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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Utopia in a yard: Wanaka Wastebusters

Rakiura Museum Te Puka o Te Waka • There’s more to Rakiura Museum than just a fancy new building.

A Recipe for Whale Balls

A MAN OF HIS TIMES • March marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Michael Joseph Savage, New Zealand’s first Labour prime minister. The occasion passed with no fanfare. With little biographical exploration of Savage, is it time for reconsideration?

LOOK INTO HIS EYES

Read All About It • It’s easy to be well read in Aotearoa. Enjoy our road trip around some stand-out second-hand bookstores.

Not If, But When • Thanks to cutting-edge science, we know our longest faultline is due for a quake far more intense than Christchurch. Are we ready?

When the Mountains Moved • A history of discovery on the Alpine Fault

Spread Thin • The “Sandwich Generation” used to apply to a temporary mid-life squeeze of caring for both younger children and ageing parents. Now, those years are broadening and for many New Zealand families, retirement plans are being impacted by the needs of older kids and geriatric parents.

YOU HAVE NOW ENTERED CARBON COUNTRY • New Zealand’s climate policy is creating a dense forest of winners and losers.

¡VIVA CUBA!

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Paradise Camp • In a groundbreaking exhibition at this year’s Venice Biennale, art, history and gender lines are redrawn, bringing Pacific fabulousness to the sinking city.

The Cold Beneath the House • Do people in other countries talk as much as we do about insulation? We suspect not.

AUCKLAND • Remembering the freedom of growing up in central suburban Auckland, connected always to the once-swimmable water.

A Happy Accident • How the granddaughter of one of New Zealand’s early prohibitionists ended up running her own Central Otago winery.

BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE

BOOKS

Slow Down, You’re Here

NOT YOUR AVERAGE BEER

PUZZLES

WHIZ//QUIZ

THINGS TO

BEYOND THE BADLANDS • Strange monsters and ominous ghosts can be traced to repressed memories of violent histories, argues one Australian researcher looking at the past through a novel lens.

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Wanaka • Wānaka is known for its natural beauty, so stop by and soak it up.

The National Gallery