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As part of Stuff Circuit's investigation into abortion law reform, @paulapenfold tells her own story. interactives.stuff.co.nz/2019/circuit/s…
A quiet revolution is taking place in rural New Zealand, as migrant labour has become essential to dairy farms, vineyards and kiwifruit orchards. Bill Morris finds a bustling Sikh temple in Te Puke and songs from Vanuatu in Central Otago. @NZGeographic nzgeo.com/stories/greene…
This week: Heard the one about the moose in Fiordland? @comingupcharlie discovers it's not as far-fetched as it sounds. stuff.co.nz/national/10319…
The grandmother of baby Isaiah Neil was last week found guilty of his manslaughter. In this heartbreaking but important feature, @jaredsavageNZH details all the lost opportunities to protect Isaiah from harm. nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/articl…
"Even if you hated the sport of boxing, you might think you’d have heard of the world champion living in South Auckland. He’s the KO King. The very first Indian heavyweight champion of the world." @stevekilgallon1 tells the bizarre story of 'No-hit Singh'. interactives.stuff.co.nz/2019/03/ko-kin…
And @secondzeit writes an excellent profile of controversial Gun City owner David Tipple. stuff.co.nz/business/68137…
'Sometimes it feels like we’re Muslim before we’re human. We’re Muslim before we’re anything else.'" This week: @MavaEnoka asks what it's like to be a young Muslim in New Zealand. radionz.co.nz/news/the-wirel…
It used to be called an honest living, but if we're really honest, it's just back-breaking work. Emily Writes counts the terrible cost of physical labour on her husband. thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-02-…
This week: Kate Evans goes in search of our ancient extinct birds, whose secrets are being revealed by dessicated old bones and improving DNA technology. @NZGeographic nzgeo.com/stories/return…
Birthday in summer, death in winter. @SteveBraunias writes a beautiful ode to his older brother. nzherald.co.nz/nz-herald-in-d…
This week: Vicki Anderson presents a timeless portrait of youth, boredom and trouble. stuff.co.nz/national/84783…
Thank you @featured_nz for reposting this story which I am so proud to have worked on and to @Loto_Meleisea who made the whole thing possible.
Thank you @featured_nz for reposting this story which I am so proud to have worked on and to @Loto_Meleisea who made the whole thing possible.
Kim Knight writes a little story about a family tree, in which nothing happens, and everything happens. @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news…
This week: @stevekilgallon1 met Peter Kroon while writing a story about homelessness. Kroon stepped down from his truck and warned he had a story, but it was a long one. It was worth taking the time to listen to. interactives.stuff.co.nz/2019/01/the-ma…
Sports reporter @SteveDeane2029 loves All Blacks weddings, but not for the reason you might guess. newsroom.co.nz/@sportsroom/20…
This week: Anke Richter travelled the country talking to people who have left Gloriavale - and the quiet network of supporters who help them get out, and stay out. @NZGeographic nzgeo.com/stories/depart…
And finally, @AlanPerrott was looking forward to the time when a faint whiff of cleaning product and poo stopped reminding him of home. But his boy's first day of school hit him harder than he expected. @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/canvas-magazin…
"Why did I know so little about Dad’s life pre-New Zealand? I vaguely knew about the motorbike racing, the NASA job offer, the shadowy first wife, but not a lot more. Just scraps. Who was he before he was my father?" asks Sarah Lang. @sarsoss @NorthSouthNZ noted.co.nz/life/life-in-n…
This week we Feature three essays on family. First up is Big Red, a story about a brother and his jacket, by @ashleigh_young lithub.com/read-the-essay…
Emily Writes knows about hospitals - she's spent a lot of time in them with her own son. But this is the story of another family's heartache and love and sacrifice for their little girl. @TheSpinoffTV thespinoff.co.nz/parenting/18-0…
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10K Followers 6K Following Senior journalist with The Press. Author of THE QUIET HERO (Allen & Unwin, 2023). Reviewer of the year (Voyager Media Awards 2022). These opinions are my own.Lew @LewSOS
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514 Followers 355 Following LT Events organises a huge range of events with aim of getting people into the outdoors. Owned and run by Shaun Collins (also photographer and commercial mgr)George Driver @GeorgeFDriver
166 Followers 738 Following Freelance journalist based in Central Otago.George Fitz @georgepattrick
161 Followers 2K Following Law and English Honours grad. Lover of all things literary, political and edibleCatherine Woulfe @CatherineWoulfe
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140 Followers 535 Following Looking for encouragement from the leftLiz Issy @liz_issy
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1K Followers 2K Following Headland is an Aotearoa, New Zealand-based international literary journal of short fiction & creative nonfiction. We ❤ emerging & unpublished writers ✨Miriama Kamo @MiriamaKamo
6K Followers 840 Following The Twin Stars of Matariki, 2023, Stolen Stars 2018, Matariki Around the World 2022. @sundaytvnz @marae @nzeroftheyearSaw an ortho progress note and under physical exam, general, they just wrote “Alive.”
A group of West Auckland homeowners flooded twice in two years have formed a campaign for the government to buy their homes and make them into parks. “There’s no escape from these houses unless they’re demolished and turned back into natural flood plains.” stuff.co.nz/environment/cl…
Posting in solidarity with my Stuff co-workers who are on the picket line this afternoon, seeking a pay rise in line with inflation. As union delegate Tom Hunt says: “Nobody got into journalism to get rich, but they expect to be able to cover the basic costs of living.”
Now she’s sharpening all the pencils and sighing I feel attacked 😂😂
Did one of those intrepid live crosses today. Nailed it!!
In September 1884, Smith & Caughey was taking out full page and very detailed adverts in te reo 😯 Wild to think that business was using it, at the same time the state was banning it
This gem of an advert from Smith & Caughey 1884 goes out to economist friends 😉 @SEaqub @BradOlsenNZL @rodneyatwigram etc etc
Brilliant resource. Journalism is almost impossible without it. I wish other papers would join @PressNewsroom in updating their archives though.
Happy 21st birthday Papers Past! They do wonderful work archiving our print history. The first 101 issues of legendary music magazine Rip It Up are part of their extensive collection: audioculture.co.nz/articles/rip-i…
So when a bus is ‘scheduled’ and then disappears from the board, that means it’s not coming, right? @metlinkwgtn ?
As Ann Richards said, "Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels." Here's me in Cartagena while I was there for a meeting as Secretary of State. Keep dancing, @MarinSanna.
Most open and transparent government in history has consolidated $20b (6% of GDP) onto one entity under a chair who doesn’t think you deserve to know what he’s doing.
Amazing work by @Alisonmau; terrible work by AUT stuff.co.nz/national/30067…
This morning we ran out of milk so I poured the kids a glass of oat milk and told them it was a food match for their porridge. That's it, I've peaked.
Was wearing a mask outside pumping gas and a woman about my age looked at me with disgust and said ‘You don’t need to wear masks anymore, especially outside.” To which I replied “It’s part of my bail conditions.” She left. Quickly. 😂🤣
A fun insight into the life of a female reporter (me), in which the Media Council appear to say that journalists shouldn’t call out people who harass them on social media because it’s unfair to the harasser mediacouncil.org.nz/rulings/dave-h…
Covid-19: To boost or not to boost? stuff.co.nz/national/healt… The best summary on the topic I've seen so far, by @Nikki_Macdonald
I was approached by a New Zealand radio producer about this story and I couldn’t believe it. How could I not take up the offer to meet Wal and Dylan. What a brilliant couple of guys. I hope you enjoy meeting them as much as I did! @rivercottage
#WATCH "I think the guards found it quite ironic because we'd gone from being into the manufacture of drugs, to manufacturing yoghurt." Two inmates, inspired by celebrity chef @HughFW, swap manufacturing meth for manufacturing yoghurt. Watch here ▶️ : youtu.be/PUzFbJVKbrg