[caption id="attachment_4010" align="alignright" width="120"] Queen's High School[/caption] By Jamileh Eidizadeh Age: 21 Country of origin: Iran Queen's High School, Dunedin Reading time: 14 minutes It was the last month of winter when I came home from school; I was running towards our house while it was raining on me. I...
By David Woods Country of Origin: New Zealand Age: 50, 1st year Social Anthropology student Massey University, Palmerston North Reading time: 6 minutes While some may feel that history is in the past and we should just move on, history starts now, and the present becomes the past, moment...
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 Philippa Hadlow Reading time: 13 minutes One day, at the end of our narrow country road at the intersection, I came across Basil. He wasn’t known as such back then. At that time, in 2014, he was a motley grey-brown bird I spotted sitting uncomfortably conspicuous,...
Book Review by Philippa Hadlow Reading time: 4 minutes I Am Not The Messiah; Mr Zootherapy tells all By James Sinclaire Independently published via Bookbuzzr 2019 Rating: 5 out of 5 on Amazon When Doctor Lester Ventura finally ameliorates his blistering analysis of Zootherapy, I was right on side. As a...
By Alina Suchanski Reading time: 14 minutes The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) aims to promote world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences, and culture. Founded in 1945, it has 193 member states and 11 associate members. One of its...
By Philippa Hadlow Reading time: 13 minutes I visited the auction house of Dunbar Sloane on a recent trip to Wellington. The pretext was a catch up with a friend who is catalogue photographer for the company. Stumbling down the stairs of DS, although landing safely, I...
Reviews by Philippa Hadlow Reading time: 13 minutes 100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet By Pamela Paul Crown – an imprint of Random House 2021 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 on Goodreads Like the author of 100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet Pamela Paul, I am no Luddite. I...
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...