Notes

Pushing up daisies: Our traditional ways of dealing with death are changing - eco burials.
Building hostility: The American President is using his emergency powers to divert funds for his border wall project.
Vanquishing the virus: hepatitis C - there is now a free cure.
Pat Alston: An Englishwoman with a Kiwi heart; Romney sheep.
Nutrition: Unhealthy food.
Sport: Declining rugby-player numbers.
Jumping off pointe: The Royal NZ Ballet Company.
Sir Elton John.
Keep calm and carry on: New Zealand’s problems with China.