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Amelia Bentley on Keeping Her Art Sacred

Phoebe Robertson

Oct 73 min read

Amelia Bentley on Keeping Her Art Sacred

Amelia Bentley is an artist who captures beauty with both brush and intellect, balancing her life between her passion for art and academia.

Jia Sharma

Oct 73 min read

PARK RD’s Guide to Touring

PARK RD is no stranger to being on the road. Fresh off their New Zealand and Australia tours, they’ve learnt secrets of the trade on the way

Phoebe Robertson

Oct 72 min read

Artist Profile: Jamie Renee Tattoo

When it comes to her work, Jamie’s approach is all about connection and collaboration.

Ashleigh Putt-Fallows

Oct 73 min read

Chatting Shit with my Nail Artist

Every month, I make my way to Grace, and they somehow create little pieces of art on my nails.

Ashleigh Putt-Fallows

Sep 303 min read

Rongoā Māori

Rongoā Māori is the traditional healing system of the Māori people, blending spiritual, physical, and mental well-being.

Fox Keane

Sep 305 min read

The Access Trap

Our ability to watch, read and listen is mediated almost entirely by corporations who follow the lone star of profit alone.

Guest Writer

Sep 301 min read

Finding my Hands

I have always known I had a voice / The vibrations shaking my throat

Ash Buick

Sep 232 min read

Don’t Get Played by the Algorithm

These platforms hold so much power over us; it’s about time to take some of that power back.

Cassia Percival-Day

Sep 233 min read

A Weekend With the Nokia 1100

You can’t hide behind a brick phone. Pure socialising, no distractions—the way God intended.

Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold

Sep 163 min read

Review: Ngā Rorirori

Words by: Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds (she/they) After debuting in 2022 with great success, Ngā Rorirori is back and better than ever....

A Response To This Paru Government And Their Colonial Way

Rosa Hibbert-Schooner

Sep 161 min read

A Response To This Paru Government And Their Colonial Way

That fire burns deeply in my core. It enrages me with the environments we settle in and normalize. We aren’t all free until we are all free.

Tēnā, tūkuna te hungataiohi kia tohe, kia haka, kia puawai

Guest Writer

Sep 163 min read

Tēnā, tūkuna te hungataiohi kia tohe, kia haka, kia puawai

I tū mai ngā whakataetae ā-motu Kapa Haka mō ngā Kura Tuarua, me te nui kē o ngā tohe tōrangapū i hakahaka, i pātere atu e wērā rangatahi.

Motukia Ngā Here:Ko te whakawehenga teka o te “Māori” me te “Pasifika”

William Koko

Sep 163 min read

Motukia Ngā Here:Ko te whakawehenga teka o te “Māori” me te “Pasifika”

I te tau 1769, i Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, i tāmarutia ngā hautaonga tauhoko a te Pākehā nō te Endeavour e ngā tapa nui i hokona i Tahiti.

Keiha Nicol

Sep 163 min read

Arotake Kiriata: Ka Whawhai Tonu

I rangona whānuitia ēnei kupu e te whenua mōhū i te akitu o te pakanga rongonui o Ōrākau, te hiku o Ngā Riri ki Waikato

He whakahoki kitēnei kāwanatangaparu, me ānamahi koroniara.

Rosa Hibbert-Schooner

Sep 161 min read

He whakahoki kitēnei kāwanatangaparu, me ānamahi koroniara.

Anā te ahi pūkākā kei roto i ahau.

Guest Writer

Sep 163 min read

Tēnā, tūkuna te hunga taiohi kia tohe, kia haka, kia puawai

Ko tōna, me waihō te ao tōrangapū ki te hunga pakeke, nā, me waiho ngā tamariki kia haka hei tamariki.

Breaking Down the Boundaries:The False Separation of “Māori” and “Pasifika”

William Koko

Sep 163 min read

Breaking Down the Boundaries:The False Separation of “Māori” and “Pasifika”

By challenging these imposed boundaries and embracing our shared Pacific identity, we can honour the true nature of our interconnectedness.

Hemi Pinford-Whanga

Sep 161 min read

Maramataka

Kia ora, nau mai ki tō mātou pānui mō te maramataka, hei te 16 o Mahuru 2024 i timata.

Hemi Pinford-Whanga

Sep 161 min read

Maramataka

Kia ora and welcome to your guide through the Maramataka, starting the 16th of September 2024

Keiha Nicol

Sep 163 min read

Film Review: Ka Whawhai Tonu

These words rang out across the quiet battlefield at the apex of the famous battle of Ōrākau, the last stand of the Waikato Wars…

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