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5 Reasons Why the Trailer PROVES the Next Star Wars Is the 1st Great Film of the 21st Century (#3…
5 Reasons Why the Trailer PROVES the Next Star Wars Is the 1st Great Film of the 21st Century (#3…
So the mightiest minute and a half of cinematic footage since Lawrence decreed ‘No Prisoners!’ is out. It’s been greeted — rightly, justly…
Peter Malcouronne
Apr 7
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Looking for Love
Looking for Love
From Whangarei to Whangamata, from Oban to Oamaru and even (for God’s sake) Germany, they came, looking for love in the Central Otago town…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 22
A Dog’s Show
A Dog’s Show
New Zealanders boast one of the highest dog ownership rates in the world — one third of households own at least one dog and 300 kennel…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 22
The Man Who Laughed at Sonny Bill
The Man Who Laughed at Sonny Bill
Last time he was in the ring, Sonny Bill Williams hit his opponent roughly 100 times a round, for eight straight rounds. The guy was big…
Peter Malcouronne
Mar 25
The Road to Sedition
The Road to Sedition
He put an axe through the Prime Minister’s electorate office window. He called unsuccessful suicides losers. He got a passport in the name…
Peter Malcouronne
Mar 26
Cuttin’ for your country
Cuttin’ for your country
Woodchopping used to be must-watch television — like Top Town, Mastermind and It’s In The Bag. But while the sport has lost its profile…
Peter Malcouronne
Mar 27
Brotherhood of Battlers
Brotherhood of Battlers
For more than two years rugby league’s racked up record losses on the field, record financial losses for NZRL and a trail of scandals…
Peter Malcouronne
Mar 27
Flagged. Compulsory New Zealand Flag Post
Flagged. Compulsory New Zealand Flag Post
In a November referendum, New Zealanders will choose an insipid corporate logo to — maybe — replace our flag. The work of the Orwellian…
Peter Malcouronne
Sep 5, 2015
The Price of Progress
The Price of Progress
Peter Malcouronne revisits Glen Eden — where the orchards and pine forests of his west Auckland childhood have given way to high-density…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 10
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Who’s Counting?
Who’s Counting?
Economic growth. It’s the Holy Grail — the best promise of a better tomorrow. Yet for 20 years Marilyn Waring has been railing against the…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 12
Bard Boys
Bard Boys
What do you get when you throw together six burly Pasifikan teens from South Auckland? Class stage actors who think that Shakespeare’s the…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 12
Working Class Heroes
Working Class Heroes
Their jobs are dirty, dangerous and often overlooked. Peter Malcouronne meets the people with some of the toughest jobs in town.
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 12
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Unofficial State Photographer
Unofficial State Photographer
Pretty much everyone who’s world famous in New Zealand has sat for Jane Ussher (along with thousands of ordinary luminaries). Three weeks…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 12
The Legend of Captain Starlite
The Legend of Captain Starlite
He is — by some margin— the greatest DJ in New Zealand history. Thousands of nervous first kisses have taken place under his watch. Now, in…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 16
Cat Woman
Cat Woman
For 30 years a Hillsborough woman has looked after cats — 80 (plus) at a time, thousands over a life-time. Peter Malcouronne talks to…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 16
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North v South
North v South
The South Island’s home to grumpy, grunting, emotionally-retarded Blue Stratos users. The North’s full of narcissistic Douchelords. Peter…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 16
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Homage to Boganvillea
Homage to Boganvillea
Peter Malcouronne returns to the West Auckland steppes — the land of hard rock, home brew and a car called Punani.
Peter Malcouronne
Dec 14, 2015
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Why Don’t We Just Burn It All?
Why Don’t We Just Burn It All?
There’s a war going on for control of New Zealand’s rubbish. With ever-larger convoys laden with bales of dead bottles heading off for…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 9
Jonah. Don’t Go.
Jonah. Don’t Go.
A tribute to Jonah Tali Lomu — father, son, All Black, Wesleyan.
Peter Malcouronne
Nov 22, 2015
Ali, Sonny Bill and Me
Ali, Sonny Bill and Me
Peter Malcouronne reflects on The Greatest — and the Second Coming.
Peter Malcouronne
Oct 28, 2015
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Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers
In 2004, Sekope Kepu led the Wesley College 1st XV into the knock-out stages of the national schools rugby competition.
Peter Malcouronne
Oct 28, 2015
Jerome Kaino: The Blindside Megatron
Jerome Kaino: The Blindside Megatron
Two days out from 2015 Rugby World Cup final, we talk of head-to-heads and hypotheticals. Can the old warrior McCaw, 148 tests and counting…
Peter Malcouronne
Oct 28, 2015
An Audience with The Needle
An Audience with The Needle
In 2011, Peter Malcouronne talked Total Rugby with Fred Allen, the unbeaten All Blacks coach. It was one of The Needle’s final interviews.
Peter Malcouronne
Oct 28, 2015
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Catch this
Catch this
Back in 2005 — when everyone was rich— Nathan Osmond and the Financial Superstars swept into Auckland’s Aotea Centre.
Peter Malcouronne
Sep 5, 2015
Team of Dreams
Team of Dreams
One score and eight years ago, the All Blacks beat France 29–9 to win the inaugural Rugby World Cup. Peter Malcouronne was at Eden Park.
Peter Malcouronne
Sep 5, 2015
Patriotic Rotation
Patriotic Rotation
Peter Malcouronne investigates the strange delusion, borne out of isolation, that New Zealand is the greatest country on Earth.
Peter Malcouronne
Sep 5, 2015
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Rugby: Our Game
Rugby: Our Game
An excerpt from the New Zealand Geographic grassroots rugby book, Our Game.
Peter Malcouronne
Oct 28, 2015
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