Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ngā take kia ora tonu. na Matt Haig. (Canongate £9.99) I te mahi a Matt Haig i Ibiza me tana hoa wahine a Andrea i te wa i huri ohorere ai tona oranga. I te 24 o ona tau, e ai ki tana, he tangata kai kai, he tangata kai pati, he tangata inu nui, ahakoa he iti rawa te kai me te moe. I tetahi ra ka rongo ia i tana roro e wiri ana, e wiri ana hoki i roto i tona mahunga, a ka nui rawa te wehi o te wehi, me te hiahia hoki kia whakamatea ia. Ko te kōrero tuatahi a Matt Haig mō te mate kino, he pānui whakaharahara. <unk>Ki te mawhiti i te hinengaro e mura ana, kei reira nga whakaaro e mura ana, e paowa ana ano he taonga tawhito i ngaro i te tahunga ahi.<unk> I haere ia ki te taha o te pari, ka titiro ki te Moana-a-Kiwa, ka whakaaro: <unk>He taahiraa kotahi <unk> i te mamae o te ora.<unk> I ētahi wā ka amuamu te nuinga o te iwi e 'kino ana' rātau. He māmā noa iho te toro atu ki te kupu i te wā e pouri ana tātou, i te wā rānei e pouri ana tātou mō tētahi take tino pai, pēnei i te tangihanga tata nei, i te ngaronga rānei o te mahi. Ranei ka nui rawa te ahotea o te mahi, o te neke whare rānei, kāore koe e taea te moe, te whakatika rānei i te ata. Heoi, kaua e whakapohehe i te pouri haumanu ki era atu kanohi pouri. I roto i tēnei pūrongo poto, whakamataku, tuatahitia o te pouri, me te āhua o tana whawhai ki a ia, kāore te kaituhi pukapuka a Haig i waiho i te ruarua ki a tātou e pā ana ki te āhua tūturu, whakamataku o te kararehe. E 13 tau i muri mai i tana whiunga ohorere e "he pono hou e raru ana, e mamae ana hoki", he nui nga taipitopito a Haig mo nga tohu o te pouri kia kore ai tetahi e tango i te ingoa o tenei ahuatanga nanakia i te kore. Ehara te pouri i te mate <unk> engari ko te pouri he tino mate. He maha ake ngā tāngata e mate ana i te whakamomori i te mate pukupuku o te kopu, te mate pukupuku o te ate, te mate pukupuku o te puku, te mate pukupuku o te uma, te mate Alzheimer rānei, e ai ki ngā tatauranga a te World Health Organization. Ka neke ake a Haig i tēnei: "I te mea ko te nuinga o te hunga e whakamate ana i a rātau, he pouri, ko te pouri ko tetahi o nga mate tino mate i runga i te ao. <unk>He nui ake te hunga e mate ana i te nuinga o ētahi atu momo tūkino <unk> whawhai, whakatumatuma, tukino ā-whare, tukino, hara patu <unk> i ngā wā katoa.<unk>...
I te 24 o ona tau ka huri te oranga o Matt Haig i te wā i pāngia ai e ia he mate pouri. I roto i tana pukapuka e whakaatu ana ia i tana korero tuatahi mo te mate kino. He nui ake te hunga e mate ana i te whakamomori i te mate pukupuku o te kopu, o te uma, o te mate Alzheimer rānei.