Excessive electricity profits is nothing new: - here's our investigation from Nov 2023 northandsouth.co.nz/2023/11/13/are…

Company closures, mass redundancies…What lies behind the electricity crisis is not just a ‘dry year’. Our article from last November explains the structural failures that are allowing the big 4 gentailers to make excessive profits ⁦⁦ northandsouth.co.nz/2024/07/15/are…

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North & South's arts & culture newsletter is back! open.substack.com/pub/eastandwes…

"The young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say: We will never forgive you." Greta Thunberg to David Seymour stealing teachers-only days, surely the best days in any child's school year.

Ana Iti wins the Walters Prize! We see Megalopolis! Read North & South's latest arts & culture newsletter at the link below: eastandwest.substack.com/p/east-and-wes…

The Cure is for sad people who like to dance. Thom Yorke is for sad people who think they are too good to dance. Thoughts?

Our latest arts and culture newsletter features Tupe Lualua on Peter Pan at Auckland Theatre Company plus galleries and more! open.substack.com/pub/eastandwes…

Are Alex and Eddie VH the Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe of Pasadena?

We’re so sad to hear that Fleur Adcock died today following a short illness. One of New Zealand’s great poets, her wry wit and insight were there to the end - she was 90 years old and seemed immortal.

The October Issue of North & South is Out Now! Featuring: What a Harris administration could mean for NZ, the emissions trading scheme, and the mental health crisis in our prisons. Plus: Hastings, cricket, poisonings and more. Grab your copy today!

Our latest arts & culture newsletter features interviews with Dayle Palfreyman on 'Permissions' at Artspace Aotearoa and Paul Tonta from Madman Films on Akira Kurosawa! open.substack.com/pub/eastandwes…

New edition of In a Fishbone Church from Te Herenga Waka University Press and Catherine Chidgey — who wore it better?

Our latest arts & culture newsletter features a chat with poet and now-editor Joanna Cho, and two Hallowe'en dogs: open.substack.com/pub/eastandwes…

Our latest arts and culture newsletter features Memoir of a Snail (thanks Madman Films) plus what to see and read in the weekend to come! open.substack.com/pub/eastandwes…

An absolute travesty, Aaron Smale's full-throated commitment to justice for the victims of state institutions past and present has produced some of the finest journalism we've had the privilege to publish in recent years. newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/11/gov…

New from me for North & South Magazine: strange little essay on Marokopa, the three missing kids and Tom Phillips – and the characters from the New Zealand canon who have gone bush before him. thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360479…

No shade, but with NZ outlets releasing best-books-of-2024 lists, did nobody else read David Coventry's Performance? We thought it was surefire Ockham shortlist 2025, not so sure anymore...