Baz Macdonald
'I went from having nothing, to having something.' Homeless rangatahi on being housed during…
Rangatahi who found homes during lockdown after experiencing homelessness share their stories
Covid update: Auckland to remain in Level 4 for another week
The current spike in new cases has continued today, with 33 new community cases, all in Auckland.
NZ has so many cows. Why do we import millions of tonnes of dairy?
Re: journalist Baz Macdonald got sucked down the dairy rabbit hole trying to find the answer.
80% of future jobs will require maths and sciences, skills NZ is lacking
A projected 80 percent of future jobs will require maths and science skills. And NZ is not ready.
Two thirds of dairy farmers report mental health issues. They tell us why
Mental health is a big issue in the dairy industry.
Covid update: Whole country except Auckland moving to alert level 2 at 11.59pm tomorrow
Monday September 6, 4pm
All of New Zealand, except for Auckland, will move to alert level 2 at 11:59pm tomorrow, Tuesday September 7, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern…
Lockdown can mean riskier drug use. Here's some advice to handle that
Right now, it’s more important than ever to have reliable information around safe drug use.
Explainer: Was NZ’s vaccine rollout actually too slow?
Have we been slow and irresponsible with our vaccinations? And if so, why?
NZ has around 19,000 homeless young people. Lockdown leaves them vulnerable to abuse and harm
It is estimated that half of New Zealand’s 41,000 homeless are under the age of 25.
Fighting Delta: what you need to know about this Covid-19 variant
Here's what you need to know about the Delta variant.
NZ’s two biggest bread companies are phasing out plastic bag clips
New Zealand’s two major bread producers use 175 million plastic bread bag clips a year.
Dairy can’t manage its crap, but innovative farmers are trying to fix that
If I take a shit in a field, it's not a huge deal. But what if 20,000 people take a shit in a field?
Breaking down the huge UN new climate change report: it's grim
The latest climate change report shows climate change is here, it’s going to get worse.
Our dairy industry kills 2 million calves a year, but they don’t have to
These calves are killed within days or weeks of being born.
Calves, cows, and shit on the face: My week as a dairy farmer
I knew that if I really wanted to understand the dairy industry, I would need to get my hands dirty.
Why we made Milk and Money, our documentary series about dairy
Milk and Money is a six-part documentary series by Re: investigating New Zealand’s dairy industry.
Thomasin McKenzie is pretty bloody good at acting
“It is definitely in my blood,” Thomasin says.
Chants, cheers, and a vogue circle - the Wellington trans rights protest in photos
“Trans Rights are Human Rights” - the Wellington trans rights protest in photos.
A billboard in Wellington was part of a ‘dehumanising’ campaign against trans people, activists say
The billboard was removed less than 24 hours later after receiving complaints.
300 lawyers are suing the Climate Change Commission for not doing enough
They say current aims “will fail to achieve our goal of avoiding catastrophic climate change”.
75% of young people in detention facilities have not yet been sentenced
“The talk is crime, crime, crime” - the deep problems with our youth detention centres.
New Zealand is sending two satellites to Mars
New Zealand is going to Mars…
Meet the mind behind Aldous Harding's weirdest music videos
We talked to Martin about the weird and wonderful reality they and Aldous are creating through music
The weirdest films from the 48Hour competition, picked by the guy who watched them all
Dave Brough heroically watched all 437 films in the 2021 48Hour film competition. He shares with us his picks for the strangest films of this year.
New…
Nitrates in our drinking water could be causing premature births
Nitrates in our drinking water may be leading to babies being born prematurely or underweight.
Pregnant women drinking water with 10 milligrams of nitrates a litre are…
NZers found lockdown less stressful than regular life, research shows
Research shows most of us “got on with it, battened down the hatches, and prepared to ride it out”.
The New Zealand health system is getting a complete overhaul
All 20 district health boards will be combined into a single national health organisation, to be called Health New Zealand, and new public and Māori health…
The Dunedin band asking 'what are we going to do with all this shit?'
Dunedin Doom Pop duo Night Lunch’s new track ‘House Full of Shit’ really connects with the consumerist nightmare we are all living in.
“What are we going…
How the Government plans to unfuck NZ housing
This morning the Government announced what they will do to address the worsening housing crisis.
It’s all about making it less attractive for property investors to buy…
Why did Labour and the Greens vote against a medical cannabis bill?
Last week a National Party bill to make medicinal cannabis more readily available was voted against by Labour, the Greens and the Māori party. Why?
On March…