What are fungi? And can they save the world? Jay Lichter, a passionate fungi observer and photographer with a rock-star level following on Instagram, elevates the arcane to dazzling artistic levels with his work, which features in a new guide, A Naturalist’s Guide to the Fungi of Aotearoa New Zealand, by Ruben Mita. Lichter discusses the enchantment of this world and the thrill of the treasure hunt.
Royal Albatross, Dunedin Culture Compass April 3, 2025 April ushers in the end of daylight saving - though daylight savouring might be a more uplifting name, less desperate grasping of the light and more radiating abundance. Now it’s over, it’s time to take the hand of someone you love -…
Dauntless Donna 25th March 2025 Lucidly and passionately, Donna Chisholm has reported on New Zealand lives and issues for nearly three decades. She promised wrongfully imprisoned David Dougherty she'd write about him until he was freed. And she did. NICOLA SHEPHEARD meets the woman colleagues call the "journalist's journalist". By…
Child Poverty 25th March 2025 A picture of children living in poverty does not fit the stereotypical image you might imagine. The spread is far wider and more devastating long-term on families in Aotearoa NZ. By Dr Renee LiangChildren living in poverty in Aotearoa do not look like those familiar…
Culture Compass 20th March 2025 Everything you need to know about arts, events, books, activism and activities around ngā motuWe're increasingly getting our cultural engagement through the device in our hand, our souls sucked into the phone and existing there, disembodied, like genies trapped in a digital urn until a…
Health - it’s a matter of consent March 13, 2025 "Power is not truly effective power when there is no consent; it is simply ‘power over’, which demands compliance." By: Dr Renee LiangA few weeks ago, I watched as a father signed a consent form for his newborn twins to…
Little Girl Lost March 13, 2025 Missing person files are, by definition, a sad lament. When it’s a child, acutely so. The disappearance in 1949 of 2½-year-old Elizabeth Shannon, who wandered off and vanished is still etched into the minds of many who lived in Wellington at the time. By:…
Secrets and Lies
Secrets and Lies An explosion in the popularity of DNA tests is exposing a litany of secrets and lies, with as many as one in four tests returning an unexpected result. And as Joanna Wane discovers, it’s ripping some families apart. How many people would have known what the…
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Japan’s theme parks
Japan's theme parks February 27, 2025 Fancy paying to play with a dog, watch a sheep being shorn or share a beer with a real Kiwi bloke? For a few hundred yen, you could find all this at monolithic New Zealand-themed adventure parks in the Japanese countryside. Michelle Duff…
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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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