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September 21, 2025
Heading Deep Into Headland
As a third-year creative writing student at Massey University, I’m drawn to the craft behind the stories we read.
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August 7, 2025
Swarming Bees
For the "Other Loves" series, we've asked some Headland writers about what they love to do other than writing, and how their interests feed into their writing.
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July 20, 2025
Social Media Got My Teen Into Hiking
What happened next will shock you.
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May 7, 2025
A Dream in Spiral Time—Advice from Conversation with a Future Self
Come in, come in! Really, do come in. Make yourself comfortable. Don’t mind the mess. It’s always like this. I’d offer you tea, but we just ran out.
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January 19, 2025
Getting to know you: Gen Knowles
Where is home for you?
When I type ‘home’ into Google Maps, it directs me to the beautiful bush of Hataitai on the dark side of Mount Victoria in Wellington.
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January 13, 2025
Getting to know you: Nastasha Rau
Where is home for you?
That’s a tricky one: I was born in Cape Town, but left there when I was very young, and grew up surrounded by the dunes and…
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December 22, 2024
The Old Christmas Card
The circular postage seal belittles the aesthetics of the star-spangled banner on the stamp—the ink is glossier despite the age.
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November 11, 2024
Kate Hall on medicine and writing
Blogs and extras are bonus content to supplement the work in our issues.
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October 31, 2024
The Summer That Never Was
Monday, July 22, 2024 was the hottest day ever recorded on earth, according to the European Union’s climate monitor.
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