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Jacinda Ardern as you have never seen her before - a comic book superheroine

Ardern has been reimagined as a real-life superwoman along with many other iconic ladies.

Comment: Why I threw away my travel guides

Cherished travel guides have been thrown out - but it wasn't easy

Okay, Boomer! Simon Wilson on a new history of protest in New Zealand

What does a new history of the "objects" of protest have to tell us about progressive NZ?

A story of grief and hope 40 years on from Erebus

Sarah Myles' grandfather died in the Erebus air disaster;

The forgotten women who powered early New Zealand

New book challenges idea that a colonial woman's place was in the home.

Lou Reed meets Alan Partridge in our weekly picks

What on earth is our TimeOut entertainment team recommending this week?

Book reviews: Crime fiction round up

Greg Fleming looks at some of the latest crime fiction releases.

Book review: Stephen King's The Institute

Greg Fleming reviews Stephen King's latest novel.

Rapper poet on fame, fortune and bone disease

Rapper/poet on fame, fortune and a manifesto for losing money but entertaining people.

Flea had a wild life. Then he joined Red Hot Chili Peppers

New York Times: Flea on his early experiences with drugs and relationship with Kiedis.

Booker Prize: Judges try it both ways

Booker prize judges split between celebrated author and new writer.

Alcoholic parents and a soft-porn satire - Julie Andrews' revealing memoir

Julie Andrews' new memoir reveals a less-prim life than those of her on-screen personas.

Jo Cribb: Reading in the digital age

COMMENT: We are reading more than ever, but it's likely to be in snippets.

From financial mess to thrift queen: How one woman turned finances around

Frances Cook shares what she wishes she knew about money, at an earlier age.

Quitting Westboro and the power of Lorde

An exclusive interview with the granddaughter of the "most hated family in America".

Inside story: Queen's coronation and hedonism - life as a royal lady-in-waiting

Before The Crown's next series, a player in real-life royal sagas pens her own life story.