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Opinion - After a documentary aired on TVNZ last night, viewers should not confuse the Centrepoint commune's promiscuous lifestyle with polyamory, Anke Richter writes.

OPINION: The notorious Auckland commune has spent decades in the news, but there are many more stories left to be told.

Gemma Conroy, ABC Science Reporter Analysis - For two years, Jitarth Jadeja spent most of his time in the darkest corners of the web reading about conspiracy theories. A person wears a QAnon sweatshirt during a pro-Trump rally on October 3, 2020 in the borough of Staten Island in New York City. Photo: AFP / 2020 Getty Images Jadeja, 33, was an avid follower of QAnon - a baseless, far-right theory that started by alleging then-US president Donald Trump was fighting against a secret group of elites who ran a global child sex trafficking ring. For hours each day, Jadeja devoured cryptic predic...

Because Covid denial and medical misinformation are rife at wellness festivals, the upcoming NZ Spirit Festival, featuring Rachel Hunter, had help from anti-conspiracy campaigners to send a clear message to its presenters. Anke Richter explains. This autumn equinox, Earth Beat – “Aotearoa’s most innovative and earth-friendly music and arts festival” – held a five-day party at Ātiu Creek to “balance the light and dark”. On the Saturday night, that balance flipped. Matiu Te Huki, a popular performer on the hippie festival circuit, played after midnight. Instead of bantering betwe...