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Harvesting & Resurrecting: Ricky Lai on NZIFF 2025
FEATURE | REVIEW | HANGA / CRAFT Written by Ricky Lai (he/him) | @rickylaitheokperson | Contributing Writer ‘You need to be bigger, you need to be bolder, and you need to be everywhere’ , declared Kaine Thompson, Chair of the 2025 board of the Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival on its opening night in Tāmaki Makaurau. These words were their vision statement as accrued from the previous year’s feedback, and yet I, who couldn’t have been sizzling more with e
Ricky Lai
Oct 66 min read
Untouched World NZ Fashion Week Debut | Myths of Fast Fashion Debunked
REVIEW | ARTS | HANGA / CRAFT Written by Sanskruti Banerjee (she/her) | @san._.banerjee | Contributing Writer “Inspired by Europe’s...
Sanskruti Banerjee
Oct 62 min read
The 25 best albums of 2025 (so far)
ARTS | REVIEW | LISTICLE | HANGA / CRAFT Written by Jed Scott (he/him) | @jed__scott | Contributing Writer As we enter the final quarter...
Jed Scott
Oct 69 min read
The Highlights from Cannes at NZIFF
REVIEW | PŪRĀKAU / MYTHOLOGY Written by Caeden Tipler (they/them) | @caedentipler | Contributing Writer Cannes is a prestigious...
Caeden Tipler
Sep 224 min read
Dope Lemon Review: A Night of Cat Masks and Fedoras
Angus Stone brings his project Dope Lemon to the Auckland Town Hall REVIEW | ARTS | PŪRĀKAU / MYTHOLOGY Written by Jed Scott (he/him) |...
Jed Scott
Sep 226 min read
Debate X NZIFF
REVIEWS | ARTS | PŪRĀKAU / MYTHOLOGY Reviews by Daniel Tang (he/him) | @daniel941 on Letterboxd | Contributing Writer Urchin (2024)...
Daniel Tang
Sep 2211 min read
Reviewing the Six NZIFF Cinema Venues of Tāmaki Makaurau for NZIFF 2025
FEATURE | REVIEWS | TANGATA WHENUA / LOCAL Written by Daniel Tang | Contributing Writer & Written by Caeden Tipler (they/them) |...
Daniel Tang & Caeden Tipler
Aug 188 min read
My AI Twin Review
REVIEW | FEATURE | TANGATA WHENUA / LOCAL Written by Madeline Bradley (she/her) | @shutupmads | Contributing Writer Artificial...
Madeline Bradley
Aug 182 min read
Sahana’s Way to the Stars: Katha O Maatram (Stories of Becoming) Review
REVIEW | ARTS | MATARIKI Written by Sanskruti Banerjee (she/her) | @san._.banerjee | Contributing Writer Review of exhibit: Katha O...
Sanskruti Banerjee
Jul 215 min read
Get Intimate with Yourself at Āhua
ARTS | REVIEW | ĀHUA | MAHIMAHI / SEX Written by Stella Roper (they/she) | @stellyvision | Arts Editor It was 7:20pm on a Friday, three...
Stella Roper
Apr 285 min read
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Review: Te Wiki Āhua o Aotearoa 'No Kingdom Come', 27th of March [Web Exclusive]
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Natasha Munro Hurn
Apr 92 min read
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Natasha Munro Hurn
Apr 82 min read
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WEB EXCLUSIVE | REVIEW | ĀHUA | FASHION Written by Libby Helyar (she/her) | @777libby | Contributing Writer An intimate affair played...
Libby Helyar
Apr 23 min read
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Libby Helyar
Apr 22 min read
Trail Mix: Ranking the good, the bad, and the blistering trials I hiked.
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Eva Morgan
Mar 314 min read
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