Jazial Crossley

Guest writer

Jazial Crossley is a writer based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. She writes a memoir-by-playlist called Everyone I've Ever Loved & All The Songs That Remind Me Of Them, published in monthly installments on her Substack newsletter All The Songs. She has won several national awards for her writing as a journalist and holds an MBA, a BA and a journalism diploma.

The Sunday Essay: Take your trauma on holiday with you

The Sunday Essay: Take your trauma on holiday with you

My trauma doesn’t come with warnings. It attacks me out of nowhere when I least expect it.

By Jazial Crossley | 24th September, 2023

Sinéad O’Connor in 1989 (Photo: Getty Images)

Was she not our girl? Remembering Sinéad O’Connor

She was in love, grieving and angry, all on the same album. As a child I learned every single word, and I still remember them all.

By Jazial Crossley | 27th July, 2023

The Sunday Essay: My favourite girl

The Sunday Essay: My favourite girl

Falling in love with a man who has a young daughter is like falling in love twice. But it doesn’t make me a mum.

By Jazial Crossley | 14th May, 2023

The Sunday Essay: My favourite girl

The Sunday Essay: My favourite girl

Falling in love with a man who has a young daughter is like falling in love twice. But it doesn’t make me a parent.

By Jazial Crossley | 8th May, 2022

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Yes, we need more diversity on boards – and that isn’t anti-white men

New Zealand has a diversity problem in governance and business leadership. That is just a fact, argues Jazial Crossley.

By Jazial Crossley | 24th March, 2018

Where would I grow up today?

Where would I grow up today?

Jazial Crossley grew up in Auckland in the '80s, the daughter of a teenage solo mother who spent her early years on the DPB. In this essay for The War for Auckland project, she describes her childhood, and wonders what might have happened to her had she been born today.

By Jazial Crossley | 1st August, 2016