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Spotify Wrapped ghosted NZ music again. Local artists and audiences deserve more

Spotify Wrapped ghosted NZ music again. Local artists and audiences deserve more

Jesse Austin-Stewart, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

As social media age restrictions spread, is the internet entering its Victorian era?

Alex Beattie, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

As social media age restrictions spread, is the internet entering its Victorian era?
Savvy politicians know how to ‘perform’ authenticity – the Jacinda Ardern doco offers a masterclass

Susan Fountaine, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

Savvy politicians know how to ‘perform’ authenticity – the Jacinda Ardern doco offers a masterclass
Spectacle, weirdness and novelty: what early cinema tells us about the appeal of ‘AI slop’

Alfio Leotta, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

AI images superimposed over a still from a classic black-and-white movie
AI companies want copyright exemptions – for NZ creatives, the market is their best protection

Graeme Austin, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

AI companies want copyright exemptions – for NZ creatives, the market is their best protection

NZ’s small music venues are struggling – but there are ways to help them thrive

NZ’s small music venues are struggling – but there are ways to help them thrive

Dave Carter, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University; Catherine Hoad, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University; Jesse Austin-Stewart, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University, and Oli Wilson, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

Collage of a TikTok personality and abstract colours and textures

Why TikTok is the perfect home for absurdist comedy

Benjamin Nickl, University of Sydney

Our medieval murder maps reveal the surprising geography of violence in 14th-century English cities

Stephanie Brown, University of Hull and Manuel Eisner, University of Cambridge

Medieval illustration of a murder
The triumph of the Oasis reunion: Resilience rules the day as the Gallaghers end their feud

Ramona Alaggia, University of Toronto

Two dark-haired men hold hands above their hands. One carries a set of maracas.
A straight face, with a wink – the subtle humor of deadpan photography

Emilia Mickevicius, University of Arizona

A view of a museum exhibition with photographs hanging on the wall, including one of a dog and another of banquet tables.
Who was Jane Austen’s best heroine? These experts think they know

Julie Taddeo, University of Maryland; Emma Claire Sweeney, The Open University; James Smith, Royal Holloway, University of London; Katherine Halsey, University of Stirling; Leigh Wetherall Dickson, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Nada Saadaoui, University of Cumbria, and Victorina Gonzalez-Diaz, University of Liverpool

Jane Austen with a speech bubble saying 'fight'

An African housekeeper in a uniform straightens a sheet on a bed with a faraway look on her face.

How Nollywood films help Kenyan housemaids make sense of their lives

Solomon Waliaula, Maasai Mara University

Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ still speaks to a nation vacillating between hope and despair

Louis P. Masur, Rutgers University

Black and white photo of young bearded man with curly hair singing into a microphone with his eyes closed.
Do big gigs alter economies? What the Oasis tour reveals about how we spend

Marcel Lukas, University of St Andrews

father with his young son in oasis t-shirts at the band's 2025 reunion tour in the uk
AI has passed the aesthetic Turing Test − and it’s changing our relationship with art

Tamilla Triantoro, Quinnipiac University

Half of the face of a young Black woman with red, curly hair.
Calling me home: how a Matariki anthem wrote a new chapter in the story of Māori country music

Kirsten Zemke, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Calling me home: how a Matariki anthem wrote a new chapter in the story of Māori country music