The following articles were first published in FishHead magazine
Vicious reviews of amateur singers, ambushing Robert Muldoon and interviewing gnome collectors … Wellington magazines have done all this, and more, over the years. “This magazine … is made to sell.” Such was the philosophy of the flamboyant Charles Nalder Baeyertz, editor of the literary, musical and cultural magazine the Triad, which he ran...
Read more →Thousands of Wellingtonians use Meetup.com to make new friends, explore hobbies, and even build new communities. So what’s the deal with the site – and is it for you? When Scott Heiferman built a website to help his New York neighbours come together in the wake of 9/11, he expected a number of things...
Read more →What would marriage ceremonies look like if men had their way? Most weddings, when it comes down to it, are pretty much the same. The bride wears white, or maybe cream. The groom wears a suit, uncomfortably, and gives the impression that it’s the first time in his life he’s met this novel form...
Read more →Wellingtonians love their weekend food markets – but do they realise that much of their fruit and veg comes not from the stallholders’ own soil but from a warehouse in Johnsonville? It’s a clear, sharp-edged morning at Harbourside Market, where, in the shadow of Te Papa, the fruit and veg stallholders are doing a...
Read more →Walking unseen among us are thousands of homeless, mentally ill and otherwise vulnerable people – many of whom will never get the help they need. (First published in FishHead magazine, August 2012) On a cold, flat winter’s day, just before dawn, the doors of the night shelter on Taranaki Street spring open, propelling their...
Read more →Wellington is under increasing pressure to import Auckland’s supercity model. So is amalgamation really the answer to all our problems? (First published in FishHead magazine, April 2012) The area’s local councils say there’s no need for such sweeping changes: a gradual process of sharing more services will do the trick, they say. But others...
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