We’re starting to talk about suicide at last, but we shouldn’t be congratulating ourselves just yet, writes ANDREW JOHNSTONE.
Life
Stripped Naked
It’s a rite of passage for males that is not always strictly voluntary, and not always a positive experience. New in the big city, ANDREW JOHNSTONE gets dragged along to a strip club.
Leaving Auckland
On this day one year ago, GARY STEEL moved away from Auckland and up north. What led to that decision, and how did it work out?
Gilgamesh The King
He was an extraordinary king from ages past now shrouded in myth and mystery. ANDREW JOHNSTONE talks about Gilgamesh, and a book that brings him alive in a new age.
The Cheese Grater
ANDREW JOHNSTONE explains why he keeps his cheese grater under the bed.
Beating Climate Change
The whole world might be going to the dogs while it’s also going to hell in a hat, but PAT PILCHER has some good news.
The Bird Is The Word
There’s a simple and effective way to kick against the pricks, and to make it hurt, but which involves no violence. ANDREW JOHNSTONE explains.
Died For Whom, Exactly?
War, huh, good God, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing, reckons GARY STEEL.
In Search Of The Perfect Cup Of Coffee
In an excuse to get so caffeinated that he was “literally vibrating at a molecular level”, PAT PILCHER gets a one-on-one with the inventor of a completely new coffee process and machine.
Van Morrison, Mike Nesmith And The Road To Enlightenment
Have you ever looked to musicians and their work as a pathway towards insight on life and transcendence? ANDREW JOHNSTONE on the two artists who influenced his search.
Grandpa, Rabbits And The Value Of Non-human Emotions
ANDREW JOHNSTONE grew up on a farm, but now can’t even bear to visit the land that formed and informed him. A rumination about ruminants and rabbits.
Owning Up To Our Racism
To ANDREW JOHNSTONE’s Aunty Eva, Maoris were “dirty ill-kept thieves… lazy and untrustworthy.” In this piece, he discusses the implications, the issues, and the history.