Zoe Madden-Smith
My ADHD diagnosis saved my life. The govt needs to help others get theirs
“I finally started to understand my life. I started making sense of the way I learn."
In My Opinion: It’s not safe to be queer in Christchurch
Christchurch’s queer community talk about what it’s like for them on a night out.
It’s time to roll out at-home STI checks across Aotearoa
“It's been one of the most successful testing interventions we've provided as an organisation.”
The Christchurch neighbourhood that smells like ass crack
The smell is so bad some residents are leaving for good.
My Christian fundamentalist upbringing in Auckland
“The whole concept of the purity ring negated consent; we never learned what consent was.”
I found out I had breast cancer at 25
Nearly 400 women are diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of 45 each year in New Zealand.
In My Opinion: NZ should wipe all cannabis possession charges
“In the last year alone, 44% of cannabis convictions were applied to Māori."
I bought a house with my friend, here is my advice
Co-owning a house with friends isn’t new - but it's rarely tapped into.
Asking people how much their outfit costs: Christchurch edition
“Pretty much everything I am wearing is second hand.”
Should NZ wipe weed possession convictions? We asked people on the street
"It's complicated."
More young NZers victims of sextortion: What to do if it happens to you
NZ Police are warning of increasing sextortion incidents where NZers are targeted.
Uh oh: Repeated infections may make you 50% higher risk for Alzheimer's
A new study has found concerning links between viral infections and the disease.
Why Google Maps still sucks at pronouncing Māori place names
“Starting route to towel-rung-ah.”
People are vandalising Asian mayoral candidates' election signs
One candidate has had more than 30 signs of theirs vandalised.
There's a friendship recession and it's hurting NZ men
“I think I was in denial about it for a long time."
Unpacking SPF, broad-spectrum and reef safety: Here’s the Re: guide to sunscreen
Re: has put together a checklist of things to look out for when you fork out for your next bottle.
Asking people how much their outfit costs
"We love a thrifty queen."
Here's our award-winning stories
We're tooting our own horns.
I’m celibate: Let me tell you why
“It’s not about not getting sex. It’s about not wanting sex, like at all right now.”
Young NZers on Jobseeker benefit react to Luxon calling it a ‘free ride’
“I don't know how sitting up at midnight hooked up to a dialysis machine screams free ride to you,"
It’s 2022 and NZ law still doesn’t define what consent is
“While the legal system may have a lot of grey areas, consent should never be a grey area."
Including pleasure in sex education could increase condom use, study finds
“Pleasure has been overlooked and stigmatized in health promotion and sex education”.
Students twice as likely to live in mouldy homes than other NZers
35 percent of students had A4 size mould growing in their flats, a new survey says.
What Māori place names can tell us about water safety
What's in a name? A calm death.
Fight to lower voting age to 16 reaches NZ’s highest court
“Our movement is much bigger than just the courts.”
Thunderstorm asthma is now a thing. Thanks, climate change
And we have a dust mite problem too.
How to spot a concussion and what to do next
Young people are the most at risk of concussions, making up 63% of ACC claims in 2020.
Asking people how much money they have in savings
“Nowadays you have to save for today, tomorrow and the future as well."
Taranaki father on why living rurally doesn’t save him money
“The system that so desperately wants people off the system was trapping us in the system.”