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May 24, 2017Five premium TV shows to binge on this winterÂ
Read moreDamn, it’s gotten cold all of a sudden. And if you’re 100-year-old house is anything like most of New Zealand’s 100-year-old houses, it’s pretty hard to keep that cold out. So that means retiring to the comfort of the duvet with a nightcap and a laptop earlier and earlier to stream some premium TV. Here are five of our picks.
May 17, 2017Winston Peters - A Colossus of New Zealand Politics
Read moreTo his allies an immortal Apollo, to his enemies a particularly irksome, inextinguishable zombie, Winston Peters is undeniably a colossus of New Zealand politics. When he first entered parliament as a National MP in 1975, New Zealanders had one television channel to choose from. The national anthem was ‘God Save the Queen’. Today, a spring chicken at 72 years old, the leader of the New Zealand First Party is gearing up for what many suspect will be his last general election. Just don’t
May 05, 2017Get excited for Techweek'17
Read moreLast year, New Zealand’s tech industry cracked $1 billion in growth for the first time, riding on the back of Datacom becoming the second billion-dollar revenue tech company in New Zealand, runner-up to Fisher & Paykel Appliances. The number of companies generating revenue of more than $50 million has also increased 40 percent in the past five years; in Auckland alone the tech sector pumps out more than $2.7 billion.
April 30, 2017Just landed: The winter issue of 1972
Read moreAnother season passes, another issue of Barkers' quarterly magazine, 1972.
In this issue we go 18 holes (of minigolf) with Dai Henwood and learn how he got from being a drunken comedian on the street to being the face of a family gameshow, we search for history behind The Most Badass Photograph Ever Taken in New Zealand, we tell you who’s going to win the Lions tour, and we uncover the unsung hero who invented Kiwi
April 20, 2017Remembering what actually happened on ANZAC Day
Read moreAs the First World War raged in Western Europe, commanders on both sides poured over charts and maps, searching for a flank away from the neverending meatgrinder of the trenches in France and Belgium.
When the Ottoman Empire entered the fray on the side of the Central Powers in November, 1914, Allied commanders saw an opportunity to break the stalemate. By forcing the Dardanelles Strait in modern day Turkey, they could seize Constantinople, knock the Ottomans from the war, secure a supply
February 14, 2017Four great photography exhibitions to escape the heat inÂ
Read moreFour great photography exhibitions to escape the heat in
When it’s too hot to do much of anything, gorge on visual stimulation. Take a stroll through a paradise of air-conditioned art and take in one of these fantastic photography exhibitions.Cindy Sherman
February 09, 2017The Best of What’s New on NetflixÂ
Read moreWe picked through the latest additions to the ol’ Netflix to bring you the best of the bunch.
Frontier
Possibly the roughest, nastiest light Canada’s ever been seen in. Frontier stars Dothraki hunk Jason Momoa as a brutally effective outlaw bent on breaking up the fur trade monopoly held by
January 24, 2017Other Beaches: Albania
Read moreA self-confessed “bogan from Whanganui” currently living the “hipster cliche lifestyle” in East London, photographer and art director Charlie McKay and his wife Jess spent a week sunning themselves on Albania’s coast.
Interview by Rose Hoare, photos by Charlie McKay
January 21, 2017Other Beaches: Lyme Regis
Read moreThere’s nothing quite like the potent mix of coastal landscape, seaside style, food culture, and easygoing vibes of a beach town. As part of a series exploring exotic beach scenes, we asked photographer Rebecca Zephyr Thomas about Lyme Regis in Devon.
Interview by Rose Hoare, photos by Rebecca Zephyr Thomas
