ICYMI: Angry, eloquent and 17, Fili has something to say to you
I was a victim of sexual assault. My experience was better than most, and it was shattering
A first-person account of one woman’s attempt to win justice after a sexual assault.
Angry, eloquent and 17, Fili has something to say to you
She’s head girl, a viral star, a poet. But none of those credentials can ever capture the force of nature that is Aigagalefili ‘Fili’ Fepulea’i-Tapua’i.
How Billy TK plunged down the Covid conspiracy rabbit hole
On Saturday afternoon, Billy Te Kahika Jr was the star attraction at an Aotea Square rally replete with Covid-19 conspiracy theorists. How did a blues musician end up New Zealand’s premier peddler of conspiracy nonsense? David Farrier went searching on the most powerful disinformation network of them all: Facebook.
There’s still gold in them hills
The price of gold hit record highs last month, and New Zealanders are lusting for it. Josie Adams investigates the age-old attraction of this precious metal – and where we’re getting it from.
Who is Robett Hollis? Meet the Māori maverick who broke into the business world
He’s fostered an image as an enigmatic underdog who proved his doubters wrong. But Robett Hollis has spent an extraordinary life trying to avoid being put in a box.
The bronchiectasis bargain
Property Investors Federation spokesman Andrew King has suggested landlords hold off installing a heat pump for tenants, saying a change in government could see the law reversed, and that some tenants don’t actually want new heat pumps. He has Hayden Donnell’s attention.
Why our cannabis laws are racist
Law expert Khylee Quince explains how racism plays a big part in the way current cannabis laws are applied – and why it’s time for reform.
The anger of Airini Beautrais
The Whanganui writer releases Bug Week, a collection of white-hot short stories that clack and hum with the anger of women. Here she writes about rage, and rape, and male entitlement.
Here’s why you still remember how to play Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 20 years later
Did you pull off a kickflip this past weekend like it was nothing? You shouldn’t be surprised, because games and memory are linked much closer than you think.
Zincovery: The award-winning startup tackling waste from galvanised steel
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Each year thousands of tonnes of zinc and acid are dumped into landfill as by-products from galvanising. This year’s winner of the Callaghan Innovation C-Prize challenge, Zincovery, is trying to solve that problem with its innovative recycling technology.
