8 Apr 2024 | Our stories, Storytelling
8 April 2024 A collaboration between analytical chemist Lisa Pilkington and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Anna Brown and Jonathan Burgess. You probably don’t give a second thought to what you flush down the toilet. But wastewater and all that it contains...
14 Mar 2024 | Our stories, Storytelling
I’m a baker, so I like having a recipe to follow. It’s comforting to have a set of ingredients and a list of instructions to start with — even if I treat the recipe as more of a guide than directions for a science experiment. Knowing where to start, and what I will...
4 Mar 2024 | Our stories, Storytelling
4 March 2024 A collaboration between freshwater ecologist Kati Doehring and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. Tēnā koe – let me introduce myself. My name is dacrydium cupressinum, but most of you would know me as rimu. Gather close, for I have a...
20 Dec 2023 | Our stories, Storytelling
20 December 2023 A collaboration between market analyst Hamza Ajmal and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. Objects are collections of essences. I am sitting in my living room on a leather chair against a wall. The living room walls are off-white...
4 Dec 2023 | Our stories, Storytelling
4 December 2023 A collaboration between wildlife biologist Isabel Castro and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. Kiwi are a group of five extant species of birds endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand. Their bodies are rounded, and they have a long bill...
7 Nov 2023 | Our stories, Storytelling
7 November 2023 A collaboration between sociologist Holly Thorpe and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. Aroha* turned 16 just one week before the first nationwide lockdown in Aotearoa New Zealand. Before the arrival of Covid-19 on our shores, she...
