Stories by Stacey Knott

Couchsurfing can be a way to travel the world on the cheap. But it's not for everyone, and there are risks.

Being nice isn’t cool, and threads, jobs and where you’re seen are the most defining factors in a person. Welcome to Capital Culture.

From dating to security, The Wireless asks a range of experts what people should know about their field.

Kaylene Tahuhu started using when she was 13. Now she's clean, and working at the rehab centre she once trashed.

Life on the family farm, with cattle, sheep, and drinking with the boys.

Emily Thyberg talks about learning new words, baguettes and jamming with the locals in south-west France.

Aid worker Annisha Vasutavan wakes up every morning in Sierra Leone not knowing what to expect.

While most Kiwis start off their OE in London, Jared Edwards opted for the ancient buildings, icy winters and whisky of Scotland.

There's a lot of stereotypes about Americans, and Rowan Barrie was drawn to seeing if there was any truth to them.

Rory Harnden found that, in Japan, the serious side of work life is stripped away on Friday night.

Olivia Coote says she loves living in Brazil so much that she thinks she must have been from there in a past life.

Beth Tillier put her social life on hold – and in some instances, her sanity – to care for some elderly aristocrats.

Stacey Knott moved to London with the best intentions of avoiding other Kiwis, but found that to be almost impossible.

Lex Edmonds says in Nepal he's learning to live everyday like it could be his last.

Tali Vidal spent much of this year in Israel, trying to figure out Hebrew, and why her relatives prayed so much.

Working in fast food. Many loathe it, some like it and others just lump it while working towards something better.