Culture
How to forage your own meal
Take "cooking from scratch" to a whole new level by foraging for ingredients for your next meal. Filmmaker and master forager Martin Sagadin takes some friends…
Ina Malama is smashing toxic masculinity with soft pastel tones
Ina Malama is a burgeoning Kiwi fashion designer dressing guys up in delicious colour palettes. Her outfits will have you looking like an urbane Fabergé egg…
This dinner brings New Zealand's Muslims, Christians and Jews together
Kiwis from various faiths come together for food and conversation at an interfaith dinner called Abraham's Table. Jews, Muslims and Christians find the commonalities that span…
How fireworks are helping decolonise Wellington
This past Sunday, Wellington held its second annual Matariki Sky Show – a fireworks display that is just one event in the dozens organised as part…
The incredible puppets that bring War Horse to life
The head, the heart and the hind. These are the three puppeteering roles required to bring Joey the horse to life in the theatre production of…
The Hāngi Master
To celebrate Matariki, one of the hāngi masters from The Maori Kitchen has brought a traditional hāngi pit to Britomart's Takutai Square in Auckland.
This night market gives differently-abled people a platform
Illuminate is a night market that showcases the work of young people that come from a disability background, or from a youth group that challenges the…
How 'What We Do in the Shadows' has taken over the world
The beloved Kiwi produced film What We Do in the Shadows has become a global cult classic and spawned multiple TV spinoffs. And now, Second Unit…
Gui Taccetti explores gay spirituality through his art
"I compare my journey through anxiety as this journey through the circles of hell." Gui Taccetti's photography series delves into his experience with anxiety and gay…
Tricks from a dog photographer
Kirsty has a passion for dogs and photography. The logical next step would be, of course, to combine those loves. Kirsty shows us her tricks for…
History of the Kiwifruit
Yes, the rumours are true - kiwifruit originated from China. The fruit that we tie so closely to our national identity, that shares a name with…
Women like us - Refugees thrive rebuilding a life after trauma with Cottonseed fashion
"Every time we see clothing in stores, we say, 'We can make that.' Our leader said, 'Then why don't we?'" That was the genesis of Cottonseed,…
Shoe School
Looking for a shoe that fits your size and taste perfectly? Why not make it yourself? Lou Clifton runs Shoe School, where she teaches people how…
Young Muslims reflect during Ramadan
A group of Muslim New Zealanders gather in the Shakib family’s home for prayer, and to break their Ramadan fast together. They reflect on the many…
Snapshots of trash
“It’s really hard to ignore the issue of garbage and consumption when you’re laying in it”Photographer Gregg Segal turned the camera on himself and his family.…
A long Italian love affair with flowers
Vilelma is 94 years old and takes flowers to her husband's grave every day. EVERY DAY. Re: contributor Anthony Costello met Vilelma on a trip to…
Game of Pirates - Piracy and Game of Thrones
Now that the final season is over, we take a look at Game of Thrones and how it affected video-pirating culture around the world.
Wasted
Our student culture of getting wasted and transitioning into professionals.Seven years ago. 1am on a freezing Dunedin morning.
Everybody around me had their pants off – as…
Tonga’s hip hop group, The Onion Squad
Say malo e lelei to The Onion Squad! This self-taught hip hop crew have been adopted by Aotearoa so their dancing careers can continue to thrive.…
Brekfist: The Middlemarch Singles Ball
Saraid and Johanna venture to rural Central Otago to attend the Middlemarch Singles Ball - the largest rural matchmaking event in the Southern Hemisphere. And if…
Lucy Zee visits a clairvoyant
"A psychic works by reading your energy and a clairvoyant works by speaking and working with the spirit's energy". Do you believe in the other side?…
Mournmoor Muders - who kidnapped the mayor?
Can these two detectives find the missing mayor of Wellington? We're not convinced...
Catch Alice and Maria in The Mournmoor Murders in this year's NZ International Comedy Festival.
Ethical Fashion Guide
When you grab something from the rack do you think about who made it, how it was made or where it came from? We take a…
PREP's Coconut Tomato Spaghetti
Natalie from PREP traded in long days on the road as a truck driver for long days in the kitchen as the founder of PREP - a…
Truck driver turned professional meal prepper
While driving trucks for a living, Natalie got frustrated with the lack of healthy food options on the road so she did something about it. Natalie…
Chris Parker judges iconic NZ landmarks
Ahead of his show 'Iconique' we asked Chris to take a look at some of the odd landmarks around our great nation and share his thoughts…
James and Ruby Play a Game
Will James Mustapic be able to guess 'Kim Kardashian studying law' off a post-it stuck to his forehead? Did Ruby Esther ever play Flappy Bird? To…
The Jamesiest James Battle
Three Jameses enter the arena but only one can be victorious.Say hello to James Malcolm, James Mustapic and James Nokise - three very different comedians with…
Ray Shipley talks gender
What even is gender? Ray is here to explain that those who identify as non-binary aren't trying to take anything away from those who love and…
Weirdness of the web
It's only April and Jadwiga Green has already taken out Best Newcomer at the 2019 Wellington Comedy Awards. We were lucky enough to sit down with…