Education: Porirua’s high-tech schools
“We had this kid who was in Year 4 last year, and got really into Adobe Photoshop. He started to do some quite interesting stuff, and his auntie said, ‘I […]
Saddlebacks: back in the saddle
You could say it’s just a tree stump; or you could say that it’s a hallowed place, a spot where something truly special occurred. For in this stump, on a […]
About Max Rashbrooke
Education: Porirua’s high-tech schools
“We had this kid who was in Year 4 last year, and got really into Adobe Photoshop. He started to do some quite interesting stuff, and his auntie said, ‘I […]
About Max Rashbrooke
Fanfare for the Commons man
Jeremy Commons used to put on drawing-room operas. He doesn’t now, but for 14 years he ensured that these intimate dramas were regularly re-enacted, for a small audience of the […]
About Max Rashbrooke
The cat guardian
One day last year, when I was poking around the grounds of the big semi-derelict house on the corner of Abel Smith and Willis Street, I noticed a sign that […]
About Max Rashbrooke
Every machine is different
Simon Haxton was once an operator. If you played a pinball machine in Wellington any time up until about 2008, there’s a good chance it was one of his. You […]
About Max Rashbrooke
Here for an iconoclastic time, not a long time
“Most of my friends”, says Nicola Young, “are screaming lefties.” This is apropos of the view in some parts that the city’s newest councillor — one who happens to have […]
About Max Rashbrooke
Travel: Away from it all
Everywhere I went in Marlborough, people said they were waiting for summer to really begin. I said, “What do you mean?” It was sunny, it was still, it was hot. […]
About Max Rashbrooke
Secrets and ties
On the wall behind me, a long-hidden secret is being brought into the light. The secret is a tiled mural of Māui fishing up the North Island, and it was […]
About Max Rashbrooke
Health: The cuts that don’t heal
When Debbie Leyland goes to see her GP in Newtown, it can be a stressful business, and she doesn’t always feel able to pick up her prescription straight away. So […]
