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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FUR PATROL • Is that a cat in your pack? It seems people need a reminder that their pets don’t belong in national parks.

Mirrors, Mirrors on the Walls • A visitor from Belgium arrives at Auckland’s Aotea Square this month, inviting you to an evening of Champagne bubbles, beads of sweat and glittery hot pants.

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THAT’S THE SPIRIT • If you’re a discerning gin drinker with a taste for locally made, keep an eye out for these hyper-local artisan brewers the next time you pass through their towns — or you can always order online.

A NEW DAWN FOR THE RISING SUN • Strategic and economic pressures focus minds in Tokyo, and in Wellington too.

Features

IN OUR DEFENCE • Joining our army, navy or air force was once an assured way to build a career, gain marketable qualifications and save for a mortgage while living in subsidised housing. But with unfit houses and poor pay, the ranks are thinning dangerously — to the point where the most basic operations of a modern defence force are at risk.

DON’T MENTION THE WAR • New Zealand is not alone in problems maintaining its military. As North & South publisher Konstantin Richter writes, there’s a Fawlty-esque element to the state of the services in his native Germany.

The Secret Life of Museums • However many hours we might spend walking the halls of the country’s museums, we rarely pause to ask: How did all of this stuff get here, anyway?

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When Only Rain Stops Play • With the proliferation of lucrative professional cricket leagues across the globe, there is more of the sport than ever before. The paycheques are getting bigger as the risk of burnout grows — and bigger still are the decisions New Zealand’s best players are having to make about their futures in the game.

A COUNTRY PRACTICE • As the number of general practitioners dwindles thanks to low numbers of new graduates and an ageing workforce, New Zealand faces a major medical crisis — a crisis which has already arrived in high-needs rural areas like the Hokianga, where a lack of doctors has seen vital services closed for months. How did we get here — and what can we do to fix it?

Culture Etc

A Postscript for Nasty • The man behind last year’s intriguing, partly true novel, A Message for Nasty, might be New Zealand’s most enigmatic expatriate.

Returning to the Scene of the Crime • After a decade away, New Zealand’s modern-day “Queen of Crime” is back.

Sunshine and Gold • A champion of eating, and cooking, with local ingredients, Lauraine Jacobs finds much to please her palate and feed her soul on a visit to southern Queensland.

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NOT TOO BOURGEOIS • The marketers might not see Masterton as a prime Wairarapa destination, but there’s much more to it than high-revving engines and patchy mobile reception.

Have Your Cake • Waste not, want not — Alice Taylor makes sweet use of the last of the summer fruit.

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A Thrilling Next Act

Out There • A semi-industrial suburb in Auckland is home to a small museum with pieces of herstory so hard to find that it’s become a source of information for researchers from around the...