Chris Marriner

4 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Alan Granville |Amy Ridout |Chris Marriner |Nina Hindmarsh

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5 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Glenn McConnell |Nicholas Jones |Chris Marriner |Emma Stanford

Jo Haas is a woman on a mission. The Kentucky native is out to transform the way we think about public spaces by creating the world’s most accessible museum. Due to open in 2026, The Dot Experience in Louisville will be actively encouraging visitors to feel every exhibit. This won’t be your typical stuffy look-but-don’t-touch-style institution, you won’t find collections trapped behind glass and security ropes here.

6 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Christina Larson |Ava Whitworth |Chris Marriner |Poppy Clark

Social Media or Social Isolation? What’s Fuelling Teen Loneliness? Loneliness has become a global public health concern. Countries including the United Kingdom and Japan have appointed “ministers of loneliness” to help tackle the problem. In the United States, then-Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy issued a public health advisory on loneliness, stating that the risk for premature death from loneliness is akin to smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.

1 week ago | stuff.co.nz | Sharon Brettkelly |Moana Ellis |Chris Marriner

Staff at The Dump Shop in Blenheim have been flat out connecting households in need with furniture and appliances that were destined for the dump. JBL Environmental Ltd has been running the Unwanted Goods Project since it was contracted by Marlborough District Council to take over the shop formerly known as the Blenheim Re-use Centre on Wither Rd in July 2024.

1 week ago | stuff.co.nz | Chris Marriner

Fire-damaged New World handed back to owners as cause remains unknownFire investigators believe the fire that devastated an Auckland supermarket was started accidentally. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesperson told Stuff on Thursday they believed the cause of the blaze was “accidental” and said they were “unable to release further information at this time”.