Anna Rankin

Contributing writer

Anna Rankin is a journalist and writer who writes regularly for Newsroom, Metro Magazine, The New Zealand Listener and The Guardian, and is a book critic at RNZ.

Grist for the mill: the slow death of New Zealand’s industry towns

Grist for the mill: the slow death of New Zealand’s industry towns

On June 30, 2025, the last paper mill in Tokoroa shut down after 70 years. Anna Rankin was there to speak to the workers who leave behind decades of experience in an industry town determined to survive.

By Anna Rankin | 25th August, 2025

Contributing writer

Fiona Connor in her LA studio. Photo: Jim and Mary Barr, OTN, June 2019.

10 Best Things: Sculptor Fiona Connor’s most inspiring discoveries of the year

Los Angeles based, New Zealand born sculptor Fiona Connor, currently showing at the Mossman Gallery in Wellington, shares her top 10 – from book of the year to favourite memory of summer.

By Anna Rankin | 6th November, 2019

Contributing writer