Hope and resilience in Tairāwhiti

Hope and resilience in Tairāwhiti

31 January 2024 A week-long series of events from 9-16 February 2024 will mark the anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle which devastated the East Coast of the North Island in February 2023. In commemoration of the one-year anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle’s impact...
Wings, webs and wonders on the Chatham Islands

Wings, webs and wonders on the Chatham Islands

Image: Chrissie Painting and a student from Kaingaroa School learning about bugs. 26 January 2024 Written by Chrissie Painting and Tammy Steeves. You can’t get much more remote than the Chatham Islands, a bumpy plane ride 840km east of Ōtautahi|Christchurch. Although...
The past, the present and the future

The past, the present and the future

20 December 2023 A collaboration between market analyst Hamza Ajmal and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. Objects are collections of essences. I am sitting in my living room on a leather chair against a wall. The living room walls are off-white...
The night time world of the kiwi

The night time world of the kiwi

4 December 2023 A collaboration between wildlife biologist Isabel Castro and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. Kiwi are a group of five extant species of birds endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand. Their bodies are rounded, and they have a long bill...