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Testing times • Official reaction to Palestine-Israel activism threatens to undermine the country’s social cohesion, says Vincent Wijeysingha.
Jim Bolger’s legacy
Bright Lines • Creative words competition
Quips & Quotes
10 Quick Questions
Finding a happy median • Worries about potential coalition partners have Labour eyeing the swinging voters and its capital gains tax is the first salvo.
The walking danger zone
Riding it out in Wellington
His humiliation is complete
Ghost of a romance
Chasing the dragon • Use of meth and other highly addictive drugs is soaring as organised crime overwhelms the Pacific, and the government is playing catch-up.
Narco Subs • Semi-submersible vessels are increasingly being used to traffic drugs.
Out of gas • The cost of gas is soaring as supplies run out. Instead of helping homes and businesses transition, the government is betting on a lucky strike.
God, Guns & Gas Stoves
Heat From The Core
For the birds • An iwi-led pest eradication programme on Aotea Great Barrier Island is bringing environmental gains, encouraging mana whenua to return home and delivering wider benefits.
The forgotten legacy • India has not had the credit it deserves for its role in history. Renowned historian William Dalrymple’s latest book aims to correct that.
Three’s a crowd • Secrets and lost chances crackle in author’s second novel, about a love triangle that spans LA and small-town NZ.
Bring out the bodies • In his second outing, a Kiwi cop has swapped city life for bucolic Haast, but the deaths soon follow him.
The end approaches • Salman Rushdie’s collection of short stories is deeply influenced by the attempt on his life three years ago.
Short cuts
Space oddity • Sci-fi debut paints densely layered portrait of life onboard a spaceship that has departed a ruined Earth.
Patient’s notes • A child’s-eye view of doctor Hans Asperger and the notorious children’s clinics of Nazi-occupied Vienna.
Light and dark • From Greece to Iceland and Manawatū, three series sleuths dig into troubling deaths.
If you knew Suzy • Ahead of a NZ tour, Eddie Izzard talks doing Hamlet solo, revisiting the old stand-up routines, and 40 years since coming out.
Nowhere man • Jeremy Allen White’s portrayal of a tortured Bruce Springsteen is for ardent fans only.
Past perfect • Previously unreleased tracks are included in box set that revisits Springsteen’s 1982 Nebraska album.
Monster triumph • Guillermo del Toro creates a throwback for the ages.
Comedy at a cost • A French homeland heist hit transgresses in more ways than one.
Blown off course • Kathyrn Bigelow’s first movie in eight years is a bit of a fizzer.
City of songs • New sounds from three Auckland bands, Coast Arcade, Echomatica and Silk Cut.
Hack attackers • How the Murdoch press was exposed in the phone hacking scandal finally gets drama treatment in a series designed to explain its fiendish complications.
TV Picks of the week
TV Films
Saturday/Rāhoroi November 8
Sunday/rātapu November 9
Monday/rāhina November 10
Tuesday/rātū November 11
Wednesday/Rāapa November 12
Friday/Rāmere November 14
Radio November 8
A joyous sound • Daniel Müller-Schott is bringing one of Schumann’s finest concertos to Auckland.
Chemical burn • We absorb nitrates differently according to their source - and…