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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Four Corners

High Prices • Methamphetamine pricing per gram during the pandemic (April–June 2020)

Bards Brawl • An ideological battle takes a literary turn.

Down by the River • A defeated National MP contemplates life on the outside.

Latin Lovers • A convivium in Mount Eden.

PROPERTY POETRY

No Peter Thiel • An overseas investor’s odyssey.

DAS SUPERTALENT • A Nelson native makes it big on German TV.

UTOPIA LAB • RADICAL SOLUTIONS FOR INTRACTABLE PROBLEMS

INFERNO AT PIGEON VALLEY • FOR TWO WEEKS, HELICOPTER PILOTS BATTLED ONE OF NEW ZEALAND’S WORST WILDFIRES. THEIR STORY IS A PREVIEW OF OUR FUTURE.

CHRISTCHURCH, STILL STANDING • PORTRAITS OF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE.

A Tale of Two Churches • Why is Christchurch restoring its Anglican cathedral but destroying the far more architecturally significant Catholic basilica? The answer boils down to politics, real estate and the battle for the city’s future.

The City the Quake Built

TOUGH CROWD • IAN FOSTER’S FIRST YEAR AS ALL BLACKS’ COACH IS BEING REMEMBERED MORE FOR ITS FAILURES THAN ITS SUCCESSES. BUT IS THAT REALLY FAIR?

On Your Bike • HOW MUCH MONEY COULD A HORDE OF CYCLISTS RIDING THE LENGTH OF THE COUNTRY PUMP INTO THE REGIONS ALONG THE WAY? MORE THAN YOU MIGHT GUESS, IT TURNS OUT.

ABOUT TOWN WAIHEKE ISLAND • WAIHEKE IS SEEN AS THE PLAYGROUND FOR AUCKLAND’S WEALTHY, BUT ITS PERMANENT RESIDENTS ARE AMONG THE SUPER CITY’S OLDEST AND POOREST. STILL, TO OLD TIMERS, TE MOTU-ARAI-ROA IS PARADISE.

FANTASTIC BEASTS • HOW AN ENGLISH BACKPACKER WITH AN UNUSUAL HISTORY BECAME THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER SCULPTOR IN WHANGANUI.

STILL SERVING • ONCE THE MAINSTAY OF EVERY SMALL TOWN, NEW ZEALAND’S HISTORIC PUBS AND HOTELS HAVE BEEN THROUGH MANY REINVENTIONS SINCE THEIR HEYDAY IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY.

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THE CURE • A SOUTH ISLAND HUNTER WAS SICK OF THE “BASTARDISED” COOKED SALAMI COMMONLY FOUND IN NEW ZEALAND. SO HE DECIDED TO START MAKING HIS OWN.

The Untold History of New Zealand’s Favourite Berry • EATEN FRESH OFF THE VINE OR IN A REAL-FRUIT ICE CREAM, BOYSENBERRIES ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH SUMMER. BUT HOW DID THEY GET HERE " AND HOW DID NEW ZEALAND END UP THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BOYSENBERRY EXPORTER?

TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY WAYS TO START AN ESSAY ABOUT CAPTAIN COOK

BUSTED! STORIES FROM NEW ZEALAND’S LEADING PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR

Ralph Hotere: The Dark Is Light Enough

HOW DID I GET HERE? SOLILOQUIES OF YOUTH

SCORCHERS: A CLIMATE FICTION ANTHOLOGY

THE LIMINAL SPACE

TOMORROW THE WORLD

How I Wrote: Mike Johnson

WHIZ/QUIZ

10 THINGS TO

From the Islands • THE TROUBLED HISTORY OF IMPORTED LABOUR IN THE PACIFIC.

The National Gallery