Gabi Lardies is a 1.5 generation tauiwi from Argentina living in Tāmaki Makaurau. She has an MFA from Elam School of Fine Arts, and a Graduate Diploma of Sociology from the University of Auckland. Currently Gabi is one of three cadets in The Next Page programme, where she is learning feature writing and journalism. She loves dancing, gardening and the sea.
A kaupapa inspired by Colin McCahon's legacy has resulted in 1000 healthy kauri saplings grown from trees infected with kauri dieback, on the whenua of Te Kawerau ā Maki. Gabi Lardies investigates.
Qianye and AL Lin remake cultural myths into personal narratives, reckoning with migranthood, Queerness and translation in a new, super-sized work, writes Gabi Lardies.