Gabi Lardies

Contributing writer

Gabi Lardies is a contributing writer and former staff writer at The Spinoff.

Louise Bourgeois and one of her works (Image credits below)

Spirals and spiders: Louise Bourgeois is in Aotearoa for the very first time

The landmark artist's very first solo exhibition in this country presents an intimate view of an extraordinary woman.

By Gabi Lardies | 15th October, 2025

Contributing writer

Three special critters (Images: Auckland Zoo)

Birds, frogs and strange skinks: The things that draw Auckland Zoo into the wild

A dainty bird, a little-known skink and a tiny, 'strange' frog – meet three species worth fighting for.

By Gabi Lardies | 4th September, 2025

Contributing writer

Robin White and Gaylene Preston at the Auckland Art Gallery. (Photo: Supplied).

How two ‘elderly aunties’, Robin White and Gaylene Preston, made a film together

One dame said to another dame, ‘I could make a film about you’.

By Gabi Lardies | 2nd August, 2025

Contributing writer

Event noticeboard: A jug band, tiny boats and a baroness

Event noticeboard: A jug band, tiny boats and a baroness

Top picks of talent from around the motu across music, visual art, comedy, theatre and dance.

By Gabi Lardies | 31st July, 2025

Contributing writer

‘They took everything away, and it was just the blue mattress in the end.’

Seclusion is still happening in mental health care. This is what it’s like for patients and their families

'They took everything away, and it was just the blue mattress in the end.'

By Gabi Lardies | 30th July, 2025

Contributing writer

(Photo: Xander James).

Event noticeboard: Swords, sorcery and a walk in the forest

Top picks of talent from around the motu across music, visual art, comedy, theatre and dance.

By Gabi Lardies | 24th July, 2025

Contributing writer

New Zealanders don’t tend to say much about their pay. (Image: Gabi Lardies).

New Zealanders don’t tend to talk about pay. What would happen if we did?

Gag clauses may be on their way out thanks to a new law, but a culture of secrecy around pay might prove to be stickier.

By Gabi Lardies | 23rd July, 2025

Contributing writer

Garry Wolfgram (Images: Ralph Brown)

The Third Age: ‘I think I’ve got the balance right – it’s good for me to keep busy’

Meet 78-year-old volunteer extraordinaire Garry Wolfgram.

By Gabi Lardies | 22nd July, 2025

Contributing writer

Julie Gunn at Sustainability Trust’s curtain bank in Wellington. (Photo: Emlou Lattimore).

Curtain banks are in hot demand

Curtains are the most used intervention by the Healthy Homes Initiative. Here’s how they get to families.

By Gabi Lardies | 21st July, 2025

Contributing writer

Event noticeboard: Sugar, rubber gloves and shocked bananas

Event noticeboard: Sugar, rubber gloves and shocked bananas

Top picks of talent from around the motu across music, visual art, comedy, theatre and dance.

By Gabi Lardies | 17th July, 2025

Contributing writer