ICYMI: Dr Shane Reti on leading National’s changed Covid-19 response
August 31 – September 7
The Side Eye: Weed versus Booze
On October 17 New Zealand will decide whether cannabis should be legalised and regulated. Toby Morris compares and contrasts the weed rules with those for another popular drug: alcohol.
Do no harm: Dr Shane Reti on leading National’s changed Covid-19 response
Shane Reti has emerged in recent weeks as the opposition’s most capable communicator in the age of Covid-19. Justin Giovannetti speaks with ‘Dr Shane’ about the changes he’s brought to National and how he’d seek to improve New Zealand’s response to the coronavirus.
What Facebook’s threat against news in Australia means for NZ (and the rest of the world)
Facebook’s threat to pull out of news in Australia is the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter battle over who owns the news – and who should fund its production, writes former MediaWorks news boss Hal Crawford from Sydney.
The memeing of life: An interview with digital campaign whizzes Sean Topham and Ben Guerin
They’ve received acclaim and opprobrium for digital media campaigns for everyone from NZ’s National Party to the Australian Liberals and Boris Johnson’s Brexiteering Tories. Topham Guerin worked, too, for the NZ government Covid response. But, New Zealand’s international digital campaign wunderkinds tell Henry Oliver, their agency’s future is not political.
‘Keeping Wellington’s character’ means keeping people in cold and mouldy homes
Wellington will be home to up to 80,000 more people by 2050, and the question of where they’re going to live is becoming increasingly pressing. Should the look of the central suburbs really take priority over warm, dry, affordable housing?
Aotearoa is not Middle-earth
One of our finest speculative fiction writers on how the Lord of the Rings fandom is damaging mana whenua.
The Buttabean brigade: How Dave Letele’s ‘house of inspiration’ is helping thousands
The son of a Mongrel Mob president, former professional boxer Dave Letele is now helping South Aucklanders get jobs, get fit and get fed. Reiná Vaai meets the ‘Brown Buttabean’ at his Manukau HQ.
One life: A song for my brother
Nadine Anne Hura’s brother was different, like Māui. Equal parts curious, reckless, determined and brave, he couldn’t leave things alone. He needed to know.
Amanda Palmer isn’t going anywhere
Love her or hate her, US musician Amanda Palmer has no plans to leave New Zealand anytime soon. She opens up to Stewart Sowman-Lund about her new life in Havelock North and the moment she was left alone in a foreign country during a pandemic.
Taking a deeper look at the cannabis question
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In the second episode of Conversations that Count – Ngā Kōrero Whai Take we examine and discuss the detail and implications of the upcoming cannabis legalisation and control referendum.
