Matt tattoos on his own terms. 27 years old and self-taught, his Grey Lynn studio is booked out weeks in advance. WORDS | Sam Clark...

By hugo.molloy (he/him) I’m in my early twenties, so my experience of the pandemic has been vastly different to other groups. Studying...

Showing at the ASB Waterfront Theatre until 3rd September. Purchase tickets from Auckland Theatre Company’s website. Tickets are...

By Vivien Whyte (she/her) Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. The great ocean continent. For those of us who live with it, our connection with the ocean...

By Liam Hansen (he/they) Everyone remembers that one cooked week in March 2020 when the pandemic started. It was like that scene in...

By Briar Pomona This story was first published on Pantograph Punch Country Calendar is a Kiwi classic and one of our most popular local...

By: Roro Vinod (they/them) The formative memories of my childhood are set in a terraced house at the end of a desolate cul-de-sac....

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WORDS | Petra Shotwell (she/they) ILLUSTRATION | Yi Jong (she/they) a personal essay because covid sucks and I miss my mum I’m a...

By Ethan Berry (he/him) If you were in New Zealand on January 5th 2020, you’ll remember a surreal and apocalyptic haze of orange smog...

WORDS | Briar Pomona (she/her) ILLUSTRATION | Charlie Ratahi (she/her) My favourite thing about hui are the whaea fits. I’ve been a fan...

WORDS | Liam Hansen (he/they) The four and a half years since Car Seat Headrest re- released Twin Fantasy have been a weird time. It’s...

By Sam Clark (he/him) One of my core childhood memories is sitting on Takapuna Beach under the pōhutukawa trees with my dad. He would...

WORDS | Liam Hansen (he/they) Behind the iconic mammal that preached healthy living to a generation Primary school in the mid to late...

By Anonymous Illustraion by Lucy Higgins (she/her) @iggyucy I’m not much of a stoner these days. It’s something that can be traced back...