Don Rowe (Ngāi Tahu) is a former staff writer at The Spinoff, now a freelance writer and law student.
When Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-a-Apanui drew the line at their borders to protect the people within they weren’t just fighting to keep Covid out – they were battling bureaucracy, racism and hunger too.
I mua kē a Ngāti Porou me Te Whānau-a-Apanui e ārahi ana i te tīmatanga o te mate urutā i tā rātou aukati i te huarahi whakaroto ki ō rātou rohe hei tiaki i te hunga o roto.
Hei tā te heamana o te marae o Manurewa, nā te pānga nui o ngā mate urutā ki ngā hapori Māori o mua tau i mārama ai tōna hiahia nui – kia kaua rawa anō.
Manurewa marae chairman Rangi McLean says the lessons of past pandemics that devastated Māori communities made his goal clear – ignore the noise and ensure it never happens again.
Through film and television, Māori storytellers are sharing their tales further than ever.
With alert levels eased for most of the country, sexual health experts are calling on New Zealanders to get STI tests before going buck wild outside their bubbles.
With the country staying home to contain another Covid-19 outbreak, sex workers in Aotearoa are facing more uncertainty than ever.
Ever wanted to take control of your own dreams? Lucid dream enthusiast Don Rowe can teach you how.
Despite moments of trademark Paddy Gower goofiness, his new documentary does an impressive job at getting to the heart of the P epidemic
Once a ‘diva-for-hire’, Hinewehi Mohi will soon be a dame.
More than 30 years after he tore through the global skating world, people still remember the barefoot New Zealander with the wild red beard.
As the number of New Zealand citizens deported from Australia grows, so too does the death toll. Don Rowe reports on the rising human costs of Australia's immigration reforms.
From being rejected by his birth country to winning gold for his adopted home, this is the story of a New Zealand sporting icon.
What Big Chip doesn't want you to know.
Don Rowe meets the post-graduate students putting tikanga and kaupapa Māori at the centre of learning how to lead.
Israel Adesanya has fought his way to the top of his sport, and into the hearts and minds of New Zealanders – whether they want him there or not. What’s at stake when he fights this weekend in Abu Dhabi?
Dragon tears, meteorites, or just plain shit – ambergris is an olfactory miracle of the deep. Sought after for thousands of years, and worth upwards of $10,000/kg today, ambergris washes up on our beaches all year long.
The School Strike 4 Climate has been widened to a general nationwide strike. Thousands of New Zealanders are expected to skip work and classes tomorrow. What’s going on, and where?
We review the entire country and culture of New Zealand, one thing at a time. Today, Don Rowe eats a Fergburger.
An investigation has been launched after an epileptic inmate was left in a soiled cell following a seizure over the weekend.
In our latest local elections 2019 race briefing (read the rest here), Don Rowe looks at the two horse race to control the tourism capital of New Zealand.
Freedom camping, public transport and affordable housing are challenges Queenstown's Mayor Jim Boult says he’s uniquely poised to solve – if only people would do what they’re told.
Finally, New Zealand history will become a compulsory school subject. So what's so good about that?
The myth that Māori wiped out the Moriori people is the punchline of a new Jim Gaffigan joke.
In these days of alienation, singletons need all the help they can get. But who is doing love right? Only the hottest couple in Fountain Lakes.
After more than 40 years the war on drugs has had brutal consequences for justice in New Zealand. The movement to end the war is gathering momentum.
