Power lies in sovereign expression of sexuality. Ana McAllister and the Pantograph Punch team on thirst-trap photography.
It’s okay to feel angry, lost and helpless right now. Faith Wilson on turning to prayer and water.
Ahead of its nationwide release, Ana McAllister on dystopian futuristic Indigenous sci-fi film Night Raiders.
Erny Belle’s debut album Venus Is Home is worth the wait, says Leonard Powell.
Makanaka Tuwe claims the narratives, traditions and cultures of musicians of African descent in Aotearoa as the centre.
Whiti Hereaka’s new novel, Kurangaituku, takes the pūrākau of Hatupatu and the Bird Woman apart like an old dogskin cloak, cutting it into patterns and shapes never seen before. Ariana Tikao reviews.
Cadence Chung on being autistic, and the problems with clinicalising human experiences.
Faith Wilson was so touched reading Filemu zine she had a tagi. So she spoke with the creators, a Pacific couple shining light on their experiences of love.
Chye-Ling Huang and James Roque are two Asian millennial creatives, activists and best friends who’ve decided to confront the elephants in their bedrooms – why have they only dated Pākehā people? Naomii Seah sits down with them to chat about love, dating and unconscious bias as Asians in Aotearoa.
Puhi Ariki, the inaugural show at Wairau Māori Art Gallery, recognises the whenua on which it stands and asserts the strength of Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu. Jade Kake reviews.
Our first issue of 2022 considers the friction of opposites; hot, fiery, bombastic or sultry, introspective. The oxymoronic climate event that is the heat wave.
In 30 essays on being 30, Nathan Joe meditates on love, identity and growing up.
Pelenakeke Brown feasts on Alexa Wilson’s Rituals of Destruction and, like any discerning food critic, makes recommendations for your future dining.
The last few years have been unforgiving for the arts and events industry. Reflection and interviews by Rachael Longshaw-Park.
From luxury real estate, to fashion, to catty drama, Selling Sunset really has it all. Sinead Overbye uses the show as a bit of escapism and imagines what Selling Pōneke would be like.
The exhibition Raroboys and Friends celebrates the agency of youth at South Auckland’s Māngere Arts Centre.
Taualofa Totua on activist artist Kahu Kutia, and the whakapapa of her work Te Pō in Te Tīmatanga Auckland Pride art trail.
Editor Ataria Sharman talks to Hamish Petersen about their research on decolonial methodologies for Pākehā and Tauiwi arts workers in Aotearoa.