Jess Cornelius grew up a 10-minute walk from Tūrangawaewae Marae on the banks of the Waikato River in Ngāruawāhia. Now, from her home in Los Angeles where she lives with her husband and child, ICE teams bearing M4 Carbine assault rifles, bang on the doors of her neighbours.
By Jess Cornelius
Photo: Shutterstock You’ve (not) Got Mail: how the Post Office lost its legendary status 16th July 2025 A small parcel is sent from the US to New Zealand - twice - but is never delivered. A complicated journey, bouncing back and forth across the Pacific Ocean, prompts a bigger question…
Mel Bracewell Comedy may not save us but it’s a good start 14th July 2025 At the last 2025 recording of Aotearoa’s longest running comedy show, 7 Days serves up mushrooms, school lunches and David Seymour. They’re all equally toxic and very good material. By Sarah DanielTwo women walk up…
The Sport Column 10th July 2025 The efforts of Auckland City FC to get to the FIFA World Cup were heroic - just don't do the maths. By Greg BruceIn the first game of their crazy, inspirational, just-completed run at the FIFA Club World Champs, Auckland City FC, the tournament’s…
Jungle Drums 10th July 2025 Gangs, popular culture and moral outrage collided spectacularly in mid-1950s Aotearoa. By Scott Bainbridge1955 had been a tumultuous year for Auckland bodgie gang, the Angels. Their Friday night run-ins with arch-rivals the Vultures were making regular front page news. The Vultures, with their penchant for…
The Culture Compass 10th July 2025While film fanatics patiently bide our time waiting for the New Zealand International Film Festival to roll around (tickets are on sale now), we must find other ways to keep dark existential musings at bay and the creative synapses firing. Here is our selection of…
The Inconvenient Truthers: doctors speaking out 3rd July 2025 Freedom of speech in the health profession is like walking the knife edge - particularly so for doctors who are faced with egregious professional and personal implications for speaking out. According to one: “there are many controls in place to hold…
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES 3rd July 2025 The ambitious Symphony Centre is a development unlike anything Aotearoa New Zealand has seen before, both architecturally and philosophically. By Ben MooreHow do you mend an identity malaise that's been gnawing away at the heart of a city for decades? So much so that the…
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In Conversation With Serena Stevenson
In Conversation With Serena Stevenson 26th June 2025 When photo journalist and documentary artist Serena Stevenson decided to make Three Days In February, a film about the music and arts festival Splore at Tāpapakanga, she had more than 20 years of personal connection with the festival and five years of…
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Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki welcomes a retrospective exhibition from one of contemporary art's great ambassadors for climate consciousness and the capacity of art to affect change.
Christine Jeffs latest film, A Mistake, is based on author Carl Shuker’s novel in which a surgeon’s split-second decision leads to dire consequences. Shuker talks to Jeffs about directing Hollywood stars and the love of horses that keeps her home. By Carl Shuke
NORTH & SOUTH + AUT Virtual Revolution AUT puts the latest technology in the hands of today's students AUT has opened its virtual production studio, putting top-end Hollywood production technology in the hands of today’s students. Associate Professor Dafydd Sills-Jones, Head of AUT’s Virtual Creative Precinct, says the virtual production…
NORTH & SOUTH + Dynamo6 Switched on:Waikato's tech trailblazer Dynamo6’s journey from a small startup in Waikato to a leader in digital transformation and innovation is a testament to the power of vision, resilience, and strategic thinking. When Igor Matich founded Dynamo6, he envisioned a company rooted in the…
NORTH & SOUTH + Lincoln University A visualisation of the new agrivoltaic Lincoln University Energy Farm by Boffa Miskell Harvesting the sun A new farm at Lincoln University will be the first in New Zealand to produce renewable energy as well as high-value crops. Currently awaiting resource consent, the Lincoln…
Growing up in the eighties, “a little girl with buck teeth and red pigtails”, Megan Dunn didn’t dream of becoming a Project Manager. She wanted to be Madison, the mermaid played by Daryl Hannah in Splash. By Theo Macdonald.
Growing up in the eighties, “a little girl with buck teeth and red pigtails”, Megan Dunn didn’t dream of becoming a Project Manager. She wanted to be Madison, the mermaid played by Daryl Hannah in Splash. By Theo Macdonald.
Growing up in the eighties, “a little girl with buck teeth and red pigtails”, Megan Dunn didn’t dream of becoming a Project Manager. She wanted to be Madison, the mermaid played by Daryl Hannah in Splash. By Theo Macdonald.
Historic artefacts washed up by the tides hint at lost lands whose full stories we can only guess at.
Strange monsters and ominous ghosts can be traced to repressed memories of violent histories, argues one Australian researcher looking at the past through a novel lens.
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