Comment Time for sympathy for smokers The blunt instrument of shaming and shunning smokers won’t get us to smokefree by 2025. Let’s try something different, writes Anna Connell. Apr 08 2019 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Comment On love, prejudice & difference Moved by Imam Gamal Fouda’s speech on love in Christchurch, Anna Rawhiti-Connell writes on her own redemption through love, and her revelations about prejudice and difference. Mar 25 2019 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Comment Shedding my Catholic guilt Anna Rawhiti-Connell grapples with her history as part of an church currently cloaked in guilt - and which remains in denial. Mar 15 2019 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Best of the Week Capital gains tax - should we care? Anna Connell does some rigorous soul-searching about why she thinks the CGT is past its political use-by date. Feb 25 2019 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Comment Anna Connell: More than one way of seeing Aotearoa Enough will never be enough if we continue to solely understand this country through the singular lens of Pākehā beliefs, writes Anna Connell. Sep 17 2018 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Best of the Week Art can teach technology a lesson Anna Connell talks to an innovator who thinks a pause in digital technology advances for five or 10 years might be a good thing. May 28 2018 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Comment A lasting message from Foley Anna Connell always thought animals were an indulgent substitute for children. Now she knows otherwise. May 14 2018 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Comment Third time lucky in Hamilton Anna Connell finds the city she grew up in has now grown on her. May 02 2018 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Comment No exclusion clauses on hate When will New Zealand’s sporting bodies wake up and realise the world has changed? Anna Connell on sports, politics and religion. Apr 16 2018 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Comment When ‘open government’ becomes a joke ‘We were treated to a master class in journalistic integrity, impartiality and professional dignity on a story sending shockwaves right outside the studio doors’. Apr 02 2018 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Comment Media philanthropy - the way forward? Opinion: If we are being asked to open our wallets for news, we must first understand and value what we’re paying for. Mar 19 2018 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Comment Women’s Day is a day of shame and anger International Women’s Day is now just the time of year when surveys and research get released showing us nothing has changed, writes Anna Connell Mar 08 2018 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Comment Facebook - the landlord upping the rent Anna Connell discusses her relationship with the “almighty and powerful digital marketing machine” that is Facebook. Mar 07 2018 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Best of the Week NZ leaders and businesses: Time’s up Anna Connell warns NZ business leaders that organisations need to re-think their meaningless sexual harassment policies. Feb 19 2018 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Comment Kate, Meghan and false proximity It’s been a big week for New Zealanders with intimate connections to celebrities, with Kate Hawkesby sharing her intimate knowledge of Meghan Markle, Feb 02 2018 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Comment Ardern a symbol of generational clash What once would have been regarded as ‘feminine traits’ and ‘signs of weakness’ are now part of the winning hand Ardern and other women have to play, writes Anna Connell. Jan 22 2018 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Comment Some of 2017’s best and worst Anna Connell rounds up the best - and worst - of this year’s media trends, political communicators, and technologies. Plus a few predictions. Dec 18 2017 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Comment Weinstein problem in NZ? Who’s to know The decision to come forward is incredibly brave, particularly in a country where there are only two degrees of separation. Dec 11 2017 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Newsroom Anna Connell: Overcoming our Artificial fears If you asked people about Artificial Intelligence, most, if they had an idea of what it was, would likely respond with concerns about the rise of the robots, job losses, sentient machine armies, privacy and transparency. You only need to look at the... Nov 20 2017 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Arts Anna Connell: Why I’m a patron of the arts ‘The good and the great’ help to keep NZ’s arts scene going - but what will happen when they’re gone? Nov 06 2017 Anna Rawhiti-Connell
