Jamie Bowering
Culture
Sequestering melodies in the High Arctic and onboard entertainment, New-Zealand style.
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.
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.
The way to build?
Canny property developers can create spaces that profit communities as well as their bottom lines.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Architecture
From a Swiss school putting good architecture on its curriculum to a fix for a Warsaw eyesore.
