The death of a lonely wanderer at a sheep station, the failings of a “mean, hard-hearted” landowner – and its link to an extinct giant eagle
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A body in Devonport
A new book examines the case of human remains found in Devonport – and its possible link to a notorious 1930s villain, poisoner Nurse Elspeth Kerr
The revolution will be memoired
The incredible life and times of Māori lesbian feminist revolutionary kuia Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku
Judy Bailey enters the Blue Zone
How to live to be 100 and still be quite useful
The cure is feijoa
An author travels to an obscure village in Brazil in search of the healing powers of feijoas
The truth about men’s bottoms
A surgeon tells tales of rich brandy drinkers, high-end escorts, and men with foreign bodies where the sun don’t shine
The guru of Lincoln
A portrait of legendary organic farming visionary Bob Crowder
The bard of Gisborne
A day in the life of hard-out fitness freak and Footrot Flats maestro Murray Ball
Jan’s affair with Alistair Te Ariki Campbell
A memoir of an illicit romance on the most famous poetry tour ever staged in New Zealand
‘Mum ticks a lot of the boxes that put her at risk of loneliness’
On the isolation of single elderly people in New Zealand