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The pen that was used to highlight police racism

One morning in 1978, University of Auckland law lecturer David Williams walked into the police station and made a confession. His crime? Stealing a pen from his employer. Williams was never convicted – and more importantly, neither was Iki Toloa. 

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The pen that was used to highlight police racism

One morning in 1978, University of Auckland law lecturer David Williams walked into the police station and made a confession. His crime? Stealing a pen from his employer. Williams was never convicted – and more importantly, neither was Iki Toloa. 

The typeface that told the stories of Chinese New Zealanders

For decades it gathered dust in a Pukekohe garden shed – now this set of heavy lead typeface has a fascinating story to tell about the history of Chinese New Zealanders.

The pou of Māori architect John Scott

The pou is the central column within a wharenui or meeting house, seen as the heart of the building around which everything unfolds. John Scott’s use of pou in his modernist designs helped bring two architectural worlds together. 

The embroidery the global tech giants don’t want you to see

Lema Shamamba fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo to escape an armed militia killing indigenous people in her village – now living in New Zealand, her artwork calls out the companies she holds responsible for the bloodshed.

The chainsaw heard across Aotearoa

Māori activist Mike Smith’s chainsaw attack on the lone pine tree atop Maungakiekie was one of the most memorable – and polarising – New Zealand news stories of the 1990s. But why did he do it?