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A little planning goes a long way • Kiwis who value the vanishing heritage and greenery of many of our towns and cities depend on planners to save it, say Alexandra Bonham and Jessica Rose.

Singing a different tune

Bright Lines

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

Doubly damned • A legislative amendment looks set to cause a market imbalance, leaving the public more disadvantaged than ever.

Political fabric starts to fray

Start spreading the news

Fairway to Irish unity

Online interference

Blind to our history

A rising tide of risk • As cancer diagnoses in the under-50s soar, researchers are focusing on environmental as well as dietary causes – including a possible link between microplastics and bowel cancer.

Cancer All Around • Disengagement with the health system may hinder cancer detection.

Spreading the words • The world’s most popular family of languages has its roots in a small corner of Europe. Its evolution – a story of migration, conquest, intermarriage and human progress – has lessons for how we see ourselves.

Silence is no answer • AC Grayling, British philosopher and indefatigable author, is coming to the Auckland Writers Festival with a new book under his arm. Paul Little asks him about Discriminations – a sortie on to the battlefield of woke – and hears how to combat the haters.

Her unquiet mind • A very rude magpie may still be dogging her thoughts, but one of our most successful authors has managed another novel worth squawking about.

For the love of Chile • Four decades on from The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende’s follow-up remains true to the original.

Dozen of the best • Booker Prize winner Graham Swift produces a clever and reflective story collection.

Marie Curie’s magical turn • Miramar is the surprise hideaway of the glowing scientist in Tracy Farr’s imaginative retelling.

Nerd’s eye view • An off-kilter tale about Arto, who wakes up to find he’s a robot on an existential quest in a post-apocalyptic world.

Brain ticklers • A stack of new reading for kids ranging from picture books to a biography of Roald Dahl.

Fresh takes • New poetry from writers finding inspiration in the natural world, tourist hot spots and living with cancer.

One-line wonders • As the NZ International Comedy Festival returns for its annual season, so does our A-to-Z guide to the event.

Call me

Newsman’s nightmare

Tall tales

Chorales in counterpoint • Last year’s World Choir Games in Auckland is the focus of a new series by a leading documentary maker who contrasts a high-powered New York chorus with a homespun group from Kaitāia.

TV Picks of the week

Tv Films

Saturday/Rāhoroi May 3

Sunday/Rātapu May 4

Monday/Rāhina May 5

Tuesday/Rātū May 6

WEDNESDAY/RĀAPA MAY 7

THURSDAY/RĀPARE MAY 8

FRIDAY/RĀMERE MAY 9

RADIO MAY 3 -9

Wolfie to the world • A musician and university lecturer offers a rare community-based course on Mozart.

Eccentricity a winner • So-called eccentric exercise brings the benefits of physical activity without the usual muscle-contracting drills.

Hola, España • New Zealand photographer Melanie Jenkins provides stunning images of Spain to accompany classic recipes from food writer Jo Wilcox.

50 not out • Austrian winemaker Hermann Seifried marks a production milestone at his Nelson vineyard.

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