is there a non paywalled version online somewhere?

Check to see if it’s available free at your public library - on paper or online through a newspaper / magazine database. If in Auckland lots of cafés have the Herald available for free. That’s how I read it.

Hey there Sam. No unfortunately, but you can find the piece in today’s print edition. Much as I’d like more people to be able read it, I guess paywall revenue helps keep me in a job