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RNZ News
06-07-2025
- Science
- RNZ News
From whale vomit to Victorian mourning jewellery:
Topics: history, arts, books Ranging from whale vomit to Victorian mourning jewellery, Una Cruickshank's often astonishing book of essays The Chthonic Cycle meditates on the wonders of the earth and our use and abuse of them. In a time of calls of 'ecological crisis' - when many are trying to gain perspective on what they can and can't do - Una's is a fresh storytelling take on the Victorian cabinet of curiosities. Or, as the Germans aptly called it, a wunderkamma - a room of wonder. Objects and substances to hand, like pearls, coral, jet, amber, electricity and oil, lead to often funny and fascinating tales around their value and journey over epochs. Spiralling in and out of time, Cruickshank is governed by a cycle in which everything comes from, and ultimately returns to, the earth. Tamaki Makaurau raised and now Poneke based, Una Cruickshank is a graduate of the International Institute of Modern Letters and now works as an archivist at national archive Nga Taonga Sound and Vision. The Chthonic Cycle published by Te Herenga Waka University Press won a prize in the Best First Book category of this year's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. And Una was also recently named in competition The New Voices of Aotearoa as one of "the country's ten best upcoming authors to read and follow" . Link: emails for thank you: To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
RNZ News
04-07-2025
- Business
- RNZ News
Hearty and Wholesome food: Peking Braised Lamb
food life and society 29 minutes ago Connie Clarkson is the manager of the Kitchen Project, Auckland Council's emerging food business incubator programme. The idea of the project is to provide mentoring and advice in all aspects of setting up a food business in Tamaki Makaurau. Connie shares her delicious recipe for Peking Braised Lamb.
RNZ News
03-07-2025
- Politics
- RNZ News
Low candidate numbers expected for Auckland's local elections
politics local council 17 minutes ago Nominations for local elections officially open today, but Auckland Council is worried fewer people than usual are expressing an interest in running in Tamaki Makaurau. RNZ reporter Jessica Hopkins takes a look.
RNZ News
25-06-2025
- Health
- RNZ News
Tamaki Makaurau MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp has died
The MP for Tamaki Makaurau Takutai Tarsh Kemp has died, aged 50. Kemp had been suffering from kidney disease. She was at Parliament yesterday, before travelling back to Auckland. RNZ political reporter Lillian Hanly reports from Parliament. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
RNZ News
22-06-2025
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
New bookshop dedicated to spicy fiction
books culture 30 minutes ago Smut or romance novels are having a moment. England's first ever romance-only bookshop opened this week in Notting Hill, London. The romantasy genre has had a surge in popularity in recent years with with sales pushing UK fiction revenue over 2.2 billion dollars last year. With the help of Booktok; a sub-community on the social media platform Tik Tok; fantasy, dark and spicy novels have been making their way onto best-seller lists. Closer to home, Ruby Wallace has taken that digital community and turned it into real life with her romance bookshop, Enamoured, in Remuera in Tamaki Makaurau. Culture 101 speaks to Ruby, whose parents are both artists and getting the shop up and running was a family affair.
