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The Age of Diagnosis: Have we got it wrong on long Covid, depression and ADHD?

1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Paul Little

Home / The Listener / HealthBy Paul LittleNew Zealand Listener·23 Mar, 2025 04:00 PM9 mins to readSubscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen. Already a subscriber? Sign in hereListening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech. ‌SaveShare this articleReminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read.
Pong or pleasant? Why smell is highly personal

2 months ago | nzherald.co.nz | Paul Little

Home / The Listener / LifeBy Paul LittleNew Zealand Listener·22 Feb, 2025 05:00 PM10 mins to readSubscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen. Already a subscriber? Sign in hereListening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech. ‌SaveShare this articleReminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read. You can’t miss it.
Rocking the vote: Are we getting the democracy we deserve or being taken for a ride?

2 months ago | nzherald.co.nz | Paul Little

Home / The Listener / PoliticsBy Paul LittleContributing writer·New Zealand Listener·2 Feb, 2025 04:00 PM15 mins to readSaveShare this articleReminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read. Voter disillusionment is rampant in the face of short-term political thinking and the increasing sway of business elites. Can democracy respond? In the US, an amoral, convicted felon of proven incompetence is taking power with a convincing mandate.
Poisons all around us: What’s lurking in your home & garden?

2 months ago | nzherald.co.nz | Paul Little

Home / The Listener / New ZealandBy Paul LittleContributing writer·New Zealand Listener·28 Jan, 2025 04:00 PM10 mins to readSaveShare this articleReminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read. Keeping lethal substances from tiny fingers is harder than ever with more and more products on the market. But the National Poisons Centre is keeping tabs.
Creative Kiwis: From mousetraps to mind-bending inventions

Jan 10, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Paul Little

From an AI-Powered Cyber Security Platform for Dynamic Career Development to a Biodegradable Tea Leaf Straw, Kiwis are trying to come up with world-beating innovations. Photo / Getty Images If you can build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door, according to the pithy advice generally attributed to 19th-century American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson.
How manifestly unfair treatment of colleges compared to universities is holding Scotland back

Nov 26, 2024 | scotsman.com | Paul Little

Skills shortages are a real threat to Scotland’s economy, but the fees paid to the country’s colleges have been inexplicably frozen for more than ten yearsEach year, the Auditor General for Scotland publishes his considered analysis on the state of Scotland’s colleges. This year – and not unexpectedly – his analysis makes particularly grim reading.
That slaps: A guide to understanding what your teenager is talking about

Nov 18, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Paul Little

Home / The Listener / LifeBy Paul LittleNew Zealand Listener·18 Nov, 2024 06:00 AM11 mins to readSaveShare this articleReminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read. If you’re a teenage girl, potentially the most embarrassing thing in your life is your father. Especially if he is a thirsty cheug who ends up being cringe with your squad by using your slang. No cap. See? So mid.
Cobb & Co toiletries? The eccentric branding and quirky ads of yesteryear

Oct 30, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Paul Little

Home / The Listener / New ZealandBy Paul LittleContributing writer·New Zealand Listener·30 Oct, 2024 04:00 PM8 mins to readSaveShare this articleReminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read. The Listener’s archive stretches from October 1939 to last week. For decades, issues of the magazine were preserved by being bundled into compendium lots that were then bound as hefty, red-cloth-covered books, the year stamped in gold on the spine.
Should we finally ditch Guy Fawkes?

Oct 29, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Paul Little

A depiction of Guy Fawkes' capture. Image / Getty ImagesIt all started with an attempt in 1605 to blow an English king to smithereens but we continue to take our cue from that November day to light up the sky with fireworks. November 5 is coming. You may not remember much about what it commemorates, but expect fireworks. It’s hard to find a traditionalist who thinks it’s still important to celebrate the survival of King James I from the conspiracy to blow him up in London on November 5, 1605.
Reimagining the law: Why a community-focused approach might matter more

Oct 8, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Paul Little

Current law-driven processes are not functioning well, argues constitutional law expert Cindy Skach, and more community-centred, ground-level decision-making will provide better results. Photo / Getty ImagesRunning to the law to fix society’s problems is not the answer, says constitutional law expert Cindy Skach, whose new book offers a community-focused approach.