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![Bare market](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1699640/hfx61rGF91715751107463/BARE-MARKET.jpg)
Bare market
Perhaps it's a reaction to the growing social and environmental pressure against its very existence but fashion is making its diktats ever more strident. Pants as in knickers, briefs, grundies - are now considered an outer-wear outfit.
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Old poker face
After Winston Peters made smooth international appearances as Foreign Minister, said good things at the United Nations and then got into a dispute with former New South Wales premier Bob Carr, I read a press secretary's description of him as \"shy\".
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On a sticky wicket
Sixteen years ago in Manchester, New Zealand lost a cricket test to England after Monty Panesar, the spinner, took six wickets for just 37 runs. It was a memorable performance, and Panesar was duly hailed as the best English left-arm spin bowler of his generation.
![Blocks to building](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1699640/rtt3VGoTk1715750538141/BLOCKS-TO-BUILDING.jpg)
Blocks to building
The OECD is the latest organisation to highlight our dysfunctional economy but neither National nor Labour seems capable of delivering change.
![The rest is history](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1683433/DvTT80fE-1714459232045/THE-REST-IS-HISTORY.jpg)
The rest is history
Rest - both sleep and non-sleep - is essential to help our overstressed bodies and minds repair themselves. But many of us remain in a constant state of 'fight, flight or freeze'.
![Right and power](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1683433/ZP_lgtkGC1714460198934/RIGHT-AND-POWER.jpg)
Right and power
Israel is profiting financially and extending its global technological influence in response to the October 7 massacre, says investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein.
![Dolphins be damned](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1683433/mcMqjDUDE1714460843633/DOLPHINS-BE-DAMNED.jpg)
Dolphins be damned
Is SailGP's future in this country really under threat because of an at-risk marine mammal?
![Orwellian irony](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1683433/rCKM_Aylg1714461464196/ORWELLIAN-IRONY.jpg)
Orwellian irony
Our thinking about one of the 20th century's best-known writers is being challenged by the 'smelly little truths' Anna Funder uncovered about George Orwell's marriage.
![The alchemist](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1683433/MynP07-Ra1714462524380/THE-ALCHEMIST.jpg)
The alchemist
Talent and a little magic have taken state-house kid Moses Mackay to the heights of Italian opera. He's coming back to sprinkle some of his gold dust around.
![Good Lord, he was scandalous](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1683433/1TngTiKtW1714463134264/GOOD-LORD-HE-WAS-SCANDALOUS.jpg)
Good Lord, he was scandalous
Lord Byron still fascinates 200 years after his death, but more for his bohemian lifestyle than his poetry.
![Stars in their eyes](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1683433/QjHS9Y3ic1714463331143/STARS-IN-THEIR-EYES.jpg)
Stars in their eyes
Debut novel a heady mix of grief, astronomy and love.
![Dark matter](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1683433/VdiSq_iBA1714463540589/DARK-MATTER.jpg)
Dark matter
Ngaio Marsh-style whodunnit set among academia attached to the Mt John Observatory.
![Mirren's mirror on Meir](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1683433/XO52sdB8w1714465486855/MIRRENS-MIRROR-ON-MEIR.jpg)
Mirren's mirror on Meir
Dame Helen talks about playing Golda Meir, Israel's iron lady, during a pivotal chapter in the controversial politician's long career.
![Game, set and match](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1683433/1WQNQ1bo81714466092650/GAME-SET-AND-MATCH.jpg)
Game, set and match
Love, sex and great tennis take centre court in this highly charged drama.
![Silence is golden](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1683433/j5sS-W-dq1714466241921/SILENCE-IS-GOLDEN.jpg)
Silence is golden
Dog and robot tale a five-star gem.
![Still screaming](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1683433/i6Gct0SGM1714466331937/STILL-SCREAMING.jpg)
Still screaming
Pearl Jam's 12th album proves the senior statesmen have what it takes after 33 years.
![Taylored to startle](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1683433/4UHwWIdOY1714466508935/TAYLORED-TO-STARTLE.jpg)
Taylored to startle
Swifties flocked to their idol's latest release in their millions. Awaiting them was Taylor at her most raw and brave.
![Morning songs](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1674804/CyVpUWLFG1713958859163/MORNING-SONGS.jpg)
Morning songs
On a recent early and glorious Saturday morning - it was 4°C outside I let the complaining chickens out. Chickens never stop complaining.
![Upwardly mobile](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1674804/7eShvkno71713958744828/UPWARDLY-MOBILE.jpg)
Upwardly mobile
Climate-friendly e-scooters are proliferating but there are stumbling blocks for users and non-users.
![A potent brew](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1674804/YwPOoA5Sw1713956286376/A-POTENT-BREW.jpg)
A potent brew
There's a correlation between moderate coffee drinking and reduced risk of colorectal cancer - but evidence of a causal link is still percolating.
![Food saviours](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1674804/AqMcp2eUf1713956118914/FOOD-SAVIOURS.jpg)
Food saviours
A little bit of silliness lightens the mood on the serious topic of food waste.
![Ode to old masters](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1674804/U_fzkCmcZ1713955916756/ODE-TO-OLD-MASTERS.jpg)
Ode to old masters
The Polynesian sound and Auckland's ska-punk scene are remembered in new releases.
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Weaving Welsh with waiata
Te reo meets Cymraeg in a musical project partly spearheaded by Kawiti Waetford, an opera singer with connections to Wales.
![Culture warrior](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1674804/Zf3dI1eI91713955522134/CULTURE-WARRIOR.jpg)
Culture warrior
Activist and scholar Ngahuia te Awek6otuku achieved several firsts in society but had to fight many battles to get there.
![An age-old problem](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1674804/wxBuplxWn1713955368769/AN-AGEOLD-PROBLEM.jpg)
An age-old problem
Is our lifespan fixed, or might we be able to slow down or even abolish ageing? And what would we do if we could?
![When Jim becomes James](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1674804/1itG_TxBC1713954906627/WHEN-JIM-BECOMES-JAMES.jpg)
When Jim becomes James
'What would white people do to a slave who had learned to read?' This impressive reimagining of Huckleberry Finn seeks to find out.
![Manhattan transfer](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1674804/odFqDAm3G1713954506143/MANHATTAN-TRANSFER.jpg)
Manhattan transfer
A Kiwi movie star led the charge for an Anzac garden atop New York's Rockefeller Centre that's still in use today.
![A Wylde life](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1674804/b6yHhwxQS1713953926611/A-WYLDE-LIFE.jpg)
A Wylde life
How a West Coast mechanic who lost a leg at Gallipoli ended up living in luxury on the banks of the Thames, rubbing shoulders with artists, composers and poets.
!['That German boy'](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1674804/YkN2dWPMh1713953654701/THAT-GERMAN-BOY.jpg)
'That German boy'
Paul Oestreicher's Jewish family escaped the Nazis in 1938. Once here, he was ostracised for being German. How did this committed pacifist end up leading a military Anzac Day service in East Germany?
![Uncovering our past](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/13970/1674804/Jo-kNoX2a1713953218033/UNCOVERING-OUR-PAST.jpg)
Uncovering our past
For veteran broadcaster Cameron Bennett, navigating the origins and consequences of the New Zealand Wars has been both confronting and exhilarating.