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Philip Matthews
@secondzeit.bsky.social
Journalist in Christchurch, New Zealand. Senior writer with The Press. Author of The Quiet Hero (Allen & Unwin, 2023), the story of a peaceful volunteer’s death in Ukraine. Films, books, music.
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The second to last of a dying breed (Voyagers has axed the reviewer category for 2024, plus essay, feature topics and reporting topics). Tough times.
What’s left?
WHAT?! This was going to be my year! After getting my essay of Napier's Cyclone Gabrielle blackout published in The Spinoff my last (deludedly optimistic) words to Mad Chapman were "see you at the Voyagers"! That &uckin' SUCKS! The Sunday Essay: Napier in the Dark thespinoff.co.nz/the-sunday-e...
The Sunday Essay: Napier in the dark
On Monday morning the weather was fine. By the following Monday, the city had changed forever.
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Philip Matthews
@secondzeit.bsky.social
Journalist in Christchurch, New Zealand. Senior writer with The Press. Author of The Quiet Hero (Allen & Unwin, 2023), the story of a peaceful volunteer’s death in Ukraine. Films, books, music.
577 followers299 following80 posts