Features
Airports of New Zealand. photo: Alistair Guthrie
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What will it actually take to reopen our border? Even with a vaccine on the horizon, it’s a lot more complicated than you think.
By Damian Christie
Are we better off on our own? photo: Petra Leary
The Liberty Of Distance
New Zealand has long seen its geographical isolation as a disadvantage. Now it’s starting to seem like a blessing.
By Finlay Macdonald
A New Zealand Māori game at Athletic Park. photo: Peter Macdonald
“Without You I Was Nothing”
What Māori have given the game of rugby.
By Talia Marshall
Rebecka Papera. photo: Victoria Birkinshaw
A Tiny Piece Of Her Brain Could Save Yours
At the Centre for Brain Research, patients give Auckland scientists a rare and invaluable advantage in the global search for treatments for Alzheimer’s, autism, epilepsy and other neurological conditions.
By Donna Chisholm
Four Corners
Te Hononga Kawakawa construction site. photo: Sue Sheperd
No Comment
Frank and open discussions with a brand-new Act MP.
By Madeleine Chapman
Bad Trip
The travails of three German sailors.
By Maris Hubschmid
No Straight Lines
Tilers go wild at the Hundertwasser Art Centre.
Culture Etc.
Zeeland buildings. photo: Tobias Buck
New Zealand Books
Paul Little reviews a long-overdue account of our funniest artist, the definitive history of Palmy, a bilingual biography of Te Rauparaha and gorgeous new titles from Jane Ussher and Dick Frizzell. Plus: Sally Blundell delves into two new books that explore New Zealanders’ shifting sense of national identity, and Paul talks to Rachel Kerr about her debut novel, Victory Park.
Journey to Old Zeeland
New Zealanders don’t know much about the low-lying province of the Netherlands that gave Aotearoa its English name. I set out to see what Zeelanders know about us.
By Tobias Buck
Glorious Gore
The Southland town is known for its trout-fishing—but don’t miss its extraordinary collection of eclectic homegrown museums.
By Mike White
Trying To Be Free
A formative experience for a young Leonard Cohen—and the New Zealand couple that shared it with them.
The National Gallery
Featuring work by a New Zealand amateur artist every month.
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