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Powerful Portraits By a Young Maori Photographer Looking For His Heritage

Powerful Portraits By a Young Maori Photographer Looking For His Heritage

Chev Hassett combines Māori tradition with contemporary photography.

Laura PitcherApril 18, 2018maori, art, photography, New Zealand, Youth, Culture

New Zealanders Tell Us the Desperate Lies They’ve Told Landlords to Get a Flat

New Zealanders Tell Us the Desperate Lies They’ve Told Landlords to Get a Flat

If you want a house in Wellington, you have to pretend to be a better person.

Laura PitcherFebruary 19, 2017Students, Housing crisis, Rent, New Zealand, University, Wellington, Lies, Interview, Anon, Danger

We Asked Young New Zealanders If Weed Is a Gateway Drug

We Asked Young New Zealanders If Weed Is a Gateway Drug

Putting the long-held, highly questionable theory to the test.

Laura PitcherFebruary 1, 2017Drugs, New Zealand, Cannabis, anon

Premiere: Mzwètwo's Message For 2017 and Beyond is Freedom

Premiere: Mzwètwo's Message For 2017 and Beyond is Freedom

Listen to the long-awaited second EP from the Zimbabwean-born artist.

Laura PitcherDecember 24, 2016Hip hop, Soul, New Zealand, Young Tapz, Mzwetwo, Premiere, music, interview

Uncensored literature

Uncensored literature

Wellington's newest show 'Naked Girl's Reading' is exactly that.

Laura PitcherDecember 3, 2016New Zealand, Show, women's rights, Literature, Shows

Why Does Finally Getting That Degree Mean So Much Anxiety?

Why Does Finally Getting That Degree Mean So Much Anxiety?

I asked my fellow university students why after years of study to get to this point, the idea of graduation fills us all with dread.

Laura PitcherNovember 30, 2016New Zealand, Mental health, Anxiety, Graduation, University, Interview, Youth