If there's one thing this country loves, it's holding onto stopgap structures for decades past their original use-by date.

Japan’s food is famous everywhere, but the country’s drinks culture is a bit of a hidden gem. There’s a whole world here ...

Painful penetrative sex isn't just a medical symptom. It's a brick wall, a monster, an unwanted third partner in the bed.

Pumping is no pleasant task. “There is a smell, especially if it’s stirred up,” says Dittmer. “You sort of get used to it and ...

A subtle smell is filling our living room as my son crawls around playing with his nana. It has the familiar scent of freshly ...

We found a home in each other and realised the huge need for many more brown people living in Ōtautahi to have something like ...

A year ago I met a lovely older gentleman at a Christmas party who owned racehorses. He wasn’t “in the business”, as he said, ...

My childhood and adolescent years were strict, sensible, and often sad... I decided to give our son a better, happier ...

At night the pylons stride across the land, The Friday Poem is edited by Hera Lindsay Bird. Submissions are currently closed.

Like a clearing in the woods, it had shown me, in the oddest of ways, that there was life out there and one day I would get ...

Our prized tracks are frequently listed among the best in the world. They’re also, sorry to report, dusty, boring mountains ...

Salary/income/assets: Salary is $124k annual, which is the unfortunate spot of good for NZ and could do better remote working ...