People
Is it a boundary, or is it bad behaviour: How to spot the difference
Remember: you should be enjoying your relationship.
Wanting to control your life is normal. Controlling your relationship is not
"Power should be balanced, with partners having mutual respect."
How to help when your friend has a controlling partner
True support is often about standing alongside your friend rather than making decisions for them.
The moment I knew my relationship was abusive: three people share their stories
‘If I chose to hang out with my friends, they would be angry with me.’
How to spot controlling behaviour in a relationship
It’s repeated behaviours that make you feel shit.
Learning from the moana: Fridays on the water with Hokianga students
Every Friday, these rangatahi are at the beach learning how to fish, dive and surf.
How often do you talk to your siblings?
“I can talk to her about other things that you can’t talk to mates about.”
From hope to hardship: Filipino migrants find refuge in shipping containers
"We can endure whatever can happen to us here but not our family, they can’t go hungry."
Navigating sexual violence and support as a young Asian person
“I'm not even supposed to be alone with a boy. It's so much harder to explain I've been raped."
If you’re lonely, you’re not alone. Loneliness is reaching epidemic levels
“Loneliness isn’t just a matter of finding more friends for people.”
1 in 3 young women and non-binary people are bullied at work, survey finds
More than half of people bullied said it was because of their age or their gender.
Why is it harder to make friends as an adult?
“The opportunity isn’t there”
‘Dungeons and Dragons come to life’: Three NZers on why they LARP
"It basically feels like spending the weekend in the sun, which is kind of rare these days."
How Palestinian and Jewish NZers are feeling, one year on from Oct 7
Today marks one year since October 7.
The reality of getting a job post-conviction
Programme aims to give ex-prisoners a second chance at life.
“Colourism has followed me all my life”: Why I photograph migrants
Photographer Abhi Chinniah is running towards melanin, not away from it.
James Rolleston: from ‘Boy’ actor to brain injury survivor
The actor is competing on Celebrity Treasure Island to raise money for a road safety charity.
Should the learner licence period be twice as long?
We asked two young NZers what they think can help reduce NZ’s high youth road death toll.
Growing up Tongan in Timaru
Two young Tongans talk about feeling at home in South Canterbury.
Stop asking people if they’re going to have kids
“People put their own values onto us and think they know better for us.”
How to get a job when you've never had one
“It’s about looking outside the box … on what you can do rather than what you haven’t done.”
Nangs to the door: the curious rise of NZ’s ‘whipped cream’ industry
Why the hell am I so aggressively being advertised whipped cream paraphernalia?
3 teenagers tell us what pride means to them
Celebrating pride in schools gives queer students a “light at the end of the tunnel”.
Artists tell us how being young, queer and Asian influences their work
“These things inform my work but they don't define it.”
In photos: Touring 3 Wellington flats
We asked three flat groups how much their rent is and how they feel about flatting.
Indigenous Kanak call on Māori for help: ‘We are the same people’
“Kanak people need their voice heard by the world.”
How the proposed sick leave changes could impact you
The Government is proposing changes to the Holidays Act.
‘Don’t limit what you think Africa is’: Africa Day in Tāmaki Makaurau
Silo Park was lit up with vibrant energy on Saturday for this year’s Africa Day.
Why I wore cultural clothing to graduation
“My outfit means representing my family at graduation and showing where I am from.”
Expectation vs. reality: International students on moving to NZ
International students think NZ is ‘safe, approachable, slow and free’