30 Oct 2015

Top 10 stories of the month - October 2015

9:02 am on 30 October 2015

In case you missed something, here are our most read stories for the month.

 

1 - LEARNING TO LIVE WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS

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One in ten women suffer from endometriosis and it's a disease that can lead to a life of pain, depression and infertility. Story by Mava Moayyed.

2 - THE PENCILSWORD - PLAYER ONE: CONTINUE

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Toby Morris shares five lessons he's learned from being average at video games.

3 - NZ's MOST POPULAR YOUTUBE STARS

Creating content for YouTube is Shannon Harris' fulltime job.

Creating content for YouTube is Shannon Harris' fulltime job. Photo: Facebook

Meet the young YouTube heavy-hitters who are turning a hobby into a profit. Story by Caitlin Te Tai.

4 - 'IMAGINE A GLASS BOTTLE BREAKING INSIDE YOU'

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Endometriosis isn’t just “women’s troubles”. It’s a disease that can cause many to suffer through a life of debilitating pain. Here are seven Kiwis speaking about their life with the pain of endometriosis. 

5 - NZ MUSIC FESTIVAL ON SHAKY GROUND

The Flaming Lips are part of the lineup for the McLaren Valley Music and Arts festival.

The Flaming Lips are part of the lineup for the McLaren Valley Music and Arts festival. Photo: Supplied

McLaren Valley Festival has been rebranded and will head to Auckland after organisers failed to secure resource consent at McLaren Falls Park. Mava Moayyed takes a look at the story behind the move.

6 - RIP IT UP MAGAZINE CAUSES OUTRAGE WITH RACIST ARTICLE

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Earlier this month, New Zealand music and entertainment magazine Rip it Up caused a storm of outage after publishing a film review using a racist slur. Story by Mava Moayyed.

7 - 10 DRUG MYTHS BUSTED

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It would seem that we’re a curious bunch when it comes to drugs, so it’s time to bust some common myths about getting high. By Emma Taylor.

8 - 10 ENDOMETRIOSIS MYTHS BUSTED

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It’s a condition as tricky to say as it is to understand. The cause of endometriosis still eludes us and currently, there is no cure. In New Zealand, more than a hundred thousand of us suffer from it, so let's bust some common myths about the disease.

9 - OUTSPOKEN: JIMI HUNT

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Outspoken is a video series about real people who care about real issues. In the latest one, Jimi Hunt imagines what it would be like if we put as much desirability into mental health as we do into physical health.

10 - 'DO YOU HAVE A FORM FOR THAT?'

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In this story from The Watercooler, Abby Howells tells of how she had her career in theatre all planned out. But sometimes life hands you different things.