Photographer Guy Coombes wears black so he doesn’t reflect any light on his subjects. With thanks to R.M.Williams.

Kneading sovereignty How did bread come to occupy such an immovable and essential place on the Māori plate?

An onlooker — that’s me — can sense the freedom. The students navigate the landscape of the strip without batting an eyelid, ...

Join Coastal Signs in popping the cork on their new Karangahape Road location (312 Karangahape Rd) on Wednesday 13 August at 6PM with a show of paintings from Maggie Friedman and Ammon Ngakuru that ...

In the first few months after my wife and I became home owners, the algorithmic puppeteers at Instagram and YouTube started ...

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Abigail Dell'Avo sits down with Matariki Bennett to discuss her debut poetry collection.

Jul 28, 2025 Society Every year when we present the results of Auckland’s high schools, we are forced to ask ourselves the same question: what truly constitutes a ‘good school’? Is its excellence ...

Writing isn’t just words and grammar — it’s original thought. Learning to spell builds intuition; learning structure builds clarity; crafting an essay hones precision. AI depends on replicable rules, ...

Abstract works can ask that our shared reality of objects and legible forms be suspended for what is usually a nocturnal ...

Which begs the (endlessly repeated) question — why art? Why bother looking at locally curated shows of local artists when our ...