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To a neighbour I am getting to know
[Spanish version]

CARTA EN SEIS ESTACIONESA UN VECINO QUE EMPIEZO A CONOCEREstimado poeta Gregory O'Brien,Voy a contarte una historia de agua,...

By Roberto Onell

On masks and migration

WINTER, A SMALL grocery shop in suburban New Zealand: the opening stage direction of Jacob Rajan's enduringly popular solo...

By Harry Ricketts

Patterns of migration

AN EEL, LIKE an artist or writer, carries its immediate past around with it: if an eel wants to...

By Gregory O’Brien

Cable stations

Here in the womb of the world – here on the tie-ribs of earthWords, and the words of men,...

By Lynne McDonald

Primate city

NOT LONG AGO a TV current affairs program mounted a live studio debate about whether 'Auckland is sucking the...

By Finlay Macdonald

Hitching a ride

IN THE SUBTROPICAL Pacific Ocean, 160 kilometres southwest of Raoul Island, Lieutenant Tim Oscar stared out of the window...

By Rebecca Priestley

A Kiwi feast

Ingredients4 pāuaoilbutter6 cloves garliclarge bunch wild silverbeet16 stalks of samphire4 miniature bunches of sea grapes WORKING ON THE idea that...

By David Burton

Thinking about waves

FROM MY RESEARCH journal, August 2011: Our sea is made up of certain blues. Sometimes, just before the weather...

By Lynn Jenner

Walking meditations

MY MOTHER’S FINGERNAILSThe fumes were acid and sugary at the same time. The polish seemed to melt under the...

By Hinemoana Baker

Sea of trees

An experience of remoteness, space, natural quiet and solitude isgained standing amongst the extensive dunes against the vastness of...

By Ashleigh Young

O Salutaris

O sa-a-lu-ta-a-ris * ho-o-sti-i-aQuae cae-ae-li pa-an-dis * o-sti-umBe-lla-a praemunt * hosti-i-li-aDa ro * bur fe-er au-xi-li-um Uni-i tri-no-o-que * Do-o-mi-i-noSit...

By Ian Wedde

Pure brightness

EACH April at Pure Brightness Festival (Ching Ming) Chinese families sweep the graves and perform traditional rites to honour...

By Alison Wong