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The Sunday Essay is possible thanks to the support of Creative New Zealand Original illustrations by Toby Morris. We kid ourselves in this place. Spring turns to summer, and suddenly every road leads to the beach. The country wants you to buy an ice cream. We forget that it is fleeting, that for so much of the year the fields are sullen, the sun as dull and feeble as a one-bar heater on the blink. The wind carries all the cold of the mountains, of Antarctica even. Trees shudder, the exotics bare. Mist rises from the grass. How do we cope? Poorly is the usual answer. Many of our homes are unab...

Rosetta Allan, commented: " Quirky, engaging, bold, refreshing – there are so many ways one could describe this year’s applications for the NZSA 2021 Youth Mentorship programme. The breadth of theme, style and approach proved a delight for the selection panel – a little like unwrapping gifts; each one charming and surprising. Inevitably, it was a challenge to select the four young writers who will receive nine hours of mentoring from an established writer – and what a gift that is! The opportunity to be challenged, to try new approaches, to discover what it means to develop and craft ...

Supplied Artist Linda Trubridge and her elder son Sam in front of Linda’s Wall of Wings sculpture for Havelock North, in 2004. Ahead of many successful Kiwis, there’s often a mother who showed them the way. Sarah Catherall hears how these women inspired their kids then, and now. Linda, William and Sam Trubridge Linda Trubridge is an artist and yoga teacher, who is married to lighting designer David Trubridge. Her book, Passages, is about her family’s adventures at sea. Their sons are Sam, an artistic director who founded Wellington’s Performance Arcade, and William, a world-renowne...

Conner de Gier Erin Griffiths, left, and Madelien Scholten from Waikato Screen are working to get more of the region on screen. It’s home to some of the most iconic scenes from the best-known films ever made in New Zealand but there’s much more potential for movie-making in Waikato than just The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. A small team of industry professionals at Waikato Screen, a new film office based in Hamilton, are working hard facilitating the needs of film-makers in a bid to make the region a cinematic powerhouse once again. Waikato Screen has, until now, been a low-key o...

Miami-Based COW-ORK Redefines the Concept of Collaborative Workspaces with a Creative New Approach By Storyhub For those searching for coworking spaces in Miami, the options are diverse – and yet, there’s nothing that can quite compare to the innovative working environments offered by COW-ORK. COW-ORK has already established itself as a one-of-a-kind collaborative workspace created for those who want more out of their everyday working environment as a brand-new arrival to the coworking scene. Their mission is to “disrupt the traditional coworking industry… creatin...