North & South5 min read
Waimārama
In one of the first photographs ever taken of me, I’m in a paddling pool with my chubby arms outstretched, grinning happily. My mother sits beside me, watching. It’s 1970 and we are at Waimārama Beach in Hawke’s Bay, at a bach owned by the Catholic C
North & South8 min read
Books
by Maria Samuela Te Herenga Waka University Press — $30 The opening story in this debut collection, “The Promotion”, is an ambitious one. In just a few pages, its parallel narratives describe the adjustments to New Zealand life made a generation apar
North & South2 min read
Featured Contributors
Ruth Gwily is an Israeli-based illustrator whose work is published regularly in newspapers and magazines worldwide, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and The New Yorker. Her illustration for this month’s cover plays w
North & South8 min readDiet & Nutrition
Tiny Palates, Big Ambitions
Food is a vessel for memory, Tausani Simei-Barton likes to say. It’s a sentiment held within the tender young taro leaves he picks from three raised garden beds in the back yard of his parents’ Mt Albert home in Auckland. The plants descend from a ro
North & South4 min read
The Urbanist
If you poke your head inside The Urban Winery, a wine bar and cellar door in Napier’s Ahuriri marina, the first thing you’ll spy is a massive wooden egg. Nestled inside the stylish, art deco Rothmans Building, it glows a pale gold in the dark, lit up
North & South2 min read
Waterworlds
That’s how a neighbour described Waiwera Hot Pools, once New Zealand’s largest waterpark. The complex has been abandoned since 2018, after being acquired by a Russian oligarch who tasted Waiwera sparkling water at a restaurant, bought the company, an
North & South1 min read
SUBSCRIBE TODAY & RECEIVE
BONUS ISSUES! SUBSCRIBE TO NORTH & SOUTH TODAY $45 6 ISSUES save 33% off the retail cover price + 1 BONUS ISSUE $80 12 ISSUES save 37% off the retail cover price + 2 BONUS ISSUES Already a subscriber? Simply renew your subscription today. TERMS & CON
North & South1 min read
SUBSCRIBE TODAY & RECEIVE BONUS ISSUES!
+ Free contactless delivery to your home + Never pay cover price again + Never miss an issue $45 6 ISSUES save 33% off the retail cover price + 1 BONUS ISSUE $80 12 ISSUES save 37% off the retail cover price + 2 BONUS ISSUES Already a subscriber? Sim
North & South4 min read
Letter Of The Month
I just finished reading Rebecca Macfie’s excellent article about insecure work. A few years ago I worked in the office for a labour hire firm that mainly operated in the construction industry. Not only were people placed in insecure roles like those
North & South6 min read
Flying Lessons
Hutton’s Shearwaters are the world’s only alpine seabird, living for years entirely at sea and returning to the mountains to mate and raise chicks. Each year in March and April, these chicks leave their burrows in the Seaward Kaikōura ranges, at nigh
North & South3 min read
Fairy Tales for Grownups
After a long career focused on writing books for young people, James Norcliffe has completed his first novel for adults. Paradoxically, it’s based on one of the best-known fairy tales, “The Frog King” — the one about the princess, the frog, the kiss
North & South5 min read
Gone Bush
When World War II ended in 1945, hundreds of Japanese soldiers refused to put down their guns. Isolated on Pacific islands, they could not believe that their emperor had surrendered. They took to the jungle, living in huts and caves and raiding villa
North & South1 min read
The National Gallery
Mia Downing, Untitled, 2021 I only started painting three years ago — painting was never a thing for me until Year 11. But I feel like I’ve always been really interested in art. Like, not just interested if it looks good but the messages behind it an
North & South4 min read
Got a Pen?
There’s a pen in Roger Patterson’s possession which spent seven humid years sitting at the top of a shower cavity in Holland. A mate of Patterson’s was visiting his Dutch parents and, knowing his friend’s penchant for pens, promised to look out for t
North & South2 min read
From the Editor
Dear readers, One of the great satisfactions of sitting down with a magazine is the pleasure to be found in a good yarn, and in this issue, we’ve got three of them for you. In our cover story, Pete McKenzie delves into the popular social media platfo
North & South1 min read
Reader Letter Winner
This month’s best letter wins a fantastic prize pack from Manawa Honey NZ valued at $240! It includes their award-winning Honeys of Te Urewera range, recognized here in New Zealand and overseas as a cut above the rest, plus a $150 Manawa Honey NZ gif
North & South11 min read
This Old House
We bought just before Wellington went really crazy, but still things were bad enough. We had the experience everyone has now, of standing in a queue that stretched from front door to the street, seeing the same desperate couple at every viewing and k
North & South1 min read
Another Year
As the country’s orchards and vineyards gear up for a bumper harvest — places like Marlborough, Martinborough and Hawke’s Bay have seen perfect growing conditions this season — owners are again desperate for workers and there are fears for the second
North & South13 min readPopular Culture & Media Studies
CLICK & COLLECT FOR DRUGS
The sun was still up when Scott* parked his Subaru Legacy on Onslow Road in the leafy Wellington suburb of Khandallah. Sitting outside a boxy set of flats overlooking the harbour, the 20-year-old student messaged the man he was meant to meet. He was
North & South3 min read
Upskill On Your Terms
They are Aotearoa New Zealand’s most innovative, independent postgraduate education provider — all about promoting self-determined learning to empower people and kickstart positive, sustainable change for individuals, workplaces and communities. Foun
North & South16 min read
The most Outspoken Man In Sport
JIMMY NEESHAM was in purgatory — the blandly comfortable kind of purgatory to be found in high-end international hotel chains. The simple act of eating breakfast was to be oppressed by the familiar. It was late 2021 and over the past two years he’d b
North & South4 min read
10 Things To
To an audio book using Libby, a free app connected to Auckland Libraries which enables users to “check out” (i.e. download, for a limited time) a book from the library’s audio catalogue to their phone. It’s a really great service, especially for keen
North & South3 min read
The Wizard Of Bluff
No matter what happens in October’s mayoral election in Invercargill, Noel Peterson, also known as the Green Wizard, promises he won’t turn incumbent mayor Tim Shadbolt into a frog. He generally gets on with political opponents and he wishes them no
North & South2 min read
Four Corners
John Wotherspoon is feeling a bit conflicted. The Department of Conservation’s Nelson Lakes operations manager has no love lost for the Douglas fir — he’s spent the past 20 years removing the invasive pine from St Arnaud as part of a wider programme
North & South1 min read
North & South
Verena Friederike Hasel and Konstantin Richter Editor: Rachel Morris Art Director: Imogen Greenfield Deputy Editor: Tess Nichol South Island Correspondent: George Driver Subeditor: Anna Hodge Proofreader: Clare McIntosh Graphic Designer: Sarah Conder
North & South6 min read
Reduce Reuse recycle?
There’s a dance I do in the kitchen. You know the one. You’re standing in front of your kitchen recycling bin. You’ve confidently dealt with the food waste, after attending a composting workshop that was pitched to your husband as a fun date night. A
North & South5 min read
Cromwell, Warts And All
On a bright Sunday afternoon in May 2019, the usual crowd gathered at Hayward’s Auction House in Dunedin for its latest sale of antiques and collectables. Among the items on offer was a large, gilt-framed, engraved print of Oliver Cromwell addressing
North & South2 min read
Whiz // Quiz
1. Ted’s fans demonstrate the absurdity … (8) 7. … of an early trial for the high flier (5) 8. Outlaws plane, perhaps, but it offers a seat for the thirsty (8) 9. Primed and eager to study — why? (5) 10. Underground shooters (8) 12. Hang around for t
North & South1 min read
Reader Letter Winner
This month’s best letter wins a fantastic book bundle valued at over $170! Titles include: A History Of Queen’s Redoubt & The Invasion Of The Waikato, by Ian Barton and Neville Ritchie; Life Lessons from Explorers: How to scale life’s summits and thi
North & South3 min read
The Landing
The Purerua Peninsula in the Bay of Islands is a coastal paradise. Teal water and white sand edge the verdant patchwork of hills that make up The Landing, a sprawling vineyard, winery and retreat where you might spot a kiwi wandering through the vine
…Or Discover Something New