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Professors Ngarino Ellis and Deidre Brown with Apollo Magazine editor Edward Behrens, in London on 20 November accepting their award for 2025 Best Book of the Year

21 November 2025

'Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art' by Professors Deidre Brown and Ngarino Ellis, with Jonathan Mane Wheoki, has won the Apollo Award for 2025 Best Book of the Year.

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  • 1600-globe-getty

    24 November 2025

    Where to for globalisation; cooperation, competition, or collapse? World-leading thinkers are exploring what comes next at the first-ever International Economics Workshop in Auckland.

  • Police man stopping SUV

    18 November 2025

    Opinion: Cannabis, ecstasy, meth and cocaine are the only drugs being added to the new roadside testing regime. Why is driving impaired permissible if caused by legally prescribed drugs, asks Nikolai Siimes.

  • Malaysia medical staff debating

    14 November 2025

    Opinion: With the rise of populism and nationalism shaking the foundations of governments, recognising the ‘mind’ of states has become significantly more difficult, says Nobuki Yamashita.

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