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GARNERING WISDOM • At a speaking event for North & South Investigates, journalist Duncan Garner delivered a “State of the nation” address that gave voice to the country’s gripes and groans.

TOUGH CHOICES, now and in the future • It’s bleak and blustery out there says economist Brad Olsen.

FROM GRUMPY to GREAT • Political scientist Grant Duncan says the solutions to our systemic problems can only be found by speaking to frontline workers.

NORTH & SOUTH STATE OF THE ECONOMY SURVEY • Kiwis say they’re hurting — and they are not confident it’s going to stop.

STAYING ALIVE • A writer rides the wave of targeted cancer therapies for more than nine years. But should luck play such an important role?

CLIVE JAMES: Literature’s Lazarus

ROLLING THROUGH TIME The evolution of life on the road • The road less travelled is often the one that leads to the most stunning landscapes.

UNFILTERED THE RISE AND FALL OF A TECH MOGUL • The tragic fate of young entrepreneur Jake Millar exposes the layers of harm perpetuated by misleading tech industry mythologies.

Reinventing social media from KARAKA BAY • Founding Twitter engineer Evan Henshaw-Plath harks back to the idealism of the early internet with the decentralised social media platform Nos Social — a democratic, non-corporate alternative to the censorship and advertising-plagued terrains of X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook.

Harvesting the sun • A new farm at Lincoln University will be the first in New Zealand to produce renewable energy as well as high-value crops.

VIRTUAL REVOLUTION • AUT puts latest technology in the hands of today’s students.

Smith’s dream • The late Maurice K Smith spent most of his career practising and teaching architecture in the United States, but also left a vivid impression in the country of his birth.

BANANA STEMS AND RUNWAYS: Dole’s commitment to Zero Waste • The global leader in fresh produce makes a groundbreaking shift from fruits to fabrics merging eco-conscious fashion with their iconic brand.

JOY to the WORLD • As Mike Joy’s new memoir reveals, his role as a combative freshwater protector has defined the way he’s lived his life.

Navigating the digital age • Liv Lewis-Long from Simplicity on embracing innovation as a non-digital native.

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Survival on the silver screen • A new Christchurch-shot film confronts the grim legacy of abuse in state and religious care. Director Josephine Stewart Te-Whiu (Ngāpuhi/Te Rarawa) shares how her family history helped her interpret this national shame.

A CAT AMONGST THE MOUNTAINS • The new family film Bookworm mixes a Canterbury legend with classic Hollywood storytelling.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN • Legendary photographer and educator Glenn Busch ponders the lessons of his parents, and the first picture he made “that [seemed] to say something all by itself ”.

Cliffs notes • Our existential despair finds voice in a lauded 19th-century “modern” poem.

Returning to Freud • From neuropsychology to psychoanalysis, and back again.

Poetry sings the blues in a collection that is deeply textured with waves of emotional revelation.

A rare novel that engages in true political...