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Jamie Bowering

Music

Culture

Sequestering melodies in the High Arctic and onboard entertainment, New-Zealand style.

  • Issue #167
  • 5 min read
Interislander ferry docked in a harbour with small boats nearby.
Travel and restaurants

Hit your stride

We hope that these diverse ideas might inspire you to be ambitious, be serious about having fun – and to get out there, put your best foot forward and go for it.

  • Issue #166
  • 13 min read
Collection of vintage travel guidebooks including Gateway Guide to Eating in France spread on table with coffee cup
Affairs

Turning the tide

Clean-ups organised by Sustainable Coastlines have rid New Zealand’s beaches of hundreds of tonnes of waste – and it’s just getting started.

  • Issue #141
  • 3 min read
Sustainable Coastlines team members pose on a beach at sunset with bags of collected litter and a pickup truck
Culture

Paint the town

Auckland’s commercial art scene is flourishing thanks to agile business models and an abundance of talent. We meet the gallerists championing their multicultural hometown.

  • Issue #135
  • 7 min read
Paint the town
Culture

Easy does it

Start the new decade as you mean to go on. Take stock and choose the scenic route. Our gentle manifesto sketches a picture of taking it a little easier.

  • Issue #130
  • 24 min read
Easy does it
Travel and restaurants

All change

New Zealand’s most populous city is having a bit of a makeover. And now a spate of new boutiques and restaurants are adding to its charm.

  • Issue #117
  • 4 min read
Hotel DeBrett storefront with red facade and mid-century modern signage on Auckland street.
Affairs

Local authority

Be it Brazil or Beirut, effective urban regeneration needs ideas from residents who understand their city’s problems and potential. Here’s a global line-up of innovative citizen initiatives.

  • Issue #115
  • 10 min read
Pedro Borges, a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt, sits on a grey couch in a dark room.
Transport

Ask the experts

Auckland’s mayor, a Slovenian urban planner and Taiwan’s cycling maven all have one thing in common: they want to improve the way you get from A to B.

  • Issue #114
  • 6 min read
Man in dark blazer sits on a bike-sharing bicycle in an urban plaza with white neoclassical buildings in background.
Design

Architecture

From a Swiss school putting good architecture on its curriculum to a fix for a Warsaw eyesore.

  • Issue #114
  • 7 min read
Architecture

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