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.

editorial • I’m thankful to be living in a “pluvial country” where three 30°C days in a row constitute a heatwave and the government’s Zero Carbon Bill passed unopposed last year.

MIKE WHITE

North & South

Childbirth Tragedy • Strong views on the politics and problems blighting New Zealand’s maternity services.

WHIZ QUIZ

BRAVO NOEL!

EVENTS

MANY HAPPY RETURNS • Sailing into Nelson could be treacherous back when Amanda Kerr’s ancestors first made landfall. Now she helps make sure boaties come safely home from sea.

THE VEGETATOR • Wairākei’s homegrown superhero, Shawn Vennell, is known for his green fingers – and his iron fist.

FROM LAND TO SEA

A PLACE TO CALL HOME

BEING IN THE MOMENT • The Alexander Turnbull Library is marking its centenary with an exhibition dedicated to the power of performance at the heart of Māori culture.

MY SPACE

SAVING THE WORLD ONE (LESS) CHILD AT A TIME • No amount of composting and recycling – even ditching the car and going vegan – makes up for the chubby carbon footprint of having a child. Every new human is the equivalent of 58.6 tonnes of carbon emissions per year. Meanwhile, we add more than 200,000 more people a day to the world’s already groaning population of 7.7 billion. So why aren’t “birthstrikers” and one-child families being applauded? Sharon Stephenson investigates.

Will climate change refugees flood into New Zealand?

MORE THAN ENOUGH • Shona Jennings and her husband were “early adopters” of the “Gen Less” movement. Their only child is now 21.

FIGHT OR FLIGHT SAVING THE KEA • Kea are one of our most iconic birds – but they’re in trouble. Numbers have plummeted and they are now considered endangered. Mike White travels to Fiordland to find out what’s causing their decline, and to see if anything can be done to stop it.

I, KEA

WEIRD WOO & THE SHAPE OF WATER • Jonathon Harper asks why a four-year course in homeopathy – an alternative therapy that’s been proven not to work – is approved and accredited by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

Going Up, Going Down

The Experts Weigh In On Homeopathy

A Religious Approach?

A LIGHT LEFT BURNING • Bryan Petersen was killed more than 50 years ago, in a deeply unpopular foreign war. His loss – and the loss of innocence – still ripples in his home town. John Summers traces Petersen’s story to Eketahuna.

KILLING KITTY • Stacey Anyan on love, death and losing a best friend.

NIKKI DENHOLM • Like the rest of New Zealand, Nikki Denholm was horrified by the murder of British backpacker Grace Millane, killed during a sexual encounter on a Tinder date – but she wasn’t shocked by some of the explicit details that came out at trial. Joanna Wane talks to The Light Project founder about the new normal for a young generation using online porn for sex education.

Life & Culture

On the Road • Riding in cars with girls.

No Fly Guy • In 2018, Shaun Hendy quit planes and petrol-powered cars for train, buses, ferries and EVs. It wasn’t always easy, but he slashed his carbon bill for travel from 19 tonnes to just one. And it felt good.

Market Forces • Where’s the nanny state when you need it?

Everybody’s Talkin’ • A lost-and-found last album from Harry Nilsson and a tribute to Eldred and Margaret Stebbing’s family-owned Auckland recording studio.

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