A quest to find the critically endangered Desert Rat Kangaroo continues in the central Australian desert. Chris Johnston tells how the fate of the elusive creature brings a group of dedicated ‘desert walkers’ together across the centuries.
Strychnine was considered a wonder weapon in the fight against the 1920s rabbit plague, but the poison also became the method of choice for those wanting to take their own lives. Michelle Gill reports
As a young musician in 1970s China, Zaixing Sheng could not afford to buy a personal instrument so he learned to make his own. Five decades later, the extraordinary story of this master luthier, lived in two parts, continues in Sydney.
An exhibition about the infamous Dawn Raids in the 1970s has opened in South Auckland, providing a window into a painful chapter of New Zealand’s history.
Ordinary people in Israel and Palestine are willing to try anything at the grassroots level, in an attempt to do what the peace process has failed to do – use whatever they have to create reconciliation and peaceful coexistence that is built on a mutual understanding and respect.
