Jugger – feature article – NZ Herald – by Michael Botur
It’s a curious sport: a group of young people chasing after a foam dog skull and whacking each other with augmented pool noodles while someone drums…
Feature – NZ Herald article – Inside the world of private investigators: Catching poachers and solving crimes by Michael Botur
Michael Botur talks to private investigators to find out what it takes to become a Kiwi Magnum PI. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/inside-the-world-of-private-investigators-catching-poachers-and-solving-crimes/V3YVG77ZPFF6FEHTLT4YGJWRXA/
Feature article – On The Up: Ngāwhā Springs – once a few muddy hot pools, now a $4.3m Northland tourist attraction – by Michael Botur
For hundreds of years, Ngāpuhi bathed in the mineral-rich hot water bubbling from Ngāwhā Springs, renowned for their healing and restorative powers. Michael Botur drops by…
Feature article – Living with motor neurone disease: The Kiwis making the most of every day – by Michael Botur
It’s a diagnosis that no one wants to hear, one from which there is no escape. Michael Botur meets Kiwis living with incurable motor neurone disease…
Hiking Cape Brett: Tackling Northland’s notorious tramp
When you’ve committed to tackling that great Northland bucket list hike, you can expect ups and downs, both literally and emotionally, writes Michael Botur. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/hiking-cape-brett-tackling-northlands-notorious-tramp/4XI47QPIOJGKPGCMX7W52HA4KM/
Recent NZ Herald journalism – 2025
Michael Botur visits small Northland towns doing it tough and finds locals are determined to make the best of it. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/down-but-not-out-how-northland-locals-survive-the-cost-of-living-crisis/LYOXOQR4M5C4FK7GURIQ5JD5ME/
Opinion: Crowdfunding platform Boosted takes 10% of every artist’s donations, sits on $7.7m equity and gives little back to artists. Here are ten ways Boosted could do way better
Boosted is part of the NZ Arts Foundation, which sits on over $7m of money, yet it takes $140,000 from crowdfunding campaigns each year and gives…
2024: Communications projects I’ve been helping people with
2024 so far has been another year of helping businesses and individuals with communications and storytelling. Here are some of the projects KiwiWords has been helping…
2023 in summary – Communications, content and copywriting I helped my team work on
Across 2022 and 2023, I got deep into the mines with FCB Group Australia / New Zealand, employed to work full time remotely from Whangarei, Northland NZ.…
Available again to write for YOU
Kia ora, I am available again to write for people like you. Let’s work together to create amazing: Hope we can talk soon – same Bat-time,…
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