OpinionSo where can art history take you?A bunch of art history classmates reunite to explain how the soon-to-be-scrapped subject has served them, two decades on.By Sarah Maguire | 17th September, 2025Guest writer
How to survive in the hiveBeehive staff exiting the building give their brutal, burnt-out advice on how not to end up like them.By Sarah Maguire | 15th January, 2024Guest writer
How to survive in the hiveBeehive staff exiting the building give their brutal, burnt-out advice on how not to end up like them.By Sarah Maguire | 20th October, 2023Guest writer
OpinionInsider tips for lobbying each member of Ardern’s new NZ cabinetA former press secretary to the PM has some advice for anyone looking to win sway with the top table teamBy Sarah Maguire | 6th November, 2020Guest writer
OpinionHere comes the political meme blizzardFrom the US primaries to the New Zealand election campaign, the battle of the memes is something to take very seriously, writes Sarah Austen Smith.By Sarah Maguire | 3rd March, 2020Guest writer
Are country cafes better than city ones?As our summer road trip season rounds to a close, Sarah Austen-Smith takes a whistle-stop tour of country cafes between Auckland and Wellington to see whether the grass really is greener in the regions.By Sarah Maguire | 19th January, 2019Guest writer
Coconuts, curries and multiple courses: Living large in Sri LankaA whistle-stop tour of southern Sri Lanka is a culinary overload of colour and fragrance – but ordering a beer can be, er, weird. By Sarah Maguire | 16th December, 2018Guest writer
No vowels, big flavours: WTF is Kyrgyz cuisine?Spoiler alert: it's hearty, it's humbling and it involves horse.By Sarah Maguire | 24th October, 2018Guest writer
Boiling point: Feeling the burn in the home of hotpotA lily-livered foreigner braves the fiery cauldron that is Chóngqìng's specialty.By Sarah Maguire | 6th August, 2018Guest writer
Hops in the hútongs: China’s craft beer championsFrom the alleyways of Běijīng to the Tibetan highlands, independent brewing is on the rise.By Sarah Maguire | 17th July, 2018Guest writer