Super-sized Kiwi slices, doomsday preppers, refugees making organic cotton undies and one woman's mission to bring her waiata dream to life - they were all part of life in Aotearoa this year.
Moriori in their own words
Moriori people are sick of being used as a political football in arguments between Pākehā and Māori, leader Māui Solomon says.
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Are Kiwi slices getting out of control?
If you're a fan of old New Zealand cookbooks, you might have noticed a gradual shift in our baking through the years... "We're being super-sized" says culinary anthropologist Helen Leach.
Ginger slice with tea. Photo: 123RF
Nisa – the Wellington underwear brand employing former refugees
Former litigation lawyer Elisha Watson is the woman behind Nisa – an organic cotton underwear label that employs former refugees who speak limited English.
Elisha Watson, founder of Wellington social enterprise Nisa, with some organic cotton products Photo: Nisa / Supplied
Learning te reo Māori with Stacey Morrison
Broadcaster and Māori language proponent Stacey Morrison talks through some of the nuts and bolts of speaking te reo.
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Te Kōtare: bringing a waiata dream to life
Early childhood teacher Jenny Shearer had a dream to help kids learn Māori by creating waiata and performing to them. Four years after she died of cancer in 2015, Jenny's husband Grant has created Te Kōtare - a resource of ten waiata.
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Challenging negative stereotypes of millennials and Gen Z
Millennials and Generation Z are not as apathetic as the stereotypes, says researcher Pat Bullen.
Diverse friends using their phones. Photo: 123RF
New Zealand's billionaire doomsday preppers
Film-maker Baz McDonald investigates the international super-elite buying up chunks of New Zealand and building exclusive gated communities in the VICE documentary Hunt For The Bunker People.
Baz McDonald in 'Hunt for the Bunker People' by Vice NZ. Photo: supplied
Sir David Skegg: national leadership on public health needed
"People just tend to accept our mediocre performance, it’s funny we don’t accept it in sport but we do in health,” the eminent epidemiologist says.
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