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Dancing in the dark: Matariki's rising stars

A fallen star and a taniwha form an unlikely friendship in the Matariki Glow Show.

Tara Moss: 'I wasn't really sure if I was disabled enough'

Author Tara Moss says she's learning from the disabled community

The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading

Delicious new page-turners, including from the prodigiously talented Laurence Fearnley.

Dame Gillian Whitehead: Violin concerto draws on craft and imagination

First violin concerto of 60-year career for NZ composer.

Julia review: A series about the power of age and food

Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch Julia.

Nudity and nonsense! The new movie that uncovers Jemaine Clement's naked ambition

A film about communication - or the lack of it - in meaningful gibberish.

Steve Braunias: Pilgrim's progress to Auckland, via Melbourne

The tale of Volker Pilgrim and posthumous publishing possibility.

Design for Living: This bridge was made for walking

Bright ideas to make cities better: Why walking and cycling the harbour bridge could work.

'We're averaging one mass shooting every 17.5 hours this year'

Is this some dystopian nightmare we're binging on Netflix? This is America.

Taika Waititi, Amy Schumer, and now Kid Sister: Simone Nathan on her new show

Screenwriter Simone Nathan on writing and starring in Kid Sister

Daily bread: On the assembly line at Eat My Lunch

Joanna Wane meets the Beyonce of Galatos St.

The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading

Would you read a picture book for grown-ups?

From hedonism to war: Meet the young ravers of Kyiv

From film-making in London to helping save their country.

How to Please a Woman review: Sex without pleasure

Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch How to Please a Woman.

Taonga: Dancer Ngaere Jenkins' precious legacy from Grandma Adair

"I wish she had lived to see me become a fulltime dancer"

Steve Braunias tracks down the backside of publicity

Defamation or a trick of the light?