My NZ

Tell RNZ how you see New Zealand in 2017. Read more

Jedeiah Stewart has visited Brisbane and Darwin, but they don't hold a candle to New Zealand, especially as the butter chicken here is very good. She discusses her country for the RNZ series My NZ. Read more

Forget rugby, yachting and the Kiwi music classics, for David Cohen the Cantabrians that retrieved the fallen and embraced the survivors of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake represent New Zealand… Read more

Ella Henry is appalled by the widening gap between rich and poor in New Zealand but heartened by those of all races and creeds, who share her love for the country. Read more

Peter Wells* remembers New Zealand as a white dominion where homosexuality was illegal and women were dragooned inside the house. He assesses how far the country has come for the RNZ series My NZ. Read more

Katie Newton frequently marvels at New Zealand, usually when she's outside in the sun, her kids playing barefoot. But she's aware she's privileged and that the gap between rich and poor is growing. Read more

Sean Scanlon wants his young son to know that being an artist or scientist is as good as being an All Black. Luckily Kiwi stereotypes are changing, he writes for the RNZ series My NZ. Read more

As a Kiwi you're allowed to identify with both your ethnicity and your nationality in a modern, sexy hyphenated way, writes Lucy Zee in RNZ's series My NZ. Read more