Zoe Madden-Smith
Future essential workers are expected to live in poverty to get qualified
Covid-19 has made life harder for many New Zealanders, but students remain the only group whose support package is just more debt. Re: spoke with eight…
Some Kiwis love being in lockdown
We asked New Zealanders how they are coping with lockdown and if they can bear it being extended.
On Monday April 20 New Zealanders will find out…
People in their 20s have Covid-19 the most, but it’s not because we’re irresponsible
Despite popular belief, experts say it isn’t because young people are rebelling against lockdown more than others. There’s actually a pretty simple explanation.
Sophie’s phone lit up…
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…
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…
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…
We spoke to uni students scrambling to get home before lockdown
People are flooding to ferries and planes to get across the Cook Strait before lockdown. Students say tickets to the North Island sold out in minutes…
Women in New Zealand are getting HIV, but aren’t getting tested
HIV doesn’t discriminate, but the way it’s tested can. The stereotype that associates the virus with gay men means New Zealand women aren’t taken seriously when…
Meet the teens chosen to run for Parliament before they could even vote
They’re young, not afraid to talk about mental health and just as anxious about climate change as the rest of us.
17-year-old Luke Wijohn and 18-year-old William…
People living with HIV tell us how we can stop the stigma
Modern HIV medication keeps New Zealanders alive and untransmittable. Nowadays, the stigma is harder to live with than the virus itself. Re: spoke with three HIV+…
We can’t keep treating indigenous knowledge as a backup plan
Australia is on fire and the seas that surround Aotearoa are rising. Why are we waiting for a climate crisis to listen to indigenous knowledge?
Despite only…