A life in care
How Hartley Holder founded the only guinea pig rescue in the country.
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Metamorphosis
A tattoo artist traces his history—and his future.
In Love With the Weeds
Taxonomist Roberta D’Archino is finding and cataloguing our marine flora, one dive at a time.
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.
The ice man
Antarctic historian David Harrowfield has spent a lifetime collecting—objects, friendships and memories.
Life hacks
How a diagnosis made life better for cybersecurity engineer Denise Carter-Bennett (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine).
The critter made me do it
The origin story of Orokonui Ecosanctuary’s environmental educator, Samuel Purdie
Dane Mitchell’s art is all about lost things
His most recent exhibition at Auckland’s Two Rooms catalogues all 107 of New Zealand’s extinct birds.
Warren Tate investigates unexplained illnesses.
He could have retired years ago, but there’s still so much to do.
Oscar Kightley wishes his play wasn’t relevant
The actor, writer and director’s play Dawn Raids is being restaged, 25 years after he wrote it.
Jade Kake wants to reinvent how we live
Her idea: to revive the papa kāinga, the communal Māori village.
What we hold within
Kurahapainga Te Ua, called Kura, on joining a top kapa haka team, Te Waka Huia, touring the world, and artistic expression that lasts for generations.
The sound of poi
Georgia Latu is the chief executive of Pōtiki Poi and a high-school student in Dunedin.
Deep impact
Marine scientist and freediver Kura Paul-Burke on restoring the moana—with action, not just research.
A fisherman’s journey
Francisco Blaha, an Argentine-New Zealander, has made his home in the region that changed him: the Pacific.
Turning the tide
Researcher, writer and activist Tina Ngata (Ngāti Porou) rethinks what’s portrayed as normal.
Places of rest
Amber Aranui searches the world for Māori and Moriori human remains to bring home as a researcher for Te Papa’s Karanga Aotearoa Repatriation Programme.
Good as gold
Bluff Marine Radio operator Meri Leask has been voluntarily answering boaties’ calls for the past 40 years.
The unbroken thread
Sixth-generation weaver Veranoa Hetet brings the strands of past and future together.
Vision of the future
Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon on growing up across cultures and tackling racism.
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