Mid-Autumn Festival: Mooncakes remind Chinese writer of home in New Zealand
Good question. I had been eating mooncakes since I was a child and had never once wondered why…
Lifang Chen: Chinese New Zealander could not say goodbye to her father
Between them, their useful English consisted mainly of “hello”, “thank you” and, in my father’s case, one particularly…
Meth lolly importers Yu Wang, Chen Cheah moved to NZ from Asia for commercial drug syndicate
Deceptively innocuous-looking, each tiny package contained an estimated 300 doses of pure methamphetamine. Among those inadvertently given the…
Lifang Chen explores what home means as a New Zealander
I stopped looking at flights and glanced at the two passports lying beside my laptop. I picked up…
From petrol prices to EVs: Why wars are speeding up energy change – Opinion
The war in Ukraine had begun only a few months earlier, and much of the world was still…
Rotorua Redwoods walk: Why slowing down beats New Year shortcuts
Early on, we reached a small stream. Three stones lay across the water, spaced just well enough to…
The 25 Best K-Pop Songs of 2025
2025’s K‑pop scene has been one of stellar releases, and narrowing it down to the top 25 felt…
Crown takes Mount Maunganui house, cash, Rolex, car after Hongxia May Chen hired illegal sex workers
But that wasn’t the end of the matter. Now, $1,117,000 worth of her assets have been forfeited to…