Rev-completed
New Zealand lifts its lockdown after seven weeks
Here are some scenes about town as we emerge from our cocoons. We visit a cafe and hair salon to see how they're switching up how…
Sound Check: Merk carries on
We check in with artists who were on the verge of breakthroughs - before a global pandemic happened.
Midwives say we're going to have a baby boom because of lockdown
Midwives predict we'll be looking at a baby boom around Christmas time. Looks like all that time holed up in our homes has been quite productive.
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A recovered Covid-19 case has a message for people her age
23-year-old Jasmine's experience with Covid-19 was unlike anything she'd ever experienced before. She has now recovered and is out of the isolation tent in her family…
Queuing up for Maccas at alert level 3
It's been a long 4-5 weeks without our takeaways fix. Baz Macdonald braves the lines at a McDonalds drive thru on the first day of alert…
Comedian Johanna Cosgrove teaches us her favourite 2-ingredient recipe from lockdown
For some reason, staying confined to our homes has rendered us all bread makers and comedian Johanna Cosgrove is no exception. She shows us how to…
Revisiting New Zealand's illegal weed club
Situated just a few minutes away from a local police station in West Auckland, The Daktory was a cannabis club that opened in 2008. Simply put,…
Teaching tamariki to live off the land
Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga on the East Cape is one of the most remote schools in Aotearoa. This tiny school is teaching tamariki how to live off the land.
How burlesque helps break down the rules of gender
"Wearing heels makes my legs bulge and my muscles ripple in ways that they don't in flat shoes. I feel more masculine." We visit burlesque dancer…
In lockdown in Tonga, one of the last countries in the world without Covid-19
Tonga is one of the last countries in the world without Covid-19. As a small island nation, Tonga doesn't have the resources that larger countries have,…
How an aspiring Olympian is handling lockdown
Tasmyn Benny was preparing for the Tokyo Olympics before the Covid-19 pandemic forced it to be postponed til 2021. We visit Tasmyn in Turua to see…
Here's what you need to know about washing groceries
Many of us will have wondered what to do with our groceries when we get home from the supermarket. Do we need to wipe down our…
Why these four Kiwis decided to stay overseas during Covid-19
Four Kiwis - in Italy, UK, Saudi Arabia and Australia - tell us why they decided to stay overseas during Covid-19.
We spoke to the first person in New Zealand's Covid-19 quarantine hotel
Sam Saw is the first person to enter New Zealand's Covid-19 quarantine hotel. To be honest, the digs are pretty sweet, but the only human interaction…
Homeless at lockdown
The key message being enforced nationwide is that we need to stay home. So what do you do if you don't have a house to call…
Fact or Fiction: Coronavirus
Dr Angela Lim tells us what's fact and what's fiction when it comes to Covid-19.
The three main symptoms of Covid-19 are:
a fever (at least 38°C)
a cough
shortness…
This whānau quit Australia to live off-grid
The prospect of long-term self-isolation has got some of us a bit anxious (looking at the panic buyers at Pak'n'Save), but this whānau has got it…
Where do all your tributes to Christchurch go?
Hundreds and hundreds of tributes poured through to Christchurch after March 15th, 2019. Flowers, cards, gifts, paintings and origami cranes piled up in a storeroom in…
The dance epidemic that infected an entire town
A dancing plague once overtook Strasbourg during the middle ages. Throughout the city, people were "using dance to get to some transcendent state to get out…
Students tell us the meanest thing someone has said to them online
What's the meanest thing someone's ever said to you online? The answers from students at AUT's O Week show us that harmful comments are much too…
The best bowl skaters in New Zealand
The best bowl skaters of Aotearoa come together each year for the Mangawhai Bowl Jam.
This 17-year-old has hundreds of thousands of bees
Ethan Manera (@ethansbees) is a 17-year-old beekeeper from Christchurch... who also happens to be afraid of bees. He tells us why bees are so important, and…
What's it really like when you go to Waitangi?
If you've never been to Waitangi before, it's easy to think it's all sombre politics and fighting, but the people there know it's about so much…
Rediscovering Aotearoa: Kōrero and Coffee
This week we launched the final episode of Rediscovering Aotearoa – a decolonisation series.
Here are some highlights from our panel chat about decolonisation and race relations.…
Stupid Robot Fighting
Stupid Robot Fighting is even more amazing than it sounds. There's no good explanation for it so you really just have to see this NZ invented…
NZ Music Awards: Breaking Down the Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Stylist to the stars Sammy Salsa takes us through a night at the Vodafone NZ Music Awards following the nominees for Breakthrough Artist of the Year…
New Zealand police show us their tattoos
We get tattoos for all sorts of reasons - to carry our loved ones with us, to symbolise our heritage and to express who we are.…
Michel Mulipola is the 'Bloody Samoan' comic book artist
Michel Mulipola is the 'Bloody Samoan'. It's a derogatory term he heard a lot growing up, but he's now reappropriated it as a moniker in his…
Sex toy review: Fun for more than one
Sarita Das reviews some sex toys for couples, from vibrators to strap-ons.
No Hands No Excuses
Humphrey Hanley AKA No Hands No Excuses is a motivational streamer on Twitch. He shows us his gaming setup, his life as a streamer and freelancer,…