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SocietyApril 20, 2017

Kiwis of Snapchat: Jami-Lee Ross has had a gutsful of window washers (WATCH)

Staff writers

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Introducing our new video series Kiwis of Snapchat, wherein comedian Tom Sainsbury sources exclusive Snapchat footage of Kiwi citizens making the news. Today, Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross is still steamed about window-washers.

Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson at the Beehive (Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

24th January, 2022

Omicron has arrived – here’s what’s next

All of New Zealand moves into red restrictions as the country braces for the most transmissible variant's impact.

By Duncan Greive

CEO / Publisher

Image: Toby Morris

24th January, 2022

Siouxsie Wiles on reducing risk with omicron in the community

Omicron is here and vigilance is key.

By Siouxsie Wiles

Contributing writer

Image: Archi Banal

24th January, 2022

Our new lending rules have everyone confused. What went wrong?

The rules were meant to restrict predatory loans, but hundreds of other borrowers have been caught up in the ensuing mess.

By Felix Walton

Contributing writer

Joel Woods and Ben Wallace, the founders of Holiday Records, are sticklers for quality control. Image: Supplied/Archi Banal

23rd January, 2022

Two friends, one dream, no holiday: inside NZ’s only vinyl pressing plant

It’s called Holiday Records, but for those working on the frontlines of the turntable resurgence, there’s barely time for one.

By Chris Schulz

Features editor

Doing the dishes by hand can be a joy. (Image: Archi Banal)

22nd January, 2022

The art of washing dishes

A tiny bubble-bath for your hands and cutlery.

By Charlotte Muru-Lanning

Where does all our party ice come from?

21st January, 2022

Where does all our party ice come from?

Spoiler alert: it's not Antarctica.

Red Bands, Red Bands everywhere – the little chook in her dad’s gummies is author / illustrator Kat Quin (Design: Archi Banal)

23rd January, 2022

The Great Kiwi Gumboot Mystery

Why are Red Bands suddenly clomp-clomping all over kids’ books?

By Catherine Woulfe

Kharl Wirepa: A designer, a pageant advocate, a kharacter. (Image Design: Archi Banal)

22nd January, 2022

Gowns and Geysers’ Kharl WiRepa is a Kharacter

The star of TVNZ OnDemand's new beauty pageant docuseries is a complicated, charismatic, deeply watchable figure.

Staff Feature Writer

(Image: Getty Images / Archi Banal)

22nd January, 2022

The 11 New Zealand cricket legends I most want to see in the Black Clash

Because no nostalgic New Zealand cricket XI will ever be complete without Chris Harris.

By Calum Henderson

Contributing writer

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The Council for International Development said the most effective response to help Tonga is donate money. (Image: Tina Tiller)

19th January, 2022

Here’s how we can help Tonga

Where your donations can do the most good.

By Sela Jane Hopgood

Pacific communities editor | Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ on Air

Photo: Getty Image, additional design by Tina Tiller

19th January, 2022

How Covid vaccines upend our assumptions about protecting kids

Children shouldn't be asked to protect the adults in their lives, goes the common argument. But why not?

Contributing writer

A bird’s-eye view of Sanders Reserve on Auckland’s North Shore. (Image: Archi Banal)

18th January, 2022

Why were thousands of native plants mowed down in an Auckland park?

Brace yourself for a series of unfortunate events.

By Charlotte Muru-Lanning

Images by Susan Wardell, design by Tina Tiller

18th January, 2022

Meet Aotearoa’s cyborg kids

There are cyborg children among us, and they shouldn't have to pay so much just to live.

By Susan Wardell

Contributing writer

Tonga’s eruption likely the world’s largest in 30 years according to volcanologist Shane Cronin. (Image: Tina Tiller)

17th January, 2022

For those with families in Tonga, it’s the not knowing that’s hard to bear

Right now, the silence is deafening.

By Sela Jane Hopgood

Pacific communities editor | Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ on Air