Sitara Morgenster | Journalist & Correspondent
I specialise in not knowing, I write to find out.
Sitara Morgenster | Journalist & Correspondent
I specialise in not knowing, I write to find out.
The United States has Georgia O’Keeffe, the Netherlands has Vincent van Gogh, New Zealand has Rita Angus. Well, that’s how I see it and feel when I see Rita Angus’ paintings. Had she lived elsewhere in the Western world, there would by now be a museum dedicated to her. Rita Angus didn’t sell many works …
A significant category prize in the national Book Awards was granted to a Pacific woman for the first time on Wednesday. Prominent New Zealand journalist John Campbell said it’s outrageous there haven’t been more Pacifica women in the awards line-up in the past. He also said it’s staggering that nobody has painted James Cook in …
A 10-minute Writing Prompt Because the silence of a writer not writing is among the most deafening, here is a 10-minute writing prompt to get started. I’m offering you 4 different, easy ways to go about it. First of all, set your kitchen timer (or the timer on your phone if you must) for 10 …
There’s an equally popular and persistent myth about New Zealand/Aotearoa: that the South Island is more beautiful than the North Island. Perhaps it’s because of the Lord of the Rings movies. Or it could be because many European immigrants initially settled on the South Island in the 1950s and wrote lyrical letters home about the …