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PPersonal finance Read More The cost of being: A creative with ‘wildly varied’ annual incomeNovember 28, 2025 As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, an arts sector creative…
BBooks Read More Who can write a novel today? September 27, 2025 Claire Mabey argues that it’s high time we stop thinking of creative work as a nice-to-have; and instead…
BBooks Read More An ode to The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeSeptember 21, 2025 Bee Trudgeon has had a lifelong love affair with CS Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.…
BBooks Read More What is ‘dark academia’ – and why is it having a moment?September 20, 2025 Claire Mabey unpacks the not-quite-a-genre of dark academia: its features, themes and examples. What is dark academia? “Dark…
MMovies Read More Everyone hates the new Wuthering Heights trailer, and here’s whySeptember 10, 2025 The founder of the Support Group for Concerned Citizens Against the Saltburning of Wuthering Heights analyses responses to…
BBooks Read More Why was I so riled by Don’t Worry About the Robots?September 7, 2025 Erin Harrington unpacks the frustration she felt at a Word Christchurch event aiming to demystify generative AI. Literary…
BBooks Read More Time after TIME: a conversation with Rutendo ShadayaSeptember 4, 2025 The Year 12 writer from Tokoroa tells Claire Mabey what life has been like since Time magazine named…
BBooks Read More The Weekend: If I wrote a self-help book…July 27, 2025 Madeleine Chapman reflects on the week that was. I’ll be honest, it’s 3.50pm on Friday and I have…
MMedication Read More I’ve been on Wegovy for three weeks – here’s what it’s likeJuly 25, 2025 A young woman details her experience with the newly available weight loss medication. About two years ago I…