North & South

North & South is New Zealand’s premier monthly current affairs and lifestyle magazine, specialising in long-form investigative journalism, delivered by award-winning writers and photographers. North & South also showcases New Zealand ingenuity and creativity, explores the country and profiles its people. It is a touchstone of New Zealand life.

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Trampoline

Four corners • Neglected networks

END of an ERA • Kim Hill is leaving Radio NZ and as far as Hera Lindsay Bird is concerned, there’s no further use for Saturday mornings.

POWER PLAY • While one in five households report having trouble paying the power bill, and one in eight are cutting back on heating because of the cost, the big four electricity companies’ gross earnings for 2022/23 totalled $2.61 billion, or about $7.1 million a day. Are we being ripped off by the electricity generators? And, if so, what needs to be done about it? Michael Fletcher investigates.

Power and the powerless

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Costs, cuts and consequences • Small changes can help ease the burden of rising prices.

Letter from Israel • Under the reign of fear, handshakes are impossible.

RYMAN STRIVES TO OFFSET AGED CARE CRISIS • Leading care provider creates new offerings to support ageing Kiwis.

A terrible TRAP • As more countries move to restrict the use of puberty blocking hormones for children with gender dysphoria, use in New Zealand continues to increase. Charlotte Paul says our health authorities must act.

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The Crewe MURDERS • Kirsty Johnston and James Hollings’ new book tells the complete story of New Zealand’s most infamous cold case. In this exclusive excerpt, Johnston and Hollings dissect what happened the week Harvey and Jeannette Crewe disappeared.

Now for something completely different • Artist Brett Graham is on curator duty for Sculpture on the Gulf 2024, an exhibition taking place as part of Moana Auckland. This year, he and co-curator Robert Leonard want to break the biennial exhibition’s habit of celebrating objects that look good next to the lawn furniture.

Embroidered visions • The otherworldly art of Saskia Bunce-Rath

HARBOURING DOUBTS • Moana Auckland is New Zealand’s biggest ocean festival offering some of the best events in and on the waters of Tāmaki Makarau. Susanna Andrew reflects on her first dip into open water swimming.

The call home • Historian Chris Brickell looks at two expat writers a generation apart and their diaries which reveal their deep affection for New Zealand.

My first ever… Death threat • When hate mail about a poem inspires more poetry.

Werewolf

Freud on the cushion • What might the Buddha and Freud have to talk about?

Riddles • Some poems are real headscratchers on purpose.

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Season’s readings • Gift season is rolling around again, and you’re still no clearer on whether or not Cousin Percy appreciated last year’s candle-making set. Fear not, North & South’s books department have present-buying sorted for the entire family. Best of all, you can do your whole year’s shop in one place: the local bookstore.

A poet recollected • Fergus Barrowman published the celebrated late poet Geoff Cochrane for three decades. Barrowman remembers Cochrane’s commitment to a writer’s life whether winning awards or fighting cockroaches.

The Wren, The Wren • Two beautiful novels by Booker-nominated authors deftly explore trauma and recovery. Take flight with the...