Porritt Stadium: more than just a sporting ground
Located on the East side of Hamilton, surrounded by small wire fencing, gorgeous greenery and small playing fields is Porritt...
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...
In love and war; Hamilton War Memorial Park
The Hamilton War Memorial park is a place to remember and to learn about the history of New Zealand's Wars,...
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...
A conflict of values: nature vs infrastructure
A road planned to go through the middle of Shaw’s Bird Park has ignited controversy, calling for a change of...
Waikato River therapy
The Waikato River, flowing through the heart of Hamilton, is where Pastor and Media Chaplain, Frank Ritchie, heads for his...
“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,...
Art We Miss At The Hamilton Lake
Hamilton Lake is a nice place to get away from the city for many Hamilton residents. As Hamiltonians, we are...
The long journey home
At the beginning of February this year (it seems a long time ago now) the world watched in alarm as...
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...
The Little People: How Our Lives Are Shaped by Social Media
I read recently about a man named Toby from Papua New Guinea, who thought the quick distribution of cell phones...
One in 100-year shock to Young People
Chapter 1 Student loan debt, climate crisis worries, unaffordable houses and rentals disappearing – Being a young person was hard...
WINTEC students advised to double check CV’s in COVID-19 climate of job competitiveness
by Tim Gray WINTEC students maybe celebrating the end of year or final year in their WINTEC degrees. However, one...
Talent on show
In the next couple of days Wintec's School of Media Arts celebrations culminate for the year in a graduation exhibition...
The rise of the Game Kings
Poppy Taylor Moore, Winston Smith, Eliot Jessep, and Ben Hawken Presenting their brand's products: Kiwis against humanity and multiple editions...
The legacy of Dame Hilda Ross
THE BACKGROUND In the 2020 General Election, women were at the forefront of the campaign. Leaders of both the Labour...
London calling to the faraway towns…
With the floods of people that walk the hectic streets of London every day, it would come as no surprise...
The bedroom entrepreneur
The rise of the online shopper The digital world is now at our fingertips and has transformed the way we...
11,400 Miles away from Home
New Zealand and Germany are 18.353 km (or 11.400 miles) apart. Photo: Danielle Zollickhofer In 2013, around 12,810 German migrants...
Is the system really for everyone?
From School classrooms to work shops they all have the same social dynamic. Is leaving school early really as bad...
The Self-Taught Artists of Te Aroha
“Outsider Art”, a debatable yet common term to describe self-taught artists who have not attended art school or studied to...
Are you up to the test? Teaching in covid-19.
When COVID-19 hit New Zealand hard we went into a nation-wide lockdown to get it under control. This forced many...