Waguan raps about social justice while making you dance
“We out here talking about social justice and twerking.”
Making people dance while rapping about social justice can seem like an unlikely combo. But for Waguan, like…
Māori Mermaid on how being Māori is a healing process | The Outliers
“I would say, oh I’m Māori. I’m Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Ruanui. You’d get challenged. You’d get oh, but how much Māori? What percentage are you?”
Jess Thompson…
I have an invisible disability. It feels like I'm ignored by our health system
If you become disabled as a result of an accident in New Zealand, ACC will pay for your treatment. But those disabled through medical conditions, illness…
It’s now easier for gay men to donate blood, as long as you haven't had sex recently
As long as you haven’t had sex in the last three months.
A Pacific community advocate and Islam convert on the role of police in our neighbourhoods | The…
Growing up, Melissa Lama was taught by her mum to not make eye contact with the police. Now a Pacific community advocate and Islam convert with…
Reflect on 2020 with these haunting and beautiful photos
Rachel Mataira, 2019’s NZ Young Photographer of the Year captured a series of photographs from January to November 2020 which she says reflects the “abnormal”.
She even…
Muslim rapper Abrzy travels to Bangladesh to make sense of his home in Aotearoa | The Outliers
Abid Rahman - stage name Abrzy - is a rapper living in Wellington. We travel with him to the city he was born in, Dhaka, Bangladesh,…
Here’s the things we Googled this year
In 2020 - stuck at home, glued to our monitors and desperate for information - what did New Zealand Google? Below are the terms from New…
The 22-year old Wellington City Councillor who's not trying to change boomers' minds | The Outliers
“All around the country, and all around the world, you’ve got closed boardrooms full of old white men."
22-year-old Tamatha Paul is a Wellington City Councillor who…
Mosque attack Inquiry triggers law changes and apology from government
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the mosque attacks, released today, found particular government agencies failed to protect Muslim communities, as well as failures in firearms…
Meet the 19-year-old who's the fastest person in Australasia | The Outliers
At 19, Eddie Osei-Nketia is the fastest person in Australasia.
Comedian James Mustapic shows us how to make a gingerbread house | Comedians Cook
Comedian James Mustapic decides to use his oven for the first time ever, and shows us how to make a gingerbread house in this special Christmas…
Drug checking will be made legal in NZ in time for festivals this summer
Drug checking allows people to safely find out what's really in their pills.
Black New Zealanders are taking control of their narratives
Redefining what it means to be Black in Aotearoa.
Using poetry to talk about the climate crisis
Jordan Hamel is a writer, poet and award-winning poetry slam performer. He is one of the co-editors of the Climate Change Poetry Anthology, due to be…
We ranked celebrities on their basketball skills
Pop star BENEE and politicians Chlöe Swarbrick and David Seymour were among the celebrities who participated in a charity basketball game at Spark Arena on Thursday…
These patients have been given a prescription for nature, rather than pills
A number of Kiwis are opting for fresh air and exercise instead of depending on traditional Western medicine.
A green prescription is an instruction from a health…
Dilworth School saved my life, but harmed many others
Liam Rātana on how the place that saved him may also have damaged other young men for life.
Why people are taking the 'date rape' drug
With rising hospitalisations from liquid ecstasy experts say drug checking at festivals is needed.
I took one of those DNA test kits to find out who I am | Māori and the City
In every child without a relationship with their father exists the melodramatic question: who am I?
Pacific Heights, CHAII and Kings’ new track is for driving around the city at night
'405' is a track about extreme wealth and poverty, the best way to listen is to go for a drive.
One of these teens with cystic fibrosis has access to a life-saving drug. The other doesn't | Side…
Bella and Osiris, both 17 years old, were born with cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening disease.
Woman groped at bar says bouncer did nothing to help her
What does a ‘zero tolerance’ policy for sexual assault in bars look like in practice?
TEEKS on being Māori in a mostly Pākehā music industry
TEEKS and Matariki Bennett have a beautiful kōrero at a beautiful location.
Stylish people at a design festival describe their fashion and their 2020
Stylish people at a design festival describe their fashion and their 2020.
35 years of iconic NZ fashion house NOM*d
What’s kept NOM*d so relevant, aspirational and darkly cool for the last 35 years?
The fight over Auckland’s new dump at Dome Valley raises the question - what happens when a…
Is it sustainable to just keep putting our rubbish in the ground?
Euthanasia still a yes, cannabis still a no, and Labour keeps majority with special votes
The special votes have been counted and the final results of the referendums and New Zealand’s 2020 general election have been released.
It’s still a no for…
Disruptors 5: The art of coping and monetising grief
“To be an artist is to suffer.” The old adage coined by famed philosopher Aldous Huxley kicked off the fifth episode of Disruptors, which is the…
Meet your new Māori MPs
Plus words of advice from Kiri Allan who was in their position three years ago.
