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 …
Why the Relationship between New Zealand and China Is in Flux When a foreign minister tells exporters to diversify trade agreements, and not put all their eggs “in one basket with China”, it’s likely things are about to change. But how, that remains to be seen. The soft warning came from New Zealand’s Foreign minister …
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 …
Ooit woonde ik in Amsterdam en Londen, nu woon ik in een bos. Ik sprokkel hout in het droge seizoen, dat sinds kort steeds langer duurt. Ik heb goede herinneringen aan houtsprokkelende vrouwtjes in sprookjes. Leek me als kind wel romantisch, rondstruinen met zo’n rieten mand op je rug, over kronkelende paadjes door het donkere …