Notes

The knew illiteracy: dwindling writing skills among a generation of digital natives. Mind games: Centre for Brain Research - 'rewiring' the brains of children with learning difficulties. What's wrong with National Standards? Sorry Sir! Sorry Miss! New Zealanders apologise to their teachers: The Topp Twins, David Slack, Deborah Coddington, Billy Graham, Sir Ray Avery, Gary McCormick. Last chance for life: a deadline is looming for hundreds of stored embryos. City of shadows: Manila's poor live in shocking conditions. Look back in fondness: Christchurch. Guy Frederick's photo-journalism project. Isabell Linton, John Shanks, Betty Trigwell, Hughie Gilmore, Guinevere Eves-Newport. Cave man: Phil Wood, Westport. Viva Brisvegas! Brisbane. Ocean's gift: Lord Howe Island.