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- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Not just child's play: The serious business of keeping Kiwi kids theatre alive
The winter school holidays makes it high season for children's theatre. Sarah Catherall looks at the artistic and financial challenges its practitioners face. When Emma Rattenbury was emerging from the intensity of Covid and its lockdowns, the children's librarian struggled to reconnect with the world. 'I was feeling overwhelmed and disconnected from people and nature,' says Wellington-based Rattenbury, also a playwright and performer. 'I thought, 'Jeez, if I'm feeling this way as an adult, imagine how difficult this period
NZ Herald
27-04-2025
- Health
- NZ Herald
Cancer rising: Investigating the deadly increase in cancers in younger people
As cancer diagnoses in the under-50s soar, researchers are focusing on environmental as well as dietary causes – including a possible link between microplastics and bowel cancer, writes Sarah Catherall. When David Shorter was diagnosed with aggressive stage four colorectal cancer early last year, the now 44-year-old looked back on his life searching for clues on what caused it. The Aucklander was fit and healthy enough, with no family history of bowel cancer. So, like many other cancer patients, he
