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Sonya Wilson: 'I'm a sucker for a good opening line'

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Putting a Māori lens over a classic collection of myths

Paul Little looks at a new version of a well-known Māori myth collection

The disaster of Woodstock 99, now on film

Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch Woodstock 99: Peace, Love and Rage.

Greg Bruce: How dancing TikToks and the voice of Natalie Merchant are getting me through lockdown

Is an obsession with music and dance a good way to deal with lockdown stress?

The Barcelona superblocks: a city for the future

Barcelona's bold experiment to close its inner-city streets to non-essential traffic.

What to watch, eat and do: Your lockdown weekend guide

Looking for things to keep you going during lockdown this weekend? Look no further.

Steve Braunias: Love in the time of something resembling cholera

Auckland remains an archipelago of the infected, in their shelters of driftwood and kelp.

Anthony Doerr: 'A fable is a drug.'

'Story and books are a vehicle of how we communicate between generations.'

After Dark, by Annette Lees: 'The parallel night world is as close as our front door'

Annette Lees evokes the power of the night

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Diana Wichtel: John Key, Paul Henry reckons a 'blast of nostalgia about a blokey, heroic past'

John Key reckons everywhere - as if it was the Queen's Christmas message

Tattoos and taboos in Chinese TV comedy-drama

Actor and writer Perlina Lau investigates history and taboos in new Chinese TV show

Reading is a class act for kids young and old

The joy of reading to students and the politics of question time

Susan Paris: 'This year has been about renewing my vows with New Zealand literature'

The co-editor of Skinny Dip is renewing my vows with New Zealand literature.

New book shows the beauty of slowing down to watch the bees

Bee lovers come together in word and image

What does it mean to be human in an often inhumane world?

The first poetry collection from Janet Newman goes beyond contemporary farming.

Owen Eastwood's Belonging resounds in the pandemic world

Owen Eastwood found a sense of belonging by being an outsider

A movie about paradise, starring people who hate it

Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch Some Kind of Heaven.