He’s rich, opinionated and believes in doing good for the community.

Michele Hewitson interviews property developer Mark Todd, who is a study in contrasts and uses the F-word the way other people use commas.

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📷: Jane Ussher

Ahead of the Aotearoa Art Fair, Sally Blundell asks New Zealand artists about their favourite local artwork and why it moves them.
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If some students who have enjoyed their extended liberty are proving hard to lure back, what can schools offer that a stay-at-home education can’t?
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When you’re striving to achieve financial goals, or just to get on top of your bills, taking a second job can seem like a lifeline.
But while the extra cash might seem tempting, there’s a lot more at stake than just the money.
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Nicky Pellegrino talks to Auckland ophthalmologist Helen Danesh-Meyer about the new, minimally-invasive treatment that could make the future brighter for glaucoma sufferers.

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Tea has won wars and reduced mortality. So, why is the real thing consigned to the lowest shelves in the supermarket?

DL Calder considers how standard Black and loose-leaf tea as wound up in a spiral of decline.

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Paul Little talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Charles Duhigg, who's own miscommunications spurred his research into conversational prowess, about how to charge up your communication skills.

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Two years ago, Michael Bennett flung open the doors of the crime-writers’ club of Aotearoa with his first thriller, 'Better the Blood'. Now, he's back. nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/b…

Disgust researcher Paul Rozin reported in 2003 that Aussies are more likely to delight in Vegemite if they try it early in childhood, and that delight is correlated with individual national identity. nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/l…

There are more ways for humans to communicate with each other than ever. Yet, despite all these new resources, many of our conversational arrows still fail to reach their targets. nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/l…

Have a listen to the songs that caught our ears this week 🎵⁠
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Here are a few highlights from the Listener's Quips and Quotes as they appeared in the April 20 - April 26 issue.⁠
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Jane Clifton considers why societal expectations of what it means to have the optimal female posterior isn't as trivial as it sounds.

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Auckland Museum, Alexander Turnbull Library and the University of Otago’s Hocken Collections have created a touring exhibition of some of the earliest-known photographs of Aotearoa.

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Early photos provide an evocative snapshot of NZ's past.
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Sarah Daniell talks to Tim Melville (Te Arawa, Te Atiawa) of the only Māori-owned dealer gallery in Tāmaki Makaurau, about how Māori and Pasifika artists are at the heart of a new movement.

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📷: Jane Ussher

It’s to the credit of The Lost Boys of Dilworth that it captures the scale and the human cost of that abuse without ever using shock for its own sake. In large part that’s because Mark Staufer, the writer and main voice of the programme, was a victim.
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What is the IATA airport code for Heathrow?
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Paul Little talks to neuroscientist Charan Ranganath on the secrets to improving your memory, and the questions he is constantly being asked at parties.

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🎨: Anthony Ellison

The Tim Melville Gallery is the only Māori-owned dealer gallery in Tāmaki Makaurau.

“I might just be the most high profile at the moment, but there are others coming up and there is hope for the future. They’re coming.”

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