By Chris Pidgeon Reading time: 13 minutes Light pollution has removed a crucial element of our ancestry. For thousands of millennia, we watched the stars at night. Over time, we learnt to use these celestial beings as tools to help us navigate, tell time, or explore our...
By Jennifer Little Reading time: 16 minutes At a recent public talk in New Plymouth, guest speaker and race relations commissioner Meng Foon was introduced as “made in China, born in Gisborne, and working for Aotearoa”. A succinct bio, it captures the unique concoction of his origins...
By Alina Suchanski Reading time: 14 minutes Dubbed “the common cold of mental illness”, depression has reached epidemic proportions amongst European nations and English speaking countries. At the other end of the spectrum, there are languages that don’t even have a word for ‘depression’. Alina Suchanski explores...
By Philippa Hadlow Reading time: 13 minutes Creating a multi-faceted business to fund a mission to protect, restore, and enhance our natural environment is mission accomplished for North Taranaki Hapū, Otaraua, from the Waitara area. Nga Ringawera Otaraua (NRO) was established in 2013 as the Hapū’s commercial...
By Alina Suchanski Reading time: 12 minutes Allotment gardening has been deeply rooted in Europe’s urban culture for over 200 years. The idea first germinated during the era of industrialisation, a time of mass migration of farmworkers from villages to cities. Allotment gardens not only provided a...
By Jennifer Little Reading time: 14 minutes The youngest and lesser known among world religions Baháʼí Faith is distinctive not for bellowing out its beliefs, which are based around unity, inclusivity, and humanism. The absence of priests, preachers and proselytising also sets it apart from many...
By Alina Suchanski Reading time: 11 minutes A year ago, Toni Hoeta, a young wāhine from King Country, New Zealand, landed her dream job at Otago Museum leading the Solar Tsunami Programme’s outreach to Māori throughout Aotearoa. Alina Suchanski talks to Toni about her life and aspirations. [caption...
By Jennifer Little Reading time: 13 minutes Fitting in as one of the “boys in blue” felt like the only option for young Muslim migrant Naila Hassan when she pursued her dream of joining the New Zealand Police 33 years ago. It was her choice to blend in...
Food & recipes with Faizal Kamsan Reading time: 11 minutes After Hours is an insight into the people of the hospitality industry. Putting a face and name to the creators of the food that you're Instagramming, the drinks you're sipping and to those who waited at your...
By Chris Pidgeon Reading time: 12 minutes Throughout COVID-19, we’ve witnessed our environments morph alongside the pandemic. We saw dolphins swimming in the canals of Venice in 2021, and the world stopped to consider whether the lockdowns we all had been through were influencing nature. Recent reports...