THE PANTOGRAPH PUNCH

Society22.11.23

"Oh you foolish little Zionists"

Justine Sachs on the cruelty and inhumanity of Zionism, the movement supposed to solve the 'Jewish question'.

Society

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Society22.11.23

"Oh you foolish little Zionists"

Justine Sachs on the cruelty and inhumanity of Zionism, the movement supposed to solve the 'Jewish question'.

Society21.11.23

Ruby Macomber traces the whakapapa of activism and Moana sisterhoods at Moana Fresh, the iconic community marketplace in Avondale.

Society20.11.23

Students, staff, and alumni from Aotearoa university communities are calling for a joint statement from their Vice-Chancellors: to condemn Israel’s genocidal attacks on Palestinians, call for ceasefire and an end to illegal occupation. Here is their open letter, which you can sign.


Literature

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Literature13.11.23

(Almost) Every Poet I Have Ever Loved II

In Part I, Jessica Lim discusses the work of five poets who have served as her personal roadmap to poetry. Part II completes her ode to the archive considering the work of four more poets she loves, and one dead guy.

Literature08.11.23

Juicy Spoiled Fruit!

The debut poetry anthology from the newest and naughtiest micro press out there, Āporo Press. Damien Levi, one of the co-editors of the collection with Amber Esau, shares his dreams for queer and takatāpui publishing in Aotearoa.

Literature12.09.23

An excerpt from Liam Jacobson's debut collection of poems Neither, published by Dead Bird Books.

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Pantograph Pals is a membership campaign that helps us continue our groundbreaking and career-launching arts criticism through community fundraising. From our staunchest readers to newest fans, our wide circle of friends have helped to make Pantograph potent and possible. As a Pal, you go one step deeper: directly contributing to a sustainable and thriving future for arts publishing in Aotearoa!

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Art

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Society21.11.23

Ruby Macomber traces the whakapapa of activism and Moana sisterhoods at Moana Fresh, the iconic community marketplace in Avondale.

Art15.11.23

Marking a Return

Mokonui-a-rangi Smith recounts his experience of learning tā moko with his mentor, Croc Coulter. An extract republished from Past the Tower, Under the Tree.

Art14.11.23

Serving Softly

Annie James, Yuri Takemoto and Florence Collins Caballero from Soft Serve Social talk about the urban swingset they’ve created in the heart of Te Whanganui-a-Tara to promote joy and play in the city.

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Performance

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Performance25.10.23

It Keeps Coming Back from the Grave

Horror academic Erin Harrington and Leon Radojkovic, creator and composer of Silo Theatre’s work Night of the Living Dead, on the reanimation of this seminal work at a pertinent time in our socio-political context.

Performance24.10.23

Chick Habit!

As if forming a punk band and getting your songs stolen wasn't enough, try being haunted by the ghost of your dead mother. Playwright Nuanzhi Zheng shares the story behind her newest play developed as part of Proudly Asian Theatre.

Performance17.08.23

Review: Losing Face

Ding, dong, it’s a father–daughter reunion on Christmas Eve stuck on repeat. Arela Jiang unpacks the unconventional Queer Asian family drama of Nathan Joe’s Losing Face.

News

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News15.08.23

Ōtepoti, we're heading your ways in September! Click this link to read and register for Pantograph Punch x Ōtepoti Writer Lab's upcoming publishing workshop on the 17th and opportunities coming your way!

News26.07.23

Notes for Writers

In early June we held a launch event for our Pantograph Pals (and a celebration of our 13th birthday) at Season in downtown Tāmaki Makaurau. We invited a few contributors to speak to our journal’s past and its aspirations for the future, and to reflect on the journey so far. This is what our copy editor and proofreader Marie Shannon said about her work.

News25.07.23

Our young, wild and free arts journal turns 13 this year, and we've just launched a brand new membership programme to keep our engines at optimum speed. To celebrate our birthday and the launch of Pantograph Pals, we invited near and dear friends to kōrero about our journal, at a live launch event held at Season gallery. Below are some gorgeous snippets of whakaaro, for those who missed the revelry.

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Screen30.06.23

Chainsaw Woman vs The Eye Devil

In the final essay response to AMF’s Niu Gold Mountain video project, Alex Stronach dissects Che Ebrahim’s Body Shop – in all its body-gore, trans-vengeance, horror-splat glory.

Screen09.06.23

The Mysterious Miracle of Migrants

Mahiwaga is a poetic, magical and mysterious dance video through Northcote Town Centre, as part of All My Friends’ Niu Gold Mountain project. Naomii Seah chats to the creatives and looks into the future of this local hub.

Screen31.05.23

Ray Leslie is Creating Her Own Shot

In partnership with All My Friends, we have invited four writers to reflect on the themes, locations and stories explored in the video series Niu Gold Mountain. Han Li responds to the music video Mango, by Ray Leslie, Chris Antonio, Luke Park and Suren Unka, set in Selera restaurant.

Recent Contributors

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Soft Serve Social
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer
Nadia Abu-Shanab
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer
Aotearoa University Communities for Palestine
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer
Mokonui-a-rangi Smith
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer
Artists For Ceasefire
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer
Emma Sidnam
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer
Jennifer Cheuk
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer
Hine Te Ariki Parata-Walker
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer

Music

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Loose Canons30.08.23

Loose Canons: Jujulipps

Loose Canons is a series in which we invite artists we love to share five things that have informed their work. Jujulipps, a Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist drawing energy from hip-hop and afrobeat, shares five things that inspire her.

Music13.02.23

Reflections of a Lover

V-Day themed playlist! Danya Yang reflects on the love we receive, and the love we give.

Music20.10.22

It's All About the Drama, Really

Mya Morrison-Middleton in conversation with Fully Explicit founder Creamy Mami, who took DJing and partying out of the boys’ club by catering to the freaks.

Pacific Arts Legacy Project

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Pacific Arts Legacy Project04.06.22

“Let the world know what it took.” Rita Seumanutafa and her father Seumanutafa Falema‘a Seumanutafa share the legacy of their music.

Pacific Arts Legacy Project24.03.22

More Than Bilas

For musician Tali Enjalas Jenkinson, aka Vallé, pursuing and treasuring his Papua New Guinean identity has been vital in shaping the way he creates music.

Pacific Arts Legacy Project24.02.22

For master artist Misa Emma Kesha, weaving feeds our mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing. With the help of her family, Misa Emma remembers her journey, all centred on the art of sharing and teaching.

Loose Canons

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Loose Canons26.09.23

Loose Canons: Emma Ling Sidnam

Wellington-based writer, Emma Ling Sidnam shares the five things that inspire her as she debuts with her coming-of-age novel Backwaters.

Loose Canons22.09.23

Loose Canons: Hine Te Ariki Parata-Walker

Hine Te Ariki Parata-Walker shares five things that inspired her play 'The Jumpers', which will be read as a part of the Kōanga Festival 2023.

Loose Canons22.09.23

Loose Canons: Ruby Macomber

Loose Canons is a series in which we invite artists we love to share five things that have informed their work. Ruby Macomber, poet, researcher and teina of Te Moana-Nui-a Kiwa; shares her favourite things.

Society

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Society22.11.23

"Oh you foolish little Zionists"

Justine Sachs on the cruelty and inhumanity of Zionism, the movement supposed to solve the 'Jewish question'.

Society21.11.23

Ruby Macomber traces the whakapapa of activism and Moana sisterhoods at Moana Fresh, the iconic community marketplace in Avondale.

Society20.11.23

Students, staff, and alumni from Aotearoa university communities are calling for a joint statement from their Vice-Chancellors: to condemn Israel’s genocidal attacks on Palestinians, call for ceasefire and an end to illegal occupation. Here is their open letter, which you can sign.


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Become a Pal of Pantograph

Logo and image design by
Haz Forrester

We don’t exist without our readers, nor do we exist without our Pals. Join the newly launched Pantograph Pals, and help to build a thriving and colourful future for arts publishing in Aotearoa.

.

.

Literature

View All 
Literature13.11.23

(Almost) Every Poet I Have Ever Loved II

In Part I, Jessica Lim discusses the work of five poets who have served as her personal roadmap to poetry. Part II completes her ode to the archive considering the work of four more poets she loves, and one dead guy.

Literature08.11.23

Juicy Spoiled Fruit!

The debut poetry anthology from the newest and naughtiest micro press out there, Āporo Press. Damien Levi, one of the co-editors of the collection with Amber Esau, shares his dreams for queer and takatāpui publishing in Aotearoa.

Literature12.09.23

An excerpt from Liam Jacobson's debut collection of poems Neither, published by Dead Bird Books.

Pantograph Punch

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The Pantograph Punch publishes urgent and vital cultural commentary by the most exciting new voices in Aotearoa.

News15.08.23

Ōtepoti, we're heading your ways in September! Click this link to read and register for Pantograph Punch x Ōtepoti Writer Lab's upcoming publishing workshop on the 17th and opportunities coming your way!

News26.07.23

Notes for Writers

In early June we held a launch event for our Pantograph Pals (and a celebration of our 13th birthday) at Season in downtown Tāmaki Makaurau. We invited a few contributors to speak to our journal’s past and its aspirations for the future, and to reflect on the journey so far. This is what our copy editor and proofreader Marie Shannon said about her work.

News25.07.23

Our young, wild and free arts journal turns 13 this year, and we've just launched a brand new membership programme to keep our engines at optimum speed. To celebrate our birthday and the launch of Pantograph Pals, we invited near and dear friends to kōrero about our journal, at a live launch event held at Season gallery. Below are some gorgeous snippets of whakaaro, for those who missed the revelry.

Loose Canons25.04.23

Loose Canons - Sinead Overbye

Introducing our new kaiwāwahi Kaupapa Māori editor - Sinead Overbye! Check out her Loose Canons to learn the 5 things that make her tick!

News31.01.23

We're on the hunt for a fantastic social media savvy to join our dedicated team.

News30.01.23

The Next Page – Editors

Announcing The Next Page – Editors. An early-career mentorship programme we're partnering with is now accepting applications!

Art

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Society21.11.23

Ruby Macomber traces the whakapapa of activism and Moana sisterhoods at Moana Fresh, the iconic community marketplace in Avondale.

Art15.11.23

Marking a Return

Mokonui-a-rangi Smith recounts his experience of learning tā moko with his mentor, Croc Coulter. An extract republished from Past the Tower, Under the Tree.

Art14.11.23

Serving Softly

Annie James, Yuri Takemoto and Florence Collins Caballero from Soft Serve Social talk about the urban swingset they’ve created in the heart of Te Whanganui-a-Tara to promote joy and play in the city.

Recent Contributors

View All 
Soft Serve Social
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer
Nadia Abu-Shanab
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer
Aotearoa University Communities for Palestine
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer
Mokonui-a-rangi Smith
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer
Artists For Ceasefire
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer
Emma Sidnam
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer
Jennifer Cheuk
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer
Hine Te Ariki Parata-Walker
Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer

Performance

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Performance25.10.23

It Keeps Coming Back from the Grave

Horror academic Erin Harrington and Leon Radojkovic, creator and composer of Silo Theatre’s work Night of the Living Dead, on the reanimation of this seminal work at a pertinent time in our socio-political context.

Performance24.10.23

Chick Habit!

As if forming a punk band and getting your songs stolen wasn't enough, try being haunted by the ghost of your dead mother. Playwright Nuanzhi Zheng shares the story behind her newest play developed as part of Proudly Asian Theatre.

Performance17.08.23

Review: Losing Face

Ding, dong, it’s a father–daughter reunion on Christmas Eve stuck on repeat. Arela Jiang unpacks the unconventional Queer Asian family drama of Nathan Joe’s Losing Face.

Screen

View All 
Screen30.06.23

Chainsaw Woman vs The Eye Devil

In the final essay response to AMF’s Niu Gold Mountain video project, Alex Stronach dissects Che Ebrahim’s Body Shop – in all its body-gore, trans-vengeance, horror-splat glory.

Screen09.06.23

The Mysterious Miracle of Migrants

Mahiwaga is a poetic, magical and mysterious dance video through Northcote Town Centre, as part of All My Friends’ Niu Gold Mountain project. Naomii Seah chats to the creatives and looks into the future of this local hub.

Screen31.05.23

Ray Leslie is Creating Her Own Shot

In partnership with All My Friends, we have invited four writers to reflect on the themes, locations and stories explored in the video series Niu Gold Mountain. Han Li responds to the music video Mango, by Ray Leslie, Chris Antonio, Luke Park and Suren Unka, set in Selera restaurant.

Music

View All 
Loose Canons30.08.23

Loose Canons: Jujulipps

Loose Canons is a series in which we invite artists we love to share five things that have informed their work. Jujulipps, a Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist drawing energy from hip-hop and afrobeat, shares five things that inspire her.

Music13.02.23

Reflections of a Lover

V-Day themed playlist! Danya Yang reflects on the love we receive, and the love we give.

Music20.10.22

It's All About the Drama, Really

Mya Morrison-Middleton in conversation with Fully Explicit founder Creamy Mami, who took DJing and partying out of the boys’ club by catering to the freaks.

SHOP

View All 

A fan of our work? Grab some merch! All purchases help to support The Pantograph Punch and enable us to continue dedicating ourselves towards our vision and mission.

SPECIAL OFFER: ONE FREE LAPTOP STICKER WITH ANY PURCHASE FOR ALL OF HŌNGOINGOI | JUNE!

The Pantograph Punch Pātiki Brooch [Green]

$22NZD
View Product

The Pantograph Punch Postcard - Abigail Aroha Jensen | Bush [Single]

$2NZD
View Product

The Pantograph Punch Postcard - Chai HuiYin | Heat Wave [Single]

$2NZD
View Product
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Become a Pal of Pantograph

We are proudly independent, committed to fair pay for contributors, and to commissioning work that meaningfully contributes to the conversations our nation is having. This work is made possible through a mixture of grants, donations and partnerships, and vitally – our Pals.

From as little as a cup of coffee a month, help to secure a sustainable future for a flourishing arts sector.

The Pantograph Punch is a registered charity.
All donations are tax-deductible.

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