Metamorphosis
A tattoo artist traces his history—and his future.
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The wind hunters
Vol-biv, or “fly-camping”, is a sport of contrasts. First comes the earthly grind: you have to lug your pack—and your wing—up a mountain. Then, when you’re high enough and the air feels good, you step into empty space. You fly.
A dissection
In her last years of high school, Cadence Chung wrote a book of poems, a musical, and a high-profile complaint to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Two years on, she’s also told the backstory.
His excellency
They stopped him doing the girls’ pūkana when he was little. But nothing will stop Te Orahi Akuhata living his best life now.
Honouring the gift of Puhiwai Rangi
Te Rawhitiroa Bosch documents the traditional harvest of a sperm whale stranded in the Coromandel.
Far, far away
New Zealand’s geography makes it an appealing place for agriculture. It also makes this country a good place for launching rockets.
Speedway
Andy MacDonald documents Nelson-based speedway driver Morgan Dumelow.
Rock hounds
The Nelson area is one of New Zealand’s richest for minerals. Here, obsessives comb rivers for unusual and precious rocks. Yet despite these people’s shared passion, friction abounds within the community, raising questions: who owns the precious stones that tumble down rivers in the public estate? Can anyone take them? And, if so, can they sell them? Should they?
Pushing the boat out
The Hauraki Gulf is in trouble. Dwindling fish stocks, water pollution and increasing sedimentation are damaging the world’s first marine park and sounding alarms for researchers studying the area.
Theory and practice
Diversifying your skill set can help you gain an edge on the competition when looking for employment after graduation.
Hearts and minds
The cognitive benefits of exercise are no secret to anybody who has been for a good run, or spent an hour in the gym lifting weights. But research from the University of Auckland’s Brain Dynamics Research Lab suggests those same ‘brain gains’ can be made with a short burst of high intensity exercise, offering a new tool in the war against the mid-afternoon workday slump.
A taste of science
Waiheke Island is a hotbed of experimental winemaking, but nowhere is this more evident than at the University of Auckland’s Goldwater Wine Science Centre.
Evicted from Aotearoa
Nearly 50 years on from the systemic and racially targeted deportations of Pasifika New Zealanders, the scars and shame of this experience linger—as the government prepares to formally apologise for its actions of the past.
A tale of two shipwrecks
Life in the subantarctic is difficult enough for those who arrive prepared. In 1864, castaways from two storm-wrecked ships, the Grafton and the Invercauld, landed on opposite ends of Auckland Island. Survival became a daily challenge. Each group tackled it differently: one fell to violence and cannibalism, while the other became a close-knit brotherhood. Were the wildly different fates of men of the Grafton and the Invercauld down to luck—or leadership?
The Kiwi Bushman
Josh James reinvents adventure and manhood on the West Coast, with the world watching.
Kava: Elixir of the Pacific
The tradition of kava has brought people together and consummated important social occasions in the Pacific for 3000 years. The use of kava is growing in New Zealand, with some 25,000 drinkers consuming up to 32 times the recommended pharmacological limit on any given weekend, then driving home. What is kava, and what role does it play in our society?
Massacre at Featherston
In February 1943, an astonishing series of circumstances aligned to set the scene for the most alarming and tragic wartime event on New Zealand soil in the 20th century. Though still shrouded by the fog of war and military censorship, what really happened at 1PW Featherston is gradually coming to light.
The reel deal
The Tindales hold more than 250 world records.
