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Shaneel Lal wants to get sluttier | Dating While Asian
Experiencing love (or a fun hoe phase) shouldn’t feel like a privilege.
How to just say no to mediocre hookups | Dating While Asian
No more hookups with guys who don’t have bed frames.
The software engineer on a dating bender | Dating While Asian
How much does wanting external validation factor into who you choose to date?
How to realise you’re not actually attracted to men | Dating While Asian
Watch the fifth episode of Dating While Asian now.
Australia honours Indigenous people instead of King Charles on $5 notes
It says it will consult with First Australians about the banknotes’ design.
How to help those affected by Auckland's floods
The number one thing charities need is cash.
Why summer drownings are the worst in 40 years
Since December, more than 30 people have drowned in our waters.
'Modern day slavery': How Aotearoa treats seasonal workers
The current treatment of seasonal workers breaches eight different human rights.
I'm straight but I give guys blow jobs as a side hustle
What it's like being a male sex worker
It's a fucked up world. That won't stop Gen Z from trying to make it better
In the face of so many challenges, what keeps young people fighting?
Nine people tell us about the first time they felt like a man
Looking back I feel like that was a defining moment of me thinking, ”Oh, I am a man now.”
I left my job to sell second hand clothes online | Show Us Your Money
“I’ve never gone into an op shop and seen a shortage of clothing."
11-year-old student says educational tool reinforcing harmful stereotypes
“It’s a privilege having control over a corporation or school – use that to make an impact.”
Supreme Court rules NZ voting age is a human rights breach
Make it 16's co-director Caeden Tipler says it's an historic judgement.
Iran: The high risk of execution remains for protesters
Iran hasn’t formally sentenced 15,000 people.
My Christian fundamentalist upbringing in Auckland
“The whole concept of the purity ring negated consent; we never learned what consent was.”
I bought a house with my friend, here is my advice
Co-owning a house with friends isn’t new - but it's rarely tapped into.
Queer men in NZ are worried about our response to monkeypox
“If it affected heterosexuals, would vaccines be easier to obtain?”
Police issue MDMA warning after 20-year-old dies in Christchurch
Urgent call for people to test their drugs after serious incidents
Disabled, unable to work and on the benefit | Show Us Your Money
“We don't go on these benefits because we want to. … We literally don't have any other choice.”
I’m a stay-at-home dad. It doesn’t affect my masculinity
"My gender didn’t suddenly retreat to some masculine polarity the moment I met my daughter."
We fell in love in a VR chatroom
"In VR we can be whoever we want or whatever we want."
There's a friendship recession and it's hurting NZ men
“I think I was in denial about it for a long time."
Asking people how much their outfit costs
"We love a thrifty queen."
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Startling link between state care and prison in NZ
State care and ending up in prison is directly linked, according to new data.
What rural fashion says about NZ culture
“There's nowhere here that you need to be dressed up to go. This is us. This is how we are.”
NZ Government sanctions sick jobseekers for failing to prepare for work
The Labour Government has cut the benefits of around 4000 sick, injured of disabled jobseekers.
‘It's hard without your family’: Teens tell us about living on Auckland's streets
Young and The Reckless is a new documentary about teens who lived on Auckland’s streets.
NZ firefighters walk off for an hour for better pay and working conditions
At least 2000 professional firefighters across Aotearoa will be walking off the job today.