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‘Fat pride’ challenges supersize stereotypes

Cat Pause proudly describes herself as “fat”, can live with euphemisms like “curvy”, “chunky” or “chubby”, but baulks at what she believes are value-laden labels such as “overweight” or “obese”. The US-born academic is a pioneer in the emerging field of fat studies, organising New Zealand’s first conference on the…

3-D printing could make guitars un-smashable

Guitarists of the Pete Townshend school wouldn’t be impressed, but their managers would be. The Who’s pioneering instrument-smasher could find he’s met his match with one of the bespoke nylon-bodied guitars made by Olaf Diegel, professor of mechatronics at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand. “You could throw one against…