Preparing for a natural disaster has long been considered a matter of personal responsibility—but what happens to those without the finances to stockpile supplies or the physical ability to run up the nearest hill? Are we leaving people behind?
 
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January 6, 2018
 
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Ready or not

Preparing for a natural disaster has long been considered a matter of personal responsibility—but what happens to those without the finances to stockpile supplies or the physical ability to run up the nearest hill?

Are we leaving people behind?

 
 
 
 
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Now, you be the judge

There is one prize still to be awarded in Photographer of the Year—the Panasonic People's Choice award. Cast your vote either at the exhibition at Auckland Museum, where all 65 finalists are now on display, or view the finalists on our website and vote online.

Photo: Lola Wright

 
 
 
 
 
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#SundayDoco: Cinema

New Zealand’s history of making movies: a centre of innovation at the edge of the world.

 
 
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Three chords and a story

Country music resonated in 1940s rural New Zealand, and its legacy burns here still, no more so than at the annual Gold Guitar Awards in Gore.

 
 
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Street wise

Graffiti or street art? Virtuosity or urban menace? While arguments rage over the definition, clandestine art of every colour is changing the face of the Christchurch CBD.

 
 
 
 
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Zero to expert

"The rule of thumb among linguists is it takes one generation to lose a language and three to revive it. Here in Ngāti Kahungunu, we’re still in the first generation of recovery.”

Jeremy Tātere MacLeod was born and raised in Brisbane and spoke barely a word of te reo until his late teens. Now, he's fluent, and he's helping others along the road of language-learning.

 
 
 
 
 
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NEW DIGS FOR COLOSSAL SQUID

Te Papa’s nature zone, home of the colossal squid and the Edgecumbe earthquake house, is closing so a new $11 million dollar exhibition can open in its place.

 
 
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BEACHGOERS URGED TO STEP LIGHTLY

People are being warned to stay clear of nesting birds, such as the critically endangered black-backed gull, around coastal areas during the summer break.

 
 
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WORLD'S LARGEST MULTI-SPECIES EXTERMINATION

The government announced last year that it wants the 460-square-kilometre Auckland Island cleared of thousands of pigs, cats and mice.