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.

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Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Site, 2015

Liberal, to a degree • Finance Minister Nicola Willis has introduced promised tax cuts and taken a swipe at the banks, but seems happy with incremental economic improvements. It’s still natural to wonder whether she might be prime minister material.

Pillow fights and profits

THE SPINOFF: the ‘little shit’ turns 10 • The Spinoff founder Duncan Greive, managing editor Toby Manhire and editor Madeleine Chapman sit down with Sarah Daniell and talk about money, media models and mad ideas.

Caught in the Web • Falling victim to a sophisticated scam begs the question: who pays?

Towards a resilient and innovative banking future for New Zealand • Amid debate about our banking sector, policymakers must resist populist solutions.

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TRUST ISSUES • Janet Xuccoa, author of Trusts 123, busts some myths and misconceptions.

Can we relax about tax? • Seven years after the launch of digital tax tool Hnry, cofounder James Fuller talks with Lily Richards about the startup that aims to take the mystery out of tax.

Stars of the Southern Cross • A relic of a short-lived newspaper of 75 years ago prompts recollections of talented figures who rose to prominence in a very different news-media world.

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LOOK AGAIN? • The Prostitution Reform Act was introduced 20 years ago. Three disparate voices debate the gains for those who work in the sex industry.

THE LAW THAT LEADS THE WAY • Dame Catherine Healy, Sex Workers’ Collective national coordinator, on the benefits of our sex-work legislation.

LOSING the SHAME • A former stripper says it can be ignorant and arrogant to talk about sex work as empowerment.

The mystery of the detached leg • A locked room. A hastily-packed suitcase. A bloody scalpel. And plenty of questions.

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A Lois White • Rita Angus and A Lois White are among the women artists who helped shape the development of modern art in New Zealand. Their responses to modernity are explored in excerpts from a book accompanying a major exhibition, Modern Women: Flight of Time, at Auckland Art Gallery.

Rita Angus

MAN OF LETTERS • A conversation with painter Julian Hooper.

Sculpting with light and colour

My first ever … FILM PREMIERE • Auspicious signs accumulate as cast and crew of Kiwi horror Grafted assemble for its premiere at Auckland’s Civic Theatre — then hear the audience gasp and titter in all the right places.

The dead pets society • Sometimes, the death of a beloved animal serves as a rehearsal for greater loss.

Monthly reviews / Books • A final work by the late Robert Fisk makes for desperate reading.

Also brilliant • A less-problematic Nabakov masterpiece is just as audacious as Lolita.

Into the Noir • Marlborough is New Zealand’s largest wine making region famous for world class pinot noir. Winemakers talk about reputation and returns.

Pinot to Pursue • The emergence of premium pinot noir in Marlborough reflects the evolution of our most important wine region. Wines made...