North & South

North & South is New Zealand’s premier monthly current affairs and lifestyle magazine, specialising in long-form investigative journalism, delivered by award-winning writers and photographers. North & South also showcases New Zealand ingenuity and creativity, explores the country and profiles its people. It is a touchstone of New Zealand life.

Behind this issue

North & South

From the Editor

Conversations

PHOTOGRAPHY • Collapsing Roof, Gisborne Sheep Shearers Woolstore Tokomaru Bay, 2016

Sāmoan first An artist second • Comic artist, wrestler and activist Michel Mulipola has become a public face of Pasifika-Palestinian solidarity in Aotearoa.

Bones to pick • New Zealand is rich in fossil-bearing sedimentary rocks that hold the clues to our country’s prehistoric flora and fauna. Finding a fossil is total bucket-list material — follow this map and you may lay your eyes upon a priceless remnant of life long past.

OBJECTIVELY SPEAKING • Former Dominion Editor and long-time blogger Karl du Fresne recently called for the sacking of TVNZ’s Chief Correspondent John Campbell for hijacking “the government’s most potent communication medium” for his own “highly political mission”. Jeremy Rose takes a look at the accusation and the long-running debate on whether “objectivity” is desirable or even possible.

John Campbell responds

A LONELY DEATH at HORSESHOE LAKE • Charlie Mitchell ponders the mystery of the death of a lone woman, who remained the last resident in Christchurch’s red zone district. Who was she? Where did she come from? What compelled her to stay in the abandoned fields of the former suburbs? Mitchell digs into Frances Rawling’s last months living alone to piece together the remarkable story of an outsider living life on her own terms.

THE PRICE OF MILK • The slaughter of bobby calves — 1.9 million of them last year alone — is a sensitive topic for our dairy producers. The practice remains entrenched in New Zealand’s approach to dairy, and some of the byproducts are invaluable, reports Karen Trebilcock.

Making it work

Life in the calf shed

Where all the calves are raised

How much a dollar cost? • North & South speaks with KiwiSaver providers and an ethical investment charity to understand how Israel’s war on Gaza could influence your KiwiSaver.

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Seeds of CHANGE • Botanist and writer Melanie Newfield wonders how humans affected the climate in millenia before the industrial revolution.

Meet the INVENTOR of the INTERNET • If you aren’t familiar with Vinton Cerf, you could Google him — something this modest inventor helped make possible.

Our city, our Auckland • Every city has its advocates, people who hold the place close to their heart and know it like the back of their hand.

THE DIRECTORY

FORESKIN’S LAMENT • Before puberty, most Filipino boys undergo tuli — traditional circumcision. New Zealand-based writer Joseph Trinidad recalls his own rite of passage.

Southern Gothic • Meet poet and performer Josiah Morgan (Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Maniapoto), whose latest poetry collection marks the official debut of an artist worth paying attention to.

My first ever… KING LEAR JET RIDE • Count your blessings, they say. Laid at the mercy of the medical system, you might one day count all the great things being done for you — and wonder if reports of its decline are wide of the mark.

Tend towards health • Scheduling a doctor’s appointment shouldn’t be so hard. A new healthcare app in the market is making it so much easier.

Face time • From the couch to Zoom call

Sproing! • Poetry and...