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Top 10 feature stories of 2014

09:07 am on 29 December 2014

This year we’ve covered issues ranging from rape culture to Capital Culture, and the brain drain to risky sex. Here are the 10 most popular feature stories of the year.

10. Who says you need a degree in IT?

Thomas Rix didn't even make it through high school, but now works as a software engineer for Twitter. He tells Jack Barlow why he didn't need a degree to succeed.

9. Marriage in the Millennial age

With one in three marriages ending in divorice, and de facto relationships on the rise, how relevant is it in the modern age?

8. Myers-Briggs: A blunt instrument but not out of tune

As indicators of identity go, the Myers-Briggs personality test is halfway between a horoscope and a heart monitor, writes Di White. 

7. Capital Culture: Down with the local scene

Being nice isn’t cool, and threads, jobs and where you’re seen are the most defining factors in a person. Welcome to the web series Capital Culture.

6. A ball of energy

Ruby Reihana-Wilson may have to abandon a career she loves if her doctors are right - but she won't give up without a fight.

5. Plugging the brain drain

Tens of thousands of Kiwis cross the ditch each year in search of jobs, money and a better life. But how good is it in Australia? 

4. Let us go home: The path out of rape culture

The sexual assaults of two women in Wellington in 24 hours over Easter weekend this year prompted two strains of anger.

3. Playing a game of sexual roulette

It's not like we don't know about the risks of unprotected sex. So why are we taking them? 

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2. Quitting the day job

Most of us, at some time, think about throwing in a career to follow a dream. Di White talks to two people who have done just that. 

1. Tinder: No spark without matches

Is the mobile dating app really like real life but better? Elle Hunt gets stats and experiences on Tinder.