Zoe Madden-Smith
Young New Zealanders are learning more about their finances from TikTok and YouTube than from school
90 percent said they want to learn more about budgeting and how to plan and save their money.
Covid-19 Update: Auckland will stay at Level 3 for two more weeks
Of these, 57 are in Auckland and three in Waikato.
Let’s talk about: Why the Covid-19 vaccine is safe even though it was made quickly
We look at the speed of the vaccine's development and unpack its 'provisional approval' status
Covid-19 Update: Auckland to stay in level 3, with new rules starting Tuesday 11:59PM
The government has released a ‘road map’ to gradually ease Auckland out of tight restrictions.
NZ has the highest trust in scientists out of 12 countries including the US, UK, and Australia…
This means as a country we are more compliant with Covid-19 precaution measures.
10 people tell us the best piece of mental health advice they have ever received
Here’s what they said.
New Zealand needs 1,000 more psychologists, and it’s hurting people
Trigger warning: This article discusses mental health, suicide and alcoholism.
This new mindfulness series gives rangatahi the tools for survival
Just in time for mental health awareness week, Re: is launching a new hauora series.
In photos: The freedom of growing up in the Hokianga on horseback
Photos by Ruby Harris, Edith Amituanai, Matt Hurley
Budding director Ruby Harris’s new short film Pet Day gives us a glimpse into what it’s like to grow…
Made My Day: Jacinda Ardern wants your help naming our vaccination buses
So far ‘Shot Bro’ is a crowd favourite, can you think of something better?
When do we call an attacker a terrorist? We asked three experts
After the Lynn mall terror attack, some Kiwis are confused about language used by media & politician
Lockdown has helped fuel the second hand shopping industry
Lockdown doesn't mean we have to give up second hand shopping
We asked how a decile 1 and 10 school cope during lockdown
What does it take for an entire school to pivot to online learning overnight?
Covid Update: Auckland remains in alert level 4 for two more weeks
There are now 562 active community cases in total.
With Delta spreading, should young people kiss their OE goodbye?
When you’re young there is often this perfect window for traveling overseas.
Covid update: 21 Covid cases in the community
It’s day two of level four nationally and we’re at 10 community cases of the Delta variant.
Less than half of NZ teens live with both their biological parents, study finds
New research has given us a snapshot of what modern families look like in New Zealand.
The NZ government will repatriate a woman allegedly linked with ISIS
Jacinda Ardern says the decision was “not taken lightly".
In photos: What men feeling safe to be sensual looks like
“There was this really interesting sense of masculinity, but also complete vulnerability.”
Checking your phone at work just makes you more bored, study finds
When you're bored at work, do you aimlessly scroll through your phone?
The fight to save kauri with mātauranga Māori
"There’s a colonialistic notion that indigenous knowledge is cute, touristy at best."
Cotton buds, meat trays and plastic forks to go with new plastic ban
The plastics phase-out will take place in three stages from 2022 to 2025.
New resource helps Christian schools support rainbow students
The booklet explains how the Bible can be understood in rainbow-affirming ways.
Comedowns are the worst, but they don’t have to be
What if it’s not the drug that gives comedowns, but instead the way people take it?
A weather expert explains how severe floods are linked to climate change
This article was originally published on the 5th of May 2021.
The heavy rainstorm we saw in Canterbury in May has been called a one-in-100-year downpour, but…
The Cook Islands Travel bubble opens today
As miserable weather starts to settle in across the country, New Zealanders will be able to have the perfect island escape.
New Zealanders can now officially travel…
Love you bro, no homo: talking about closeness between guys
“Bro rub some sunscreen on my back, no homo.”
Why are some guys uncomfortable holding each other’s hands or sleeping in the same bed? And why is…
Two-way Cook Islands travel bubble to open in two weeks
Travel to the Cook Islands is opening just in time for winter.
I’m turned on by love letters
“Handwriting is a big turn on - I think I have a fetish for handwriting."
It’s official, we can now fly to Australia quarantine-free
The trans-Tasman bubble is officially open.
Today marks the first day New Zealanders and Australians can travel across the ditch quarantine-free. It is the first time New…