Students are fuming at the government's Covid-19 tertiary support package
Yesterday the government announced a Covid-19 tertiary support package, but the allowances can’t be spent on essentials like rent and food. Students say the government is…
People genuinely think 5G is linked to Covid-19
We asked someone why they think 5G is linked to Covid-19. Then we asked a health expert if he agreed. Spoiler: he really didn’t.
In the midst…
Two Kiwis tell us what it's like being stranded in Peru during a pandemic
Update: After a month-long wait, the New Zealanders stranded in Peru have finally made it home. A Government-chartered mercy flight from Lima touched down in Auckland early…
New release: Adam Hattaway and the Haunters’ “woozy swamp ballad” hits the spot
“I want to make music that's classic and kind of hits the spot,” says Adam Hattaway.
There’s a repeated motif in Adam Hattaway and the Haunters’ new…
Vulnerable families are struggling to eat during lockdown
The level four lockdown has been disruptive for every single New Zealander, and we’ve all had to make changes to how we would normally eat and…
Three things you can grow during lockdown without going to a garden centre
Two weeks into the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown people are stuck at home with loads of time but no idea how to use it productively. I decided…
Covid-19 Live Updates: New Zealand experiences its second death
Check in here for the key, verified facts on how New Zealand is dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. We update this several times a day.1:00pm, Friday…
Māori and the City: finding a flat in Wellington is the second-worst trauma after colonisation
This was supposed to be the first installment of Māori and the City, a new monthly column by Tayi Tibble. But then coronavirus happened and it…
Māori and the City: a new monthly column by Tayi Tibble
Today we launch the first installment of Māori and the City, a monthly column by Tayi Tibble. Originally, the first piece of writing was gonna be…
New release: How to be The Beths in four easy steps!
The Beths make music that is jubilant, neurotic, carefree and anxious. I revisited their debut album Future Me Hates Me during a state-sanctioned walk around my…
A young person’s guide to money in the days of Covid-19
Young people might feel like Covid won’t hurt them. But Ministry of Health data shows people in their 20s have the highest rates of the virus,…
Covid-19 Live Updates: Day 11 of Lockdown
If you're looking for just the key, verified facts, check in here for rolling live updates.1:00pm, Sunday 5 April
Today there are 89 new cases, and no…
A sex therapist’s advice on the importance of touch during isolation
Over the past few months, the world has become intimately aware of the impact of our touch. We have started to see our own hands as…
How to handle your sexual health in lockdown
Many sexual health services aren’t open during lockdown. What do you do if you need to get a refill of the pill, an IUD removal, and…
We asked an IT guy what to do if your tech breaks during lockdown
With all the tech repair places closed, many of us are living in fear of our laptops breaking. We wouldn’t be able to work, or even…
A very scientific analysis of Covid memes with comedian Chris Parker
It’s natural to turn to humour in times of darkness. Here, we rank eight Covid-19 memes with comedian Chris Parker.
If you haven’t seen at least one…
Covid-19 Live Updates: Day 7 of Lockdown
We're now a week into our nationwide lockdown. If you're looking for just the key, verified facts, check in here for rolling live updates.This live updates…
How are New Zealanders going to get high during lockdown?
With lockdown now in full effect, drug stock is drying up around the country. We spoke to three New Zealanders to find out how they’re getting…
Five tips to shop normally at this abnormal time
It can be hard not to over-buy at the supermarket at the moment. Lines to get in the door can be half an hour long, and…
Release of the Week: Auckland R&B singer-songwriter Jordan Gavet is both baby and baddie
One rhinestone-encrusted hair clip reads ‘BADDIE VIBES’. The other reads ‘HONEY BABY’. In the opening of her new music video, directed by Shae Sterling, Jordan Gavet…
Covid-19 Live Updates: Our First Weekend in Lockdown
It's the first weekend of our 4-week nationwide lockdown. If you're looking for just the key, verified facts, check in here for rolling live updates.
1:00pm Sunday,…
Supermarket workers tell us about being on the front line of Covid-19
Supermarket workers are risking their health to keep us fed. Re: asked three workers how they’re coping and what they need from us to help them…
Opinion: Otago University fucked up with Covid-19
Doing the bare minimum until the last second is fine for assignments, but not for pandemic responses, argues Erin Gourley in this opinion piece originally published…
Is it time for a Universal Basic Income?
A Universal Basic Income is the idea that every citizen should receive a regular guaranteed payment from the government - irrespective of income, status or circumstance.…
Eight Aucklanders tell us the last thing they bought before lockdown
New Zealand is two days into a four-week lockdown to stop the spread of Covid-19. The only shops open for the next month are supermarkets, pharmacies…
Release of the Week: Diggy Dupé turns a Niuean war chant into an exhilarating hip hop track
Since we’ve just entered a nationwide, 4-week long lockdown, Diggy Dupé briefly considered pushing his music video release for ‘Keke Boy’ a week later... but then…
In photos: NZ's empty streets at rush hour
At 11:59pm on Wednesday, 25 March, New Zealand went into a nationwide lockdown. Here are some photos taken by Re: journalists of the scenes about town…
One poem for every day I've been in isolation
After going into self-isolation on the 16th of March because he and his flatmates all have autoimmune diseases, poet Dominic Hoey decided to write a poem…
Here's a list of books to help you escape from this Covid-19 nightmare
We all have a lot of time on our hands now that we’re in lockdown. Some of you might want to read dystopian fiction or watch…
Stranded backpackers struggle to get home from New Zealand
After her fourth ticket back to the United Kingdom had been cancelled, Lara Suleyman from Kent made a plea on social media for the British government…
