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$1 Billion And Counting

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Twenty years ago Peter Jackson brought Hollywood to Aotearoa — and we’re still shelling out mega bucks to keep it here. Is it worth it?

By Madeleine Chapman

September 12, 2021

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The Info-Demic

Popular Chinese-language media outlets in New Zealand are helping spread misinformation about western-developed Covid-19 vaccines. Could it harm our local rollout?

By Emmanuel Stokes

Down On The Farm

Environmental politics and the complexities of modern farming have brought new pressures to rural life. For some, the load becomes too much to carry.

By Paul Gorman

Burst Bubbles

Once borders re-open, will our anxiety about holidaying in a post-Covid world change the way we travel forever?

By Anna Rawhiti-Connell

The High Price of Absolutely Everything

Bullying, price gouging and market monopolies — the real reason New Zealand is so expensive.

By Ollie Neas

A Lot Of Harm To Put Right

Emma Espiner and Dame Naida Glavish discuss inequities for Māori in the health system.

By Emma Espiner

In a single generation New Zealand has transformed itself from a home-owning democracy into a society fractured by property wealth — between those who have it, and those who do not. How did it happen and what is it doing to us?

By Rebecca Macfie

The Afterlife Of Peter Ellis

How the fight to clear his name is changing New Zealand law.

By Pete McKenzie

A Space For Life To Grow

The anger and anxiety of the fertility game.

By Michelle Langston

The Nazi Who Built Mount Hutt

The untold story of how a former Waffen-SS soldier lied his way into New Zealand — and got away with it.

By Andrew Macdonald and Naomi Arnold

Confidence And Supply

How MP Nicola Willis orchestrated a radical shift in National’s housing policy.

By Hayden Donnell

The Man In Charge Of The Money

With the economy recovering and the housing crisis escalating, Finance Minister Grant Robertson wields a lot of power. How will he use it?

By Madeleine Chapman

Children vaping illustration by Paul Blow

Lost In The Clouds

As a new generation gets hooked on nicotine, New Zealand's approach to vaping has been bafflingly lax.

By Don Rowe

Herman And The Serpent

How a retired diplomat in Wellington brought a notorious serial killer to justice.

By Tobias Buck

The Hard Grind: Is This New Zealand Sailing’s Next Star?

How a builder won a place among sailing’s elite.

by Michael Burgess

Mahia, We Have A Problem

As the superstar Kiwi startup takes on work for the US military, a tiny beach community faces some major moral dilemmas.

By Ollie Neas

Without You I Was Nothing

What Māori have given the game of rugby.

By Talia Marshall

Our Fiery Future

For two weeks, helicopter pilots battled one of New Zealand’s worst wildfires. That was just a preview.

By Charles Anderson

Man of Letters

You’ve seen the work of worldclass type designer Kris Sowersby everywhere. You just don’t know it.

By Ashleigh Young

Culture Etc.

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A Fashion Education

The Aucklander behind a quietly influential second-hand clothing business is part saleswoman, part detective, part fashion encyclopaedia..

By Tess Nichol

How We Live

In their new book, Francis and Kaiora Tipene of The Casketeers share their experiences and knowledge of living in te ao Māori.

By Ollie Neas

About Town: Catlins

Closed borders prompt one "gullible North Islander" to head further south than she's ever been before.

By Sharon Stephenson

Bounty Hunting

After growing up with a family lore stranger than fiction, Harrison Christian finally sat down to try to untangle the story of his ancestor, Fletcher Christian, one of history’s most famous mutineers.

By Harrison Christian

Under Down Under

Long overlooked as a tourist destination, Tasmania offers both glorious wilderness and the wildest of art.

By Tess Nichol

About Town: Featherston

Despite a recent influx of city slickers, the town at the foot of the Remutaka Hill retains its small-town sense of humour and no-nonsense attitude.

By Alex Casey

A Matter of Records

How one Wellington historian is rescuing pieces of our music history from being lost forever.

By Sharon Stephenson

Points of Connection

Walters Prize-winning artist Bridget Reweti of the Mata Aho Collective on the history of Māori art making.

By Bridget Reweti

Rose Matafeo as Jessie in her new show Starstruck. Photo: Mark Johnson.

Prime Time

Comedian Rose Matafeo on the value and constraints of diversity on screen and her "accidentally feminist" new BBC-produced TV show, Starstruck.

By Lana Lopesi

Why Are Women Still Taking Their Husbands’ Names When They Marry?

Why do so many married women still take their husband’s last name? And does that even matter?

By Anna Rawhiti-Connell

Teeks performing during his intimate churches tour last December.

Old Soul

27 year old Teeks sounds like a cross between Adele and Elvis Presley. And he's poised to become New Zealand's next international superstar.

By Madeleine Chapman

In Tune

The use of taonga pūoro "traditional Māori instruments" has been reclaimed in recent decades. Two practitioners discuss how their music links back to landscape.

By Ruby Solly

Four Corners

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Lords of the Ring

Inside New Zealand’s pro-wrestling renaissance.

Putting Down Roots

How a Chinese tourist became a seasoned New Zealand farmer.

Cheerio Cheerio?

What happened to this Kiwi tradition?

Pub Crawl

The long and sometimes troubled history of the Historic Okoroire Hot Springs Hotel.

Swimming with Sharks

An encounter with a surprisingly gentle giant.

Hibiscus Coast Blues

Biohunting with Dr Wiles.

Living in a City With Truly Radical Rental Laws

A look at some other countries suggests that New Zealand's reforms are anything but radical. Germany, Berlin goes to extreme lengths to protect tenants.

Utopia Lab

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Too Many People Are Dying On Our Roads

We need better roads, not better people.

Intensive Dairy Farming Is Killing The Environment

New Zealand should halve its number of cows.

The Criminal Justice System Is Broken

How we could reduce crime by locking up less people.

New Zealand Has A Dental Care Crisis

How do we fix it?

Why We Should Borrow More Money

A case for changing the way we think about national debt.

Bring Back the Glory Days of Rail

Why it's a smart idea to re-invest heavily in our national rail system.

Backstory

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Unrest Room

Arguments over public toilets are a recurring flashpoint in the fight for trans rights. As it turns out, these facilities have been places of contention for many marginalised groups throughout history.

Archive Highlights

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Bert’s Labyrinth

Survivors are finally speaking out — but years earlier, a journalist tried to publish the inside story of the notorious Auckland commune. Then she came too close.

By Anke Richter

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