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Culture

Twenty Years On, Sione’s Wedding Still Knows Something the Film Industry Forgets

Culture

A Māori Gothic Horror Film Is Our Oscar Pick. Good — Now Let’s Back More of Them

Beauty

The ‘Natural Beauty’ Trap: Your Skin Doesn’t Read the Marketing Copy

Lorde Has the Global Spotlight. Marlon Williams Took the Tūī. Why Must We Pick a Winner?

The Goss

Lorde Has the Global Spotlight. Marlon Williams Took the Tūī. Why Must We Pick a Winner?

The 2026 Aotearoa Music Awards made space for both global pop and a te reo Māori-led triumph. Maybe the supposed rivalry is the wrong story.