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. Digital issues are published one week after print.

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MADAM PRESIDENT? • Too clean for green politics? What a Harris administration could mean for New Zealand and how the Biden White House fused environmental policy with industrial protectionism.

My first ever… Political Adventures • A professor of political science remembers the foundational experiences of youth that sparked his lifelong attention to the turbulent currents of political theatre.

OUT OF SIGHT and out of their minds • Alarming statistics reveal a mental health crisis behind bars. John Sinclair writes about the urgent need for reform and rehabilitation highlighting the struggles of both inmates and staff in a system that has been pushed to its limits.

SMOKE & MIRRORS What’s gone wrong with the ETS? • The emissions trading scheme is meant to be the country’s main tool for reducing our emissions, but critics say it’s doing little more than carpeting the country in permanent pine forest. Meanwhile, the price of carbon credits has gone from boom to bust. What’s gone wrong?

The business of feeding the future • University of Canterbury Business School researchers are pioneering solutions to ensure Aotearoa New Zealand’s future food security through innovation and sustainability.

THE CASE OF THE POISONED MILK • Experiencing dizziness, dry mouth, delirium or attempted murder? Scott Bainbridge exhumes a historic mystery worthy of Sherlock Holmes.

BLUFF AND LIES • How one man’s fabrications about Māori land claims exposed deep-rooted prejudices and, surprisingly, led to an unexpected journey of healing.

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Christine Jeffs: Making A Mistake • Christine Jeffs latest film, A Mistake, is based on author Carl Shuker’s novel in which a surgeon’s split-second decision leads to dire consequences. Shuker talks to Jeffs about directing Hollywood stars and the love of horses that keeps her home.

Brushstrokes of change, a journey into public art

Haunted verse • Not content merely murdering meter, the poets of the past are possessed by soulful spooks.

THE FIRST XI • Once a thorn in the side of New Zealand sports media, the Alternative Commentary Collective have become Kiwi sports royalty over the last decade (and a year).

Healthy narcissism • Dr Curious salutes Russell Meares, an Antipodean innovator in the psychotherapeutic fold.

SHY GUYS 12 facts we love about New Zealand’s geckos and skinks • Until recently, skinks and geckos have existed as one of the least celebrated parts of Aotearoa’s native wildlife. The reason is simple — our geckos and skinks are shy, secretive creatures, rarely seen except by seasoned observers. Geckos & Skinks: The Remarkable Lizards of Aotearoa by Anna Yeoman is the first book to tell the extraordinary stories of these lizards, and the human drama involved in their discovery, study and conservation.

GOODBYE MURAKAMI • Five books to transport you from the Land of the Long White Cloud to the Land of the Rising Sun.

Concluding notes • Ryuichi Sakamoto led Japan’s biggest pop band, won an Oscar and became a darling of modern electronica. Directed by Sakamoto’s son, Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus humbly documents his final performance.

Monthly reviews / Books

Sad songs say so much • In the early novels of Jean Rhys and...