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• Haircut moment of truth

  She was always meant to play Jean Seberg, but first Zoey Deutch needed the haircut, Mark Olsen writes.

• Preparing for anything

  The big global climate crisis we’re doing our best to ignore, has plans for each of our communities, Paul Gorman writes.

• Keeping your enemies close

  Fighting talk and words of defiance are forever etched into the history of Huriawa Peninsula, Matapura Ellison tells Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman.

• BOOTS ON THE GROUND

  When ‘‘redcoat’’ soldiers were brought to Otago to bring order to a gold rush in full flow, the temptation to desert proved too much for some, writes Charlotte Macdonald in this extract from her new book Garrison World.

• MAKING A CASE FOR IT

  Richard E. Grant has found a vocation playing punctilious eccentrics. Now he is in exalted company for a sobering role in a film about the Nuremburg trials, writes Olivia Ovenden.

• ZIPPING IT

  Bullies are enforcing a code of silence in our workplaces, according to those pushing back. PaulGorman looks at the use of non-disclosure agreements to cover their tracks.

• WARMING THE LAND

  The names that adorn the southeast coast of Te Waipounamu warm the land, Puketeraki kaumatua Matapura Ellison tells Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman.

• BLOWIN IN THE WIND 5 TREES HAVE LEAVES LIKE CIGARETTES

  Trees have leaves

• Lessons in the key of music

  A new take on a Kiwi classic is helping a group of tamariki to find their voice. Meanwhile, just up the road, a school is finding its rhythm. Tom McKinlay drops in on a new generation of music makers.

• all voices A page for

  An esteemed literary journal is gently changing tack, Paul Gorman reports.

Featured documents

• Our LAST best chance

  On Monday, the Government reveals its Emissions Reduction Plan — New Zealand’s first serious step to help avert global climate disaster. Bruce Munro asks whether it will be enough to transform our economy and society in just eight years and looks around for those already getting on with it....

• THE RIVER’S TURN

  In Central Otago, a river’s health is being weighed against the demands of irrigation. Mary Williams investigates the complex, dry, catchment of the Manuherikia river — and the struggle to restore it....

• Granddad’s part in Hitler’s downfall

  A Hollywood movie about a desperate attempt to fool Hitler features Rear-Admiral John Godfrey, head of the British Naval Intelligence Division. Some details in the film are not accurate, Rachel Gibb, of Dunedin, tells Bruce Munro. Gibb should know — Admiral Godfrey was not only the abrasive...

• Preparing for anything

  The big global climate crisis we’re doing our best to ignore, has plans for each of our communities, Paul Gorman writes....

• Three Waters is the largest local government reform in decades. But in many minds, the rollout has been muddled and mired in controversy. To ‘‘unmuddy’’ Three Waters, three people near to the action speak off-the-record, giving Bruce Munro their take on the reason for the reforms, whether they are a good idea and what they would do differently.

  Three Waters is the largest local government reform in decades. But in many minds, the rollout has been muddled and mired in controversy. To ‘‘unmuddy’’ Three Waters, three people near to the action speak off-the-record, giving Bruce Munro their take on the reason for the reforms, whether they are...

• Chapterandverse

  It is one of the very biggest stories in New Zealand rock’n’roll history, and Mike Houlahan was there to record it. As it writes its final chapter, he recalls its twists and turns....

• GENOCIDE NEXT DOOR

  Jonathan Glazer’s audacious new film about the family life of Auschwitz’s commandant was 10 years in the making. He tells Sean O’Hagan how it was made — and the importance of finding light in the darkness....

• Making the list

  Just six novels remain in contention for the world’s most prestigious literary award — The Booker Prize — which will be awarded next week. The Otago Daily Times’ fiction faction cast their eye over this year’s finalists....

• Granddad’s part in Hitler’s downfall

  A Hollywood movie about a desperate attempt to fool Hitler features Rear-Admiral John Godfrey, head of the British Naval Intelligence Division. Some details in the film are not accurate, Rachel Gibb, of Dunedin, tells Bruce Munro. Gibb should know — Admiral Godfrey was not only the abrasive...

• A first step towards controlled change

  We now have a plan of action to guide our climate change response. But is it any good? Members of the University of Otago’s He Kaupapa Hononga climate change research network run the ruler over it....