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Eight of the best movies about mums

Our reviewers' guide to the greatest movie mums.

A celebration of mums filling pages with delight

Milla and her grandmother Rose explore all the wonderfully different, yet often familiar mums on display in Sarina Dickson's new book, Mumapalooza: A Celebration of Mums. Video / Ella Wilks

She who would be king: Beatriz Romilly on power, politics and the nature of evil

"Does someone have to be completely destroyed to realise what a jerk they’re being?"

'I blame Mommy Dearest'

New Zealand novels with motherhood at their heart

The Gubyllub: Kindness as a cure to bullying

A rhyming children’s picture book about combatting bullying

Go As A River: 'Human heart connecting with human heart'

Call American writer Shelley Read a late bloomer, she’s fine with that.

Steve Braunias: 'Even Medea deserves a card for Mother’s Day'

Thoughts in honour of mums

Now what? Climate action at the crossroads

After all the floods, after all the protests, how do we change the world?

A human wrote this book review. AI wrote the book

New York Times: Can computers write bestsellers? Possibly, says Dwight Garner.

Design for Living: The forest in a football stadium

Bright ideas that make cities better: When art, sport and the climate collide.

Scotland’s coronation day: Charles souvenirs, anti-monarchy rallies and shrugs

New York Times: Coronation will be a test of sentiment about the monarchy in Scotland.

All the best gigs to go to and things to do during New Zealand Music Month

With plenty of shows, events, expos and quizzes, NZMM has something for everyone.

Our reviewers’ irreverent guide to the greatest movies about kings

We go deep inside the vaults in search of quality coronation weekend viewing.

Controversial or culturally savvy: The globalisation of Samoan tatau

"Even though this is deliberate, accepted violence, it’s still bloody. It still hurts."

Life in plastic? It’s fantastic: A brief (bright pink) cultural history of Barbie

Times: Despite some controversies, kids have been playing with the doll for 64 years.

'Holy crap, what have I done?': Exclusive interview - the teen who egged politician

With a stroke of an egg, Will Connolly became an icon. His first indepth interview.

Egg Boy, Posie Parker, Steven Joyce and the flying dildo: What makes a protest missile iconic?

Ruth Spencer on how political projectiles can make an activist a hero or a villain

Redmer Yska on the trail of the little-known side of Katherine Mansfield

In Katherine Mansfield’s Europe: Station to Station, Yska follows Mansfield’s life abroad.