Poet Nick Ascroft considers one of his claims to fame to be "nearly winning the Kathleen Grattan Prize four times, the most anyone has nearly won it". Which might partly explain why his fifth collection of poetry is titled The Stupefying.

After 11 years working as a science and tech journalist, Kris De Decker realised that low-tech is actually the way of the future. He's the creator of Low-Tech Magazine - a solar-powered website hosted from his Barcelona balcony.

The path to sainthood can be long - as long as a 1000 years. For Meri Hohepa Suzanne Aubert, who died in 1926, that path hit a snag earlier this year when the Vatican Medical Council decided a potential miracle attributed to her could be explained by medical science.

On Friday 7 October Jamie McLellan won the John Britten Black Pin at the Designers Institute of NZ's Best Design Awards, the most prestigious award on the New Zealand design calendar. Currently based in San Francisco, McLellan is the first Head of Design for Kiwi fashion brand Allbirds, known for its commitment to sustainability.

Hannah Gadsby says only in the last year has she "come out the other side" after being catapulted to fame by her 2018 Netflix comedy special Nanette. The Australian comedian is currently in New Zealand performing her latest show Body of Work.

The headscarves women are required to wear by the Islamic Republic of Iran are now becoming a symbol of defiance. London-based CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi was born in the United States to an Iranian father and Japanese mother. After moving to Iran in 2003 to work as a reporter, she was arrested in 2009, accused of espionage and spent 101 days in prison.

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Recording the sounds of our planet over four decades, American Jim Metzner is an audio legend. Host and producer of one of the longest running science programmes Pulse of the Planet, Metzner has recorded everywhere from Australian cloud forests to Brazilian favelas.

New Zealand rugby star Ruby Tui tells Susie Ferguson why she's sharing the rough details of her early life in the new memoir Straight Up.

Nutritional supplements proven to lower the risk of PTSD should be part of our public health response to disasters such as the Christchurch mosque attacks, says the University of Canterbury psychology professor Neville Blampied.Last month he received the NZ Psychological Society's top accolade - the Hunter Award.