Last year I had the opportunity to watch the Bold Theatre production of ‘Be More Chill’ at the Meteor Theatre in Hamilton. If you are not familiar with it, ‘Be More Chill’ is a sci-fi musical that follows Jeremy Heere, an awkward high school student desperate to fit in. Harry Marshall played Michael in their Hamilton theatre debut, best friend to our protagonist Jeremy who...

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In this Sure-Shot series, Coromind invites photographers to break down their favourite shots, sharing the stories, techniques and moments that make each image special. This month, Lia Priemus takes us behind the scenes of her inspiring work.

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Proud to be Local is our inspirational feature, highlighting homegrown Coromandel Peninsula folks doing wonderful things out in the world. In this edition, Pylat Senior. Brought to you by CFM and Safer Coromandel

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If you look out at Great Mercury Island from Black Jack Road, you can see the full length of the island from north to south. On the southern half, there is a big pine tree plantation which is now over 40 years old, planted during the Muldoon ‘Think Big’ era on land which is considered very poor farmland. The pine forest became economically and environmentally difficult to harvest.

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"I am a textile artist, and I make rug-tufted artwork that weaves together stories of land, connection and belonging." For Leah, wool is more than a material – it’s a bridge between her Irish roots and her life in Whangamatā, a way to explore memory, identity and the quiet magic of slow creation.

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After lunch I opened my computer desktop to be greeted by a flashing, beeping Windows page with an annoyingly loud female voice repeating itself over and over, “Security breach. Security breach. Your bank accounts and email address have been compromised.”

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After the big storms of 2020 and 2021, Thames- Coromandel District Council (TCDC) proposed to reshape the eroded dunes at Pāuanui’s south end into a wide, gentle slope and replant it in native sand-binding species. Not everyone in the community was convinced...

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Art is a visual language. It improves observation and perception. It is a good skill to be able to read images, and to understand symbolism and what is real and what is photoshopped, made unreal, unobtainable.

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Coromind Magazine Issue 36

Full Audio Version

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After 35 editions of Coromind, I wonder if there is a house somewhere in Te Tara-o-te-ika-a-Māui that doesn’t have a copy sitting on a coffee table? For those of us who have found this monthly periodical, I’m sure you can relate; the pile has steadily grown since the magazine's inception in January 2023. 

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