Features
Photo: Cameron McLaren
Man of Letters
The stunning global success of typeface designer Kris Sowersby of Klim Foundry.
By Ashleigh Young
The Race for Our Lives
As wealthy nations and pharmaceutical powerhouses rush to create a coronavirus vaccine, where does that leave the team of five million?
By Donna Chisholm
Molesworth cattle station. Photo: Andrew Macdonald.
Magic of the Molesworth
The extreme environment of a legendary goose hunt.
Photography by Andrew MacDonald
Peeling back the picture-perfect facade of Queenstown.
48 Hours in Queenstown
Exploring a boomtown’s tough new economic reality.
By Felicity Price
Dame Naida Glavish and Emma Espiner. Photos: Supplied.
A Lot of Harm to Put Right
Emma Espiner is a newly graduated Māori doctor. Dame Naida Glavish has been fighting for Māori in the health system for 30 years. They talk about what’s changed and the inequities that remain.
Four Corners
Mussel Vision, shellfish reader. photo: Courtesy of Sanford
Newly Listed
Paula Bennett, real estate agent.
Mussel Men
A futuristic vision for shellfish farming.
Way Off Broadway
Musical theatre returnees go on tour, and more.
Culture Etc.
What’s Chasing Marlon?
With his new release, the signer finds comfort in the familiar structure of fold music.
By Hayden Donnell
Back to the Burt
This summer, motorcyclists will again flock to the far south for the Burt Munro Challenge. Meet
some of its most devoted regulars.
By Mike White
Make Yourself At Home
The imperfect art of elevating domestic travel.
By Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Points of Connection
An exhibition of contemporary Māori art is the largest show in Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki’s history. But it’s just one of many exhibitions by Māori artists happening around the country.
By Bridget Reweti
Books
Paul Little reviews a collection of the letters of Denis Glover; a history of the Polynesian Panthers; Catherine Chidgey’s rich Holocaust novel, Remote Sympathy; an anthology of art created during lockdown, and more.
Plus: Paul talks to Howie Morrison about his candid biography of his father, Howard.
By Tobias Buck
Go Big And Print Bravely
The tiny mother-and-son publishing house responsible for two back-to-back literary sensations: Auē by Becky Manawatu and Victory Park by Rachel Kerr.
By Maggie Tweedie
New Zealand’s Forgotten Love Affair With Nude Tramping
During the Great Depression, Kiwis were trapped at home and embarked upon more domestic adventures. The result was a golden age of travel writing.
By Scott Hamilton
The National Gallery
Featuring work by a New Zealand amateur artist every month. January’s artist is Carina Sim-Smith, with her work entitled Blush, 2020
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