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it’s not that pottery scene from Ghost / or the sweaty handprint on glass in Titanic

Featuring poetry! A guide to Wellington! And also a guide to the whole of the Earth's history!

Our national psyche revealed in <140 devastating characters.

In her last year of high school she took on NZQA over its use of a racist poem in an NCEA exam. She also wrote a book of poems.

The story of my abortion – and the woman who performed it.

A new story by one of the best short fiction writers in the country.

When it comes to traumatic events in our history, whose memory counts?

The books the kids have been begging you for.

This might be a record: 14 of the week's top 20 are New Zealand books.

On one of the worst characters in the history of television.

We're not machines, ghosts, robots, changelings or aliens – but many of us like the idea of hanging out with them sometimes.

Celebrating a terrific crop of new titles.

If Wellington city footpaths are clogged with architecture admirers this weekend, here's why.

this is not a poem   this is the wind

He chronicled life in west Auckland for over 50 years. Now a new book is finally giving Olaf Petersen's photography the attention its deserves.