Culture
'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…
A raw milk vending machine.
So it turns out raw milk is not "just for hippies"... Meet the Southland couple serving up a bit of nostalgia with their fresh raw milk,…
Meet Jonny, the Compost King
Did you know your pizza boxes can't actually be recycled? ?But don't panic - they're excellent for your compost bin ?We chatted with Jonny, compost king…
The Kiwi food photographer making an edible art sensation
Deep-fried iPhones, prisoners' last meals, and setting donuts alight is what we've come to expect from Henry Hargreaves photography. For this year's Wellington On a Plate,…
Should we remove GST from veges?
It can be hard to eat healthier when you're on a budget. Most other countries have done it, so will Aotearoa removing the GST off our…
The truth about our throw away culture
Kiwis throw away over 122,000 tonnes of kai every single year. It's a staggering statistic that needs to change. Re: talked to Love Food Hate Waste…
Wine tasting for dummies.
Do you know your shiraz from your syrah? Can you tell the difference between a 'buttery' or an 'oaky' drop of chardonnay? Well, neither can Baz…
Mr Burns
See the play testing the long reach of copyright laws - Mr Burns. The team at Silo Theatre are bringing you a post-apocalyptic world where The…