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• Accepting people as they are

  The best thing we can do for our children is support them in their identities, writes parent and psychiatrist Jo Prendergast in her new book.

• James Blake. Playing Robots Into Heaven. ★★★

• Olivia Rodrigo. Guts. ★★★★

• Fair weather vegans are proving commitment-free

  Vegan fadders are lapsing in droves, writes Barbara Ellen.

• The pleasure of reading

  Just when Jess Hughes was beginning to think she must have imagined Clan of the Cave Bear, along comes the NZ Young Writers Festival.

• Margo Cilker. Valley of Heart’s Delight. ★★★★

• Branagh gets into the spirit

  A HAUNTING IN VENICE

• Ancient brick link to past

  A 2900-year-old brick from a former palace in present-day northern Iraq, when sampled for traces of plant life DNA deposited deep inside the brick while it was being made, has amazingly revealed 34 groups of plants when the extracted DNA was sequenced.

• The deportment of electricity on a roll

  Switching people on to electricity was a competitive business, Henry Buckenham writes.

• Muscling up to the world

  The buff bodies of young men mask a twitching mass of contemporary concerns, Jess Hughes writes.

Featured documents

• A contested death

  Te Wētere and the Rev. John Whiteley crossed paths during the New Zealand Wars, but beyond that much is unclear, Anaru Eketone writes in this essay from a new book....

• 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....

• 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 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....

• 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...

• 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...

• 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....

• An Olympics inclusive of all

  The Olympic Games appear to be edging towards a radical shakeup that could be a bold ‘‘heart and mind’’ exemplar of inclusion. Bruce Munro looks back over 125 years of sex testing in elite sport and talks to two Otago academics proposing a visionary way ahead....

• Choking off the funding

  Otago has some of the most polluted air in New Zealand, but the Otago Regional Council has put its air quality work on hold until 2025. The council’s decision could have dire health consequences for some Otago residents, shocked and dismayed experts tell Bruce Munro....

• From meek to menacing

  A peerless classical actor, Harriet Walter has recently hit new highs playing frosty matriarchs, and does so again in Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel. Tim Lewis reports....