Fergus Grady is a producer and director who co-created the critically acclaimed documentary Gloriavale: New Zealand’s Secret Cult, and Camino Skies. He is also the director of the Intrepid French Film Festival Aotearoa 2025. Grady lives in Tāmaki Makaurau with his fiancee, costume designer Sacha Young. He talks with Sarah Daniell about passion, cheese and the last film that made him cry.
Roy Colbert (left) on his 14th birthday with mother Molly, brother Barry and sister Julienne, who donated one of her kidneys to Colbert 12 years ago. Roy Colbert: Godfather of the Dunedin Sound 29nd May 2025 Roy Colbert helped make the ‘Dunedin Sound’ legendary. To mark the final week of…
THE CULTURE COMPASS - Mānawatia Matariki! 29th May 2025The rise and rise of Matariki as a national celebration has been the best thing to happen to winter - and Aotearoa - since the arrival of the electric blanket. Among the many grim errors of colonisers was the steamrolling of established…
The Jukebox Murder 22nd May 2025 A murder that shook Tāmaki Makaurau 70 years ago was adapted into a sell-out play and an award winning novel. Scott Bainbridge recalls the case that still has a hold, in the heart and memory of one who was ‘there’ and which recalls the…
Credit: Flickr Talkback Radio And Empty Shells 22nd May 2025 Last week, at the Voyager Awards, some brilliant journalism was celebrated. An interview on talkback radio this week was a reminder that some discourse sits outside the canon of great, insightful work. By Sarah DaniellSometimes it’s best not to look.…
A schooling on school lunches 22nd May 2025 Nurturing young minds: the case for a high quality, universal school lunch programme. By Dr Renee LiangLet’s get the obvious point out of the way: feeding kids at school has both health and educational benefits. It also has much wider benefits in…
Culture Compass 15th May 2025The modern couch is a thing of wonder; a distant relative from the wooden benches the ancient Egyptians savoured grapes upon. A good contemporary couch - which these days is almost ubiquitously an oversized sectional - is designed to draw you in, hold you like your…
NZ Music Month
Neil Finn (centre) jams with Elroy (left) and Liam on the corner of Symonds St and Newton Rd. Photo: GREG BOWKER/ NZ HERALD Dizzy Spell 15th May 2025 Back in 2014, North & South featured a profile with Neil Finn about his collaborations with, among others, US producer David Fridmann,…
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Scandal, weed and witchcraft
Anna Hoffman in 1960. Scandal, weed and witchcraft May 1, 2025 As a child she played the violin; as a woman, chess with a Mongrel Mob president. Scott Bainbridge on the life and curious times of Anna Hoffman, the Maharanee of Marijuana. By: Scott BainbridgeShe was the antithesis ‘it’ girl…
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Nanny Dearest
Nanny Dearest: A Childhood Nightmare 8th May 2025 Belinda Robinson, the daughter of famous Aotearoa playwright - and founder of Pōneke’s Downstage Theatre - Bruce Mason and renowned obstetrician Diana Mason, speaks publicly about the childhood abuse inflicted by Lili, their opiate-addicted nanny. Warning: This extract contains themes around abuse and…
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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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