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How to actually stay off your phone in 2026
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Wayne Brown will never stop texting the CEO of AT about road cones
We have another trove of the Auckland mayor’s texts to Auckland Transport chief executive Dean Kimpton. If anything,…
The bumper year ahead in politics: your handy guide to what’s happening when
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Everything you need to know about the Manage My Health hack attack
Missed the news about the massive data breach that’s affected hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders? Here’s a…
I spent 18 months training generative AI – here’s what I learned
A first person account of training AI for tech giants. Summer read – originally published October 23 2025.…
A counsellor reviews ChatGPT’s counselling advice
Face-to-face therapy is prohibitively expensive for most New Zealanders. Could ChatGPT fill the void? Summer read – originally…
Michelin who? The finest places to eat in Aotearoa, according to local tyre shops
From unassuming lunch bars to croffle shops, sublime Thai takeaways to sleek wine bars – turns out any…
Meet the man behind New Zealand’s largest hairdressing collection
Alex Casey spends an entertaining and enlightening morning with Michael Turner, owner of the largest collection of hairdressing…
The secret history of Wellington’s most legendary falafel spot
Fighting on the streets of Beirut, recipes written on scraps of paper and a daring escape from near-certain…
An argument with myself about Tinā, the movie of the moment
Mad Chapman agreed to write a review of Tinā and found it impossible. Instead she argues with herself…
Winston Peters is right about parliament’s declining standards
Winston Peters is right about parliament’s declining standards of decorum. But the rot didn’t set in last week.…