The tiniest rebuild in Ōtautahi is finally completeA new exhibition renders big memories at an impressively small scale. By Alex Casey | 16th April, 2025Senior writer
Stamp it out: Waging a weedy war with the Society Totally Against Moth PlantsSeven skips full of pods, thousands of sticky secateurs, years of Stamping and yet the moth plant is still rampant. What keeps people going?By Gabi Lardies | 16th April, 2025
Arthur’s Pass tourists love kea, but locals are desperately trying to keep them awayA campaign to discourage New Zealand’s charismatic mountain parrot, the kea, from hanging out at a tourist hotspot appears to be working. By Venetia Sherson | 16th April, 2025
We go inside Ōtautahi’s new $683 million stadiumJoin us for a snoop around the biggest and most controversial new building in Christchurch. By Alex Casey | 15th April, 2025
The cost of being: A retiree for whom ‘living lightly is a lifestyle choice’'I gave up smoking and drinking decades ago, and I now live on the amount I would have spent on those alone.'By The Cost of Being | 15th April, 2025
Meet Peri Zee, the mayoral hopeful who wants to make Upper Hutt cool againBut does she have what it takes to unseat one of New Zealand’s longest-serving mayors?By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 15th April, 2025Politics reporter
Do I have ADHD?'My life has felt like I’m an archaeologist digging myself up, piece by piece, slowly stacking my bones together into a skeleton that I recognise.'By Jo Randerson | 14th April, 2025Guest writer
Activists raise concerns over police obtaining CCTV footage of meeting at universityThe evidence led to two people being taken into custody for breach of bail conditions.By Shanti Mathias | 14th April, 2025Contributing writer
Why I defended the men who hurt meAllegations of sexual assault against Neil Gaiman have led the author to present texts from Scarlett Pavlovich that he says 'demonstrate' their relationship was consensual. One woman explains why she sent similar messages to the men who hurt her.By Sarah Grace | 12th April, 2025Guest writer
Help Me Hera: Should I get a new tattoo?I have three awful tattoos I got as a teenager. Now I really want a new one – but I'm scared I'm going to change my mind again. By Hera Lindsay Bird | 10th April, 2025Contributing writer
OpinionThe police withdrawal from mental health callouts has to stop in its tracksWithout anything to fill the gap, it’s irresponsible and dangerous.By Shaun Robinson | 10th April, 2025Guest writer
Heaven is a dog pool partyFor one day a year, Christchurch pools open for pooches to take the plunge. By Alex Casey | 9th April, 2025Senior writer
Two years and $55m later, H2O Xtream gets set to get wet (again)It’s hard to overstate how important a leisure centre is in a place where not much else happens.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 8th April, 2025Politics reporter
Meet the woman who runs the oldest butcher’s shop in ChristchurchIf you want to call yourself Everybody's Butchery, you need to cater to every customer's needs – a part of the job Lisa Willert takes pride in.By Shanti Mathias | 8th April, 2025Contributing writer
The cost of being: An ‘underpaid marketing guy’ who’s ‘poor but happy’'Five words to describe my financial personality? Money exists to be spent.'By The Cost of Being | 8th April, 2025Guest writer
What’s so bad about being mid?The most reliably brutal burn is to call someone average. Why?By Madeleine Holden | 7th April, 2025Guest writer
Poets and perfume: In praise of themed street namesFrom Christchurch's suburb of poets to the Auckland subdivision full of 90s All Blacks, you have to respect the commitment to the bit.By Shanti Mathias | 7th April, 2025Contributing writer
Where does your recycling end up – and who bears the brunt of ‘waste colonialism’?New Zealand sends most of its recycling to places like Indonesia and Malaysia – where communities are living with the consequences. By Michael Neilson | 7th April, 2025Guest writer
The local bug enthusiast who invented Daylight SavingLet us remember the local naturalist who first wanted the clocks changed back in 1895 – so he could spend more time searching for insects.By Alex Casey | 5th April, 2025Senior writer
Help Me Hera: Nobody is ever good enough for meShould I throw my checklist in the bin and give up on my standards?By Hera Lindsay Bird | 3rd April, 2025Contributing writer
