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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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WASTE NOT, WANT NOT • Outward Bound’s management of human waste is worthy of attention.

YOU KNOW YOU’RE SOAKING IN IT • Aotearoa is dotted with natural hot pools, warmed by geothermic activity. Enjoy a tour of some of the most scenic spots to take the waters. By Danielle Butler

In Godley Head We Trust • New Zealand’s coastal fortifications were built for real and imagined threats of invasion by sea.

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The Misery-Go-Round • New Zealand’s child protection agency, Oranga Tamariki, is constantly in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. But is it the institution that is flawed or the society that expects it to fix bigger problems? Aaron Smale unravels the causes of decades-long failure and what is needed to finally address systemic issues.

THE GOLD FIELDS GRAVEDIGGERS • Otago’s earliest cemeteries are filled with unmarked graves. Now some of the skeletons are telling their tales.

FROM BOTH SIDES NOW • Career public servant Kara Isaac experienced New Zealand’s managed isolation both as a “guest” and on the leadership team of the organisation running the frontline defence against the spread of Covid-19. Now MIQ is over, she shares some of what went on in the back rooms.

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Bienvenue les Kiwi • For an increasing number of talented young rugby players, the lure of adventure and serious cash playing for top tier French clubs is winning out over the potential to be an All Black.

ALMOST FAMOUS • Though they never ventured south of the equator, four literary giants have unexpected links to Aotearoa — some more celebrated than others.

DRIVE OF A CONCHORD • Bret McKenzie is really good at being funny and at writing songs — he’s half of the spectacularly successful comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2012 for his song “Man or Muppet”, from the The Muppets. With his first solo album, Songs Without Jokes, released at the end of August, he is on an eight-date tour of New Zealand this month. He spoke to Elisabeth Easther about work, private jets and trying to master swimming.

Power to the Pinot • The founder of Martinborough’s Escarpment Winery looks back on 40 years in the industry — and the transformation of pinot noir from secondary grape to the star of New Zealand’s wine scene.

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WHALING WALLS • The Butler Point whaling museum in Northland tells tales of both whaling and local lives, thanks to the industry and foresight of an ophthalmologist.

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PARADISE, TWICE OVER • The border is open, the skies are blue and they’ve got your room ready: in the first of our new travel stories, Kirsty Cameron made a visit to the Cook Islands.

TO AND FROM • Home towns tend to be missed, then scorned — and finally rediscovered.

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