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 • From here, to there: a happy memory of Peter Ellis; events to note; a doco to see, birds to spot.

Cat, Mouse & Clamping • In the documentary Mister Organ, journalist David Farrier (Tickled, Dark Tourist) tries to unravel the complex web of manipulation and obfuscation woven by Michael Organ, an aggressive wheel clamper who only became more mysterious the longer Farrier studied him.

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AWAY WITH THE BIRDS • Birds are arguably this country’s most iconic and loved inhabitants, so for spring, aka baby season, we’ve collected the best places to spy the next generation of charmers (technically, their hatching times do vary). For the clearest — and least intrusive view — pack binoculars.

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Features

DOG/GONE • Sleeping in our beds, wearing designer threads, eating gourmet food — dogs are living luxe. But is it good for them, and who is making who happy?

A DOG’S WORLD, NEW ZEALAND STYLE • There are about a million of them in Aotearoa — often called Bella, Charlie, Molly or Max*— and that many paws on the ground means dogs, and their wallet-wielding humans, are a strong market force.

HOW’S THE AIR UP THERE? • For more than 40 years, scientists in a tiny Central Otago pitstop have been studying the ozone layer and the carcinogenic UV rays from the sun. Their critically important work has literally helped save our skins.

THE KIRK LEGACY • Norman Kirk was New Zealand’s 29th prime minister. A big man, his impact on Aotearoa remains significant after only two brief years in office.

Weight of Expectation • How much is a kilogram? In a nondescript lab in Wellington, a team of metrologists is working on an instrument that will answer that question to a mind-scrambling level of accuracy.

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BEFORE THEIR TIME • Fifty years after a groundbreaking New Zealand discovery that has saved the lives of thousands of premature babies around the world, doctors and scientists are still struggling to reduce inequities in pre-term birth prevention and care.

Culture Etc

EMPIRE GAMES • Historian Felicity Barnes’ new book looks at how New Zealand traded on emotive empire connections to the benefit of national trade and the economy in the early 20th century.

RIPE FOR INSTRUCTION • Ripe Deli recently celebrated 20 years since opening its doors in Auckland, but the cafe’s influence has been much wider thanks to its series of cookbooks — the latest of which, Thought for Food, has just been published. Tess Nichol has a particular attachment to their first, Ripe Recipes, which landed in her life at just the right time.

MAKING BOTTLES POP • With a rainy spring behind us it’s time to start planning for those long, hot summer days and most importantly, what you will be drinking to celebrate them! The season of sparkling wine is one of my favourites, so many styles to choose from and there’s something for every occasion, light and fun or serious and complex, what do you prefer?

Modestly Epic • Film star Sam Neill is quietly proud of his Central Otago winery, nestled in the part of the world he still loves best.

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TALOFA SAVAI‘I • Transplanted Kiwi Ross Bidmead takes a leisurely cycle around the beaches and villages of Savai‘i in his adopted home of...