Zoe Madden-Smith

This lonely coriander leaf made me cancel HelloFresh

Why does HelloFresh packaging suck so much?

Cheap rent, compromise and stigma: What it's like living with your parents in your 30s

Is it time we get over the stigma of living with your parents as an adult?

We built an off-the-grid life but it took a lot of privilege

“I'm trying to do things now that are going to be helpful for our descendants in like 200 years"

Off The Grid Week: What happens when you ditch the rat race

It sounds freeing. But what would it actually take?

Dogs love us so much they cry happy tears when they see us

"Dogs have become a partner of humans, and we can form bonds."

Extreme anti-mandate groups have a new hobby: transphobia

A new Disinformation Project report shows a surge in trans hate online after the Posie Parker visit.

  • 05 May 23

GPs can’t prescribe ADHD medication, here’s why that’s bullshit

“Switching my medication has caused me quite a bit of anxiety.”

Here are the strangest things people have left in Ubers around NZ

Chicken, cat flap doors, fish. You know, normal things to have with you on an Uber ride.

Why food is a rip-off in NZ compared to Australia

A report found last year that the supermarket sector is making over $1 million in excess profit.

Why your ears ring after a concert and why you should care

It's almost definitely tinnitus. Here's how you can avoid it.

It took me 8 years to get an endometriosis diagnosis

“Endometriosis care, as it currently is, is just not acceptable."

Cyclone Gabrielle in photos: ‘Damage not seen in a generation’

The storm is moving out to sea but not before belting parts of the North Island.

Meet Amy: The first baby born through an HIV-positive sperm bank

There is no cure for HIV but effective medication can make a person’s viral load undetectable.

Five tips for how to cope with eco-anxiety

“All of these emotions are valid and they are a reflection of the systems that we're living in."

Auckland’s rivers and wetlands were paved over. Now we are paying for it

Each generation has been “kicking the can down to the next generation”.

'I don't think I'd cope': Aspiring politicians react to Jacinda Ardern hate

NZ police reported that threats against the prime minister had nearly tripled over three years.

Why summer drownings are the worst in 40 years

Since December, more than 30 people have drowned in our waters.

Young workers are more burnt out than any other age group, but why?

“It’s been two years and I still haven’t recovered.”

The music festival trying to fuck up Christchurch’s conservatism

The top two tiers of the lineup are over 50% female, over 40% queer and 22% people of colour.

I want to remove my uterus because my endometriosis is so painful

“Even breathing too deeply makes my whole body feel like it's on fire."

Homophobia is driving queer people out of small towns in NZ

People in the rainbow communities say homophobia attacks aren’t rare in small town New Zealand

  • 21 Dec 22

I'm straight but I give guys blow jobs as a side hustle

What it's like being a male sex worker

The AI portrait app you love is 'soul-crushing' for NZ artists

“It is extremely harmful to artists but I don’t think many people are aware of that.”

Welcome to Naked Week

How much time do you see yourself naked each day?

Covid is coming to Christmas. Here's how to keep safe

Last week there were more than 34,000 reported cases of Covid-19.

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.”