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Fieldays is back and we’ll be there
Crowds entering one of the main gates. The 53rd New Zealand National Fieldays is set to open today, two years...
Ramadan: A Human Connection
Photo Credit: Benjamin Wilson Muslims constitute one percent of the New Zealand population and the numbers are growing. According to...
Faith, family and overcoming stereotypes
Photo by ?? أخٌفيالله on Unsplash Growing up as part of a minority group had its challenges for academic Dr...
From Egypt to NZ – Esra’s story
Photo: Supplied Esra Ahmed is originally from Alexandria in Egypt, a country where most of the population are Muslim. She...
Becoming Muslim
Photo credit: Benjamin Wilson Cherylene Fatupaito was born in New Zealand and grew up in her Samoan family in the...
A Blessed Month
Photo by Abdullah Faraz on Unsplash Shamina is a Muslim woman who has lived in New Zealand for 9 years...
Memoirs of a local scenic reserve
There is an ancient forest containing 400-year-old Kahikatea trees, located 4.5km north of Te Awamutu, 2km westward off SH3 on...
Surfing The Airwaves With Raglan Community Radio 98.1
Radio Station Manager Aaron Mooar interviewing Whāingaroa Environment Centre guest. Raglan Community Radio’s sound waves and good vibes began back...
Tokoroa’s Hidden Bushlandish Bike Track
Who doesn’t love a good walk in nature or a mountain bike through the forest? Well, Cougar Park is the...
Wonder Horse: for drinking and only for drinking
The view of first floor of Wonder Horse. Wonder Horse is a bar located on Victoria Street; compared with other...
Theatre memories live on through eccentric statue
“I would like to, if I may, take you on a strange journey,” is the criminologist's opening line in the...
The founder of the Nivara Lounge with a passion for live music performance
It was a sunny afternoon when I first walked into Nivara Lounge. I didn’t pay too much attention to the...
“Bird shopping” at Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain could keep New Zealand’s biodiversity thriving.
The future of Sanctuary Maungatautari Mountain is bright. After finishing the pest-proof fence in 2006 eradicating pests from the area,...
Autism. Different, but certainly not less.
At the car wash. Nathan's 8-years-old here and the excitement is written all over his face. Photo/Dan CampbellOne of Nathan's...
Talent on show
In the next couple of days Wintec's School of Media Arts celebrations culminate for the year in a graduation exhibition...
Fighters like you won’t believe
I'm happy to be writing again, says Tim Gray. I was left for dead, on the side of a road...
Student vote campaign attracts attention
Student Paula Jacobsen is pleased with the way the campaign has run. Photo: Tim Gray Wintec communication students, the majority...
Women’s right to vote
Before women won the right to vote in 1893, New Zealand has had some inspiring and influential females to lead...
Putaruru’s watery treasure waits to be explored
The blue colouring is created by the clarity of the water Photo By Emmalea Taylor. Need somewhere to take the...
Tokelauans in NZ: Saving an identity, miles from home
Auckland, Porirua and Hutt Valley Tokelau communities fatele for Easter Tournament 2017Picture: Juliana Tagimamao Perez (Facebook) Tokelau is not as...
Why Black Lives Matter here, and now
Perspectives of young locals on a global movement In 2005, five-year-old, Aisha Mohamed Khalif came home from school to find...
Playing Background and Paying bills
For 30 years Ra Keelan who is a local musician, has been doing gigs all around the world from Thailand...
Opinion: International businesses score in fast food binge
Now is the perfect time to support local business's writes Riley Kennedy. Small business is what New Zealand is made...