Zoe Madden-Smith
I’m intersex and I wish doctors had left my body alone
"I woke up out of the surgery and I just felt hollow."
The new social supermarket where nothing has a price tag
Instead of being allocated food parcels, this new supermarket lets people choose exactly what food support they need - and it’s all for free.
New Zealand’s first…
Five laws and regulations that still discriminate against rainbow communities in NZ
Non-consensual surgeries on intersex children are still legal. Trans people still struggle to change the sex on their birth certificate. And blood donation criteria still discriminate…
We celebrate wāhine who choose to challenge the status quo
It’s International Women’s Day so Re: has rounded up our best stories of women kicking ass.
Why we can’t afford to forget about dementia
After Covid-19, dementia is one of the most pervasive and costly health concerns we will face. But how many of us are prepared?
Too many of us…
Petition to urgently ban conversion therapy in NZ is blowing up
Update Monday 22 February: The Government has announced it will bring forward the timeline to ban conversion therapy. “The Government has work underway to develop policy which…
Photo essay: an authentic school ball for rainbow communities
On Friday night in Auckland, people from all walks of life came together to relive their ball night. But this time, they actually felt comfortable to…
The government has completely changed our land and environmental management laws
The Government announced today it will get rid of the Resource Management Act and replace it with three new pieces of legislation. The long-awaited move is…
Three rangatahi sit down to talk about the Treaty of Waitangi
A Māori cultural advisor, an archaeology student and a Māori health professional sit down for a picnic and ask each other questions about Te Tiriti o…
New Zealanders tell us how they honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Six Kiwis share the various ways we can honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
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…
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?
Stylish people at a design festival describe their fashion and their 2020
Stylish people at a design festival describe their fashion and their 2020.
The director of I Am Greta tells us why we need to stop being polite about climate change
I Am Greta is a revealing documentary about the life of climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Disruptors Live: Artists talk about putting their suffering into art
Do you need to suffer to be an artist?
On Saturday Re: partnered with the Disruptors podcast and Basement Theatre to hold Good Grief: a live panel…
Joan was tortured for being gay, and she’s not alone
For 12 years, Joan was forcibly subjected to electroconvulsive therapy.
My flat finally threw a period party
Daria and her flatmates throw themselves a belated period party.
Finding out how my Muslim faith views periods
Zahra Shahtahmasebi never really thought about how her Muslim faith views periods. When her’s first arrived she found herself feeling embarrassed, secretive and desperate not to…
Lontalius and the rise of sad boi music
If there’s any year to be okay with being sad, it probably should be 2020.
There is something to…
My Indian family celebrated my period
When Sudha Kandarpa first got her period, her parents threw a celebration.
I watched the Young Voters' Debate and was actually entertained
Here are seven highlights from last night's showdown.
The six-month Covid rent freeze ends today, but rents are already going up. A lot.
The six-month Covid rent freeze ends today, and some landlords are putting up rent as fast as possible. Others tried to illegally raise rents during the…
What politicians should prioritise for the rainbow community this election
It doesn’t look like much of a rainbow election at all. Only two parties have officially released policies that specifically impact rainbow communities.
The Greens want to…
I don't know anything about politics: what's up with the polls?
Here's how political polls really work.
Raniera Harrison is using podcasts to revitalise te reo Māori
This week Re: released the latest chapter of The Taumata Kōrero, a podcast that digs deep into how Māori view themselves and their world in modern-day…
I got rejected from so many flats, I asked landlords what I was doing wrong
Advice from property managers and landlords on how to get that flat.
I don't know anything about politics: how did the election just get moved?
Just how exactly was the election day moved, and what does "dissolution of Parliament" even mean?
I don’t know anything about politics: where do parties get all their money from?
Zoe Madden-Smith looks into the different ways parties fund themselves, and the flaws in the system.
I don't know anything about politics: what’s the deal with minor parties?
New Zealand has 14 registered political parties, can you name them all? I couldn’t.
Photos of my sexual abuse were shared online. Now I'm starting a movement.
Madeleine tells her story of surviving image-based sexual abuse.