Archive - What it looks like from New Zealand

The stories we tell on Waitangi day

We'll never finish this story, but maybe that's the point

Feb 5, 2021 •

January 2021

Politics cools it down

It's an approach we've been working on for decades in New Zealand.

Jan 25, 2021 •

Summer rolls on

But even the best summer is never endless

Jan 18, 2021 •

Is this as bad as it gets?

We hope it's not just the beginning

Jan 11, 2021 •

Burning down the house

Even this late in the piece, it's still a shock

Jan 7, 2021 •

Travelling alone

When online destinations transport you instead

Jan 6, 2021 •

So bring on 2021

Let's hope the year survives all our best wishes

Jan 1, 2021 •

December 2020

New Zealand continues its stare-down with the rest of the world

The relationship is even more fraught in the time of COVID

Dec 29, 2020 •

There’s only a few of us, and a lot of everyone else. So Kiwis are insanely keen travellers and followers of world affairs.

But we’re pretty touchy about how the world looks at us.

Dec 28, 2020 •

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