes of Teddy Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Ronald Reagen in the ranks of… → Read More
Richard Mattson: Genetics could affect the quality of your marriage
Binghamton University Associate Professor of Psychology Richard Mattson has led the team which believes it has found a gene which can influence marriage quality. He explains the science to Jim. → Read More
Tim Hazledine: time to give Kiwibank teeth
Professor Tim Hazledine of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland says the government should give Kiwibank the power to compete aggressively on price against the local Australian banks, even at the risk of its own bottom line. → Read More
Jeremy Owen: cancer-fighting properties of the sea sponge
Friday was Daffodil Day, held each year to raise money for the Cancer Society of New Zealand. Part of those funds gets put into research, including work on the cancer-fighting properties of the NZ sea sponge. A team at Victoria University led by metagenomics lecturer, Dr Jeremy Owen is trying to synthetically reproduce some of those cancer-fighting compounds in the laboratory. → Read More
Witi Ihimaera: life and influences
Witi Ihimaera - is one of the best known names in New Zealand literature - works such as Pounamu Pounamu, The Whale Rider and The Matriarch. He was the first Maori writer to publish both a book of short stories and a novel and was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2004 for services to literature. His 2016 memoir Maori Boy won the Ockham New Zealand Book Award… → Read More
Lilit Marcus: Dunedin most underrated city in NZ
High praise for Dunedin from CNN's travel correspondent Lilit Marcus @lilitmarcus. She believes it's the most underrated city in the country and has more to offer than the usual tourism attractions for overseas guests. She talks to Wallace about the university city, it's charms and what she would recommend to others to do there. Lilit also talks about how the Edinburgh of the south in comparison… → Read More
Is Dunedin the most underrated city in NZ?
CNN's travel correspondent Lilit Marcus believes Dunedin is the most underrated city in the country and has more to offer than the usual tourism attractions for overseas guests. → Read More
Matt Lamason: fat-fuelled future
In June the Kapiti Bio-Diesel Co-operative will start supplying a small group of members with bio-diesel recycled from used oil from local fish and chip outlets. The scheme is the brain-child of People's Coffee founder Matt Lamason who says the bio-diesel will be both cheaper and more environmentally friendly than mineral diesel bought at the pump. → Read More
Saskia Maarleveld: a woman of many voices
Saskia Maarleveld’s New Zealand accent opened the door to a most unexpected career. She lives in New York where she works as an audiobook narrator. She is nominated for Best Female Narrator 2018 in the Audies - the audiobook equivalent of the Oscars - for her work on The Alice Network by Kate Quinn. → Read More
Snail water, beans and pies: tasting 17th century food via art
Some of the world’s great paintings provide clues to the food served up on 17th century tables, and how taste and diets have changed. Dr Benjamin Breen has written about the food in Renaissance paintings, and the differences to present day fare, on his Res Obscura blog. → Read More
Snail water, beans and pies: tasting 17th century food via art
Some of the world’s great paintings provide clues to the food served up on 17th century tables, and how taste and diets have changed. Dr Benjamin Breen has written about the food in Renaissance paintings, and the differences to present day fare, on his Res Obscura blog. → Read More
VIDEO: voice of an angel
Lyttelton-born singer-songwriter Marlon Williams' second album Make Way for Love is out on February 16. It's a lovelorn album written in the wake of his break-up with Aldous Harding. → Read More
Joy Cowley: stories of her life
From personal hardships to influencing millions of children from the Bronx to Bluff, and incredible successes, Dame Joy Cowley is a national taonga. → Read More
Elemeno P: they're back
For the first time in eight years, rockers Elemeno P will play live on tour, teaming up with the Jordan Luck Band for a series of concerts from 21-30 December. Two of the band's members, drummer Scotty Pearson and bass guitarist Lani Purkis, explain what they've been up to since the band's heyday in the early 2000s, in which they had hits including Verona, Every Day's a Saturday and Fast Times… → Read More
Jeffrey Eugenides: 'I've seen the American Dream attained and lost'
Despite his own privilege and professional success, the financial precariousness of life in America haunts writer Jeffrey Eugenides. It's the theme of his new short story collection Fresh Complaint. → Read More
Dr Alexander Crooke: hip-hop healing
Though it has had a lot of bad press through its association with rap, hip hop culture is being used as a tool for therapists working with young people. Alexander Crooke says that hip hop culture, at its core, is built on values of social justice, peace, self-worth, community, and having fun. School counsellors, psychologists and social workers are using hip hop as a tool for promoting mental… → Read More
VIDEO: Bic Runga celebrates 20 years of Drive
The iconic singer songwriter says she never thought about having to 'manage her legacy', but 'when you’ve been around this long, it’s to do with being dignified and making good choices'. → Read More
UBI answer to broken system
The time has come for a universal basic income, says British economist Guy Standing. → Read More