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Displacing, Detaching: Good and Bad Refugees in Fortress NZ
Read Time: 11 mins
Melissa Laing on the ongoing refugee crisis
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Displacing, Detaching: Good and Bad Refugees in Fortress NZ
By Melissa Laing
So You Want to Rebrand New Zealand Part II
Read Time: 6 mins
Jono Aidney gets inside the boardroom as a group of...
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So You Want to Rebrand New Zealand Part II
By Jono Aidney
For Marjorie: Experiencing the 20th Century Through The Mental Health System
Read Time: 16 mins
Elizabeth Beattie on her grandmother, and 60 years...
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For Marjorie: Experiencing the 20th Century Through The Mental Health System
By Elizabeth Beattie
The Observance and the Breach: Rom Harré on Life and its Rules
Read Time: 36 mins
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The Observance and the Breach: Rom Harré on Life and its Rules
By David Hall
Invisible in high-vis: the hidden world of an event gimp
Read Time: 10 mins
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Invisible in high-vis: the hidden world of an event gimp
By Daniel East
Racism fills headlines across the ditch, too
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Racism fills headlines across the ditch, too
By Kern Mangan-Walker
Old Asian, New Asian
Read Time: 19 mins
Labour's recent use of leaked real estate statistics...
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Old Asian, New Asian
By K. Emma Ng
The Life and Death of the Political Author
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Giovanni Tiso on the democratic importance of Hager...
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The Life and Death of the Political Author
By Giovanni Tiso
Licence to Pill
Read Time: 18 mins
Graham Panther on madness, choice and how lived experience...
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Licence to Pill
By Graham Panther
Defending Your Work, Defending Each Other: Inside NZ's Investigative Journalism Conference
Read Time: 8 mins
Anna Bracewell-Worrall reports from the NZCIJ's annual...
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Defending Your Work, Defending Each Other: Inside NZ's Investigative Journalism Conference
By Anna Bracewell-Worrall
Silent Majority, Silent Democracy
Read Time: 17 mins
Rose Archer on the PM, Nixon and the TPPA
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Silent Majority, Silent Democracy
By Rose Archer
A Journey Down The Banana Supply Chain
Read Time: 15 mins
Edward Miller on the price - and journey - of bananas...
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A Journey Down The Banana Supply Chain
By Edward Miller
So You Want to Rebrand New Zealand...
Read Time: 5 mins
Ad man Jono Aidney brings his experience to bear on...
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So You Want to Rebrand New Zealand...
By Jono Aidney
This Could Be It
Read Time: 18 mins
Max Harris thought his spidery limbs, flat feet and...
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This Could Be It
By Max Harris
I'm Feeling Lucky: The Camel Farm
Read Time: 10 mins
Kirsti Whalen on using helpx.net
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I'm Feeling Lucky: The Camel Farm
By Kirsti Whalen
Out at Sea: On Taking a Year off and Building a Boat
Read Time: 28 mins
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Out at Sea: On Taking a Year off and Building a Boat
By Melissa Laing
Toy Guns, Toy Soldiers
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Chris Danger on Gallipoli and Tony Abbott militarising...
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Toy Guns, Toy Soldiers
By Chris McIntyre
Sonic Doom: The Madness and Mayhem of Making Good Times
Read Time: 23 mins
Court documents suggest Kim Dotcom spent $1,000,000...
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Sonic Doom: The Madness and Mayhem of Making Good Times
By Hayden Donnell
On Some Qualities of Respect
Read Time: 18 mins
Philip Catton on respect - and what New Zealand lacks...
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On Some Qualities of Respect
By Philip Catton
The Past Matters: Reflections on Tangata Whenua
Read Time: 14 mins
Hautahi Kingi reflects on last year's mammoth illustrated...
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Literature
The Past Matters: Reflections on Tangata Whenua
By Hautahi Kingi
Orange Isn’t the New Black: Why we restrict prisoner voting rights
Read Time: 15 mins
Anna Whyte looks into why in New Zealand, unlike many...
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Orange Isn’t the New Black: Why we restrict prisoner voting rights
By Anna Whyte
A Second Chance: Of Hearts and Hospitals
Read Time: 28 mins
Max Harris was 26 and enjoying a dream job working...
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A Second Chance: Of Hearts and Hospitals
By Max Harris
When do We Get to Speak?
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Mohamed Hassan on the need for more Muslim voices...
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When do We Get to Speak?
By Mohamed Hassan
The Profound Sadness of the Viral Proposal Video
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Matt Harnett on the inauthenticity and sadness of...
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The Profound Sadness of the Viral Proposal Video
By Matt Harnett
Cosplay: Craft and Consent
Read Time: 8 mins
On craft and consent in cosplay
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Cosplay: Craft and Consent
By Pantograph Punch
The Lives Of Others: Serial, There and Here
Read Time: 23 mins
Saziah Bashir and Diane White on Serial
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The Lives Of Others: Serial, There and Here
By Saziah Bashir & Diane White
Circling The Drain: Sexist Loos, Unequal Spaces
Read Time: 14 mins
Soong Phoon on gendered spaces.
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Circling The Drain: Sexist Loos, Unequal Spaces
By Soong Phoon
Reality?: "Election Billboards", Gone Girl and Playing Broken Systems
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Samuel Te Kani on what one billboard can tell us.
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Reality?: "Election Billboards", Gone Girl and Playing Broken Systems
By Samuel Te Kani
Hanging on to the Edge of the World
Read Time: 23 mins
Claire Duncan and Jenna Todd travel to Barrytown,...
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Hanging on to the Edge of the World
By Claire Duncan
Three Boys
Read Time: 20 mins
Joe Nunweek on school expulsions
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Three Boys
By Joe Nunweek
V, Virgins and Vitality
Read Time: 13 mins
Katie Rickson on dancing
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Music
V, Virgins and Vitality
By Katie Rickson
Reconstruction and Renaissance: The Creative Thinkers of Christchurch
Read Time: 5 mins
Christchurch is still a city of transition, and emerging...
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Art
Reconstruction and Renaissance: The Creative Thinkers of Christchurch
By Brie Sherow