North & South Magazine - February Issue

Summary of this month’s top stories

THE FATHER EFFECT

Astounding new information revealed by New Zealand scientists suggests a surprising new contributor as a cause of premature births – Fathers. In the February Issue of North & South, editor-at-large Donna Chisholm investigates the ground-breaking, inter-generational study aiming to uncover the causes and effects of prematurity – and how it might be prevented.

A VERY HOMEGROWN DISASTER

More than $23 billion dollars – that’s the latest estimate on the cost of the leaky building fiasco. The biggest man-made catastrophe in our nation’s history is now predicted to cost 20 per cent more than the Canterbury earthquakes. In an extensive special report, Peter Dyer asks why taxpayer settlements are kept confidential and investigates claims that thousands of homeowners are paying for extensive remedial work that simply isn’t needed.

BAND OF BROTHERS

What does it take to buck the trend of Kiwi boys, especially Maori and Pacific Islanders, failing in the classroom? In her profile of Auckland’s Dilworth College, where NCEA pass rates triple the national average, North & South Deputy Editor Joanna Wane finds out how this low-decile school turns lost boys into winners.

It’s all in the February edition of North & South, Canon Magazine of the Year 2011, on newsstands from Monday, January 16.