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JESUS: THE FLAWED CASE ‘The Investigator’ Bryan Bruce’s book
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12 THE RENA LESSON Eight weeks ago we’d given up on a Bay of Plenty summer. Now the beaches are open again. Lessons from the Rena spill.
22 JESUS VS BRYAN
The Investigator Bryan Bruce won an award this month for Jesus: The Cold Case. But did he deserve it? Ian Wishart looks at where Bruce got it wrong.
26 ROLLING STONES Mick and the boys are re-releasing their biggest-selling album, 1978’s Some Girls, and preparing for the band’s 50th. Yeah, you heard right.
HERS THE HUNT
It’s the biggest NZ child abduction story that Kiwis were never told about. An extract from the gripping new book, The Hunt.
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04 /EDITOR Speaks for itself, really 06 /COMMUNIQUES Your say 08 /EYES RIGHT Richard Prosser 10 /STEYNPOST Mark Steyn
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34 /INVEST Peter Hensley on money 42 /MUSIC Bob Seger interview
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36 The latest toys 37 The Mall 38 Tech: Amazon’s Kindle Fire 40 Online with Chillisoft
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44 /BOOKCASE Michael Morrissey’s ssummer picks 46 /CONSIDER THIS Amy Brooke 48 /THE QUESTION Matt Flannagan
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