Golden kiwifruit: China’s wild fruit became a New Zealand export
The price tag draws my eye. My mind starts converting currencies on its own. Thirty-six yuan for 550…
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…
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…