In case you missed something, here are our most read stories for the month.
1. Do we buy it? H&M's fast fashion has a cost beyond the price tag
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The fashion giant opens its first NZ store this week. Underneath the hype is a company with a chequered history. By Tess McClure and Anusha Bradley.
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2. Please, call me wahine
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To mark Suffrage Day, we asked four amazing women to write a few words 123 years on from winning the right to vote.
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3. What it's like to have Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
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Seeing colours, shapes and auras the rest of us don't.
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4. Good grief, The Real Housewives of Auckland just hit a low-point
Julia Sloane: "The least racist person you’ll meet". Photo: Unknown
The Real Housewives of Auckland gets everything wrong in its attempt to talk about race, writes Hussein Moses.
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5. Fear and loathing: tough tactics to get loan borrowers to pay up
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The government is fighting harder than ever to get back billions owed by former students overseas. While young Kiwis think the tactics are all wrong, they seem to be working. By Mava Moayyed.
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6. Sorry, but Disney's Maui costume is simply not OK
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Even with the best intentions, it's not right to wear someone else’s skin, writes Leah Damm.
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7. What it’s like to give up being a Jehovah’s Witness
Vincent Clayton Photo: Rebekah Parsons-King/The Wireless
Vincent Clayton walked away from the world he knew for the chance to know more.
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8. The Singles Life: Bow down to Parris Goebel
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Everyone knows Parris Goebel for being our very own superstar choreographer expat extraordinaire, but did you know she’s got a burgeoning music career in the works? Katie Parker and Hussein Moses take out their headphone bobbles and put on their thinking hats to discuss Parris’ swift ascent to glory.
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9. Talking sex with the editor of Aotearotica
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Yes - there's a clever, fun and real journal about sex in New Zealand.
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10. Is ‘justice’ a cherry-picked privilege?
Losi Filipo has had his contract with the Wellington Lions terminated. He was discharged without conviction after assaulting four people. Photo: Wellington Lions
Justice. Just us. Just for who? He aha tēnei? It’s time to unlock our minds when it comes to justice, writes JustSpeak's Julia Whaipooti.
