Culture
The Dust Palace
Welcome to The Dust Palace, a place where gravity is but a mere suggestion. Eve and Mike break down the highs and lows of being a…
Festival of Light
A kaleidoscope of colour lights up New Plymouth at the annual TSB Festival of Lights! Illuminate your mind with these glowing art installations in the heart…
The cost of Christmas
Hey you, put down that plastic reindeer that poops out jelly beans - no one needs it.
Crete
We visited our friend Crete in beautiful Whirinaki, where she shared her silky smooth melodies, her journey, and her dreams for the future.
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Brekfist: Culture
You say culture, we say... ballet? Fashion? Individualism? What exactly is culture anyway? Saraid and Johanna hit the streets to ask what culture means to you.
Why is Waitangi so important?
Waitangi Day means many different things to many different New Zealanders. How much do you know about Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its relevance in today's…
Brekfist: Kiwiana
A Kiwi kid's party isn't complete without a few sausie rolls, a cheeky jet plane, and fluorescent fairy bread. Saraid and Johanna are here to live…
'Merry Christmas' in different languages
With a myriad of cultures and language making up Kiwi culture, let's take a second to learn how to wish holiday greetings to everyone!
IntRe:pid - Christmas Markets in Kraków
While we're starting to swelter, our pals in the Northern Hemisphere are layering up and hitting the Christmas markets. These ones in Poland are festive AF…
A Saint or Santa?
How did we get from a generous and caring saint to a clinically obese Santa? It has to do with churches and Coca Cola. Here's the…
Hanukkah in New Zealand
Kira and her family celebrate Hanukkah at this time of year, a Jewish holiday commemorating the Jewish victory over the Greeks who destroyed their temple ?✡️
What would an atheist Xmas be?
We wanted to get a glimpse of what the ultimate atheist Christmas would look like so we asked our pal Harley.
3 generations of Asian women talking about Chinese New Year
Enough with Christmas, let's take a peek at Chinese New Year and get to the bottom of what's really inside those little red packets.
Kiwi Christmas
Big breakfast? BBQ and backyard cricket? What are your Christmas traditions?
Why is it ok to sit on Santa's lap?
When you take a second to think about it, sitting on Santa's lap is sort of like the Pandora's box of things-we've-been-told-not-to-do.
5 tips to reduce waste these holidays
Boxing Day sales may be tempting, but do you really need a giant inflatable donut? Here are some tips on how you can reduce your waste…
Does NZ need to rethink our public holidays?
We love to celebrate our multiculturalism here in Aotearoa, but looking at our holiday calendar, you mightn't think this is the case. Should we do more…
Cooking on a budget
Have you fallen on hard times? Maybe you're pilfering away those pretty pennies? We've got you covered: here's Nathaniel with 3 meals you can whip up…
Tips from a kaimoana professional
Nothing says Kiwi summer more than a sunny afternoon and a little kaimoana ?? Catch some quick tips from Rose, to get the most out of…
Meet the former model winning eating competitions
From modelling and international beauty pageants to competitive eating and running a restaurant, there's no stopping Nela Zisser.
What is Halal?
Halal is surrounded by a bunch of misconceptions so we did some myth busting to find out what makes halal meat different, or in this case,…
The genetically engineered food we eat everyday
Before coming in all shapes and sizes, watermelons were teeny tiny! Welcome to the world of genetic engineering in food - some of the most common,…
Thomston
His parents gave him a year to make his music work, and now Thomston is moving to LA with 60 million on Spotify streams to his…
TONE6
Meet TONE6: the teens whose harmonies are straight out of heaven
University of Drum and Bass
Partying and Castle Street go together like pizza and beer, Drum and Bass. Welcome to Dunedin's thriving music scene, brought to you by the infamous scarfies…
Possum Plows - Openside
From belting out tunes while shooting hoops to opening for Ellie Goulding and Panic! At the Disco - Possum from Openside sure has come a long…
Dear Lorde
Who would have thought penning an open letter to Lorde would end in a $19,000 court case? Meet Nadia and Justine, who stirred up global news…
Kaibosh Food Rescue
Kaibosh is a start-up business that's starting up a food revolution in the Wellington hospitality scene: taking unwanted food, and turning it into a feast!
Brekfist: Food
An abundance of delicious left-overs isn't usually hard to find on Boxing Day. Saraid and Johanna are talking butter chicken, Olivani, and a good bit of…
Lucy Zee makes dumplings & talks Asian supermarkets
Have you ever wondered how they get the soup inside the dumpling?? No worries, Lucy Zee is here to share her secrets and talk about the…