Stipe is Jesus. Shannon is Moses.

I flew 8,000 miles to see the R.E.M. cover band

Mar 12 • Dan Keane

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February 2026

I Met an American Who's Moving Back

On the limits of soft power, and letting go the mechanical bull

Feb 18 • Dan Keane

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'Streets of Minneapolis' Makes Me Miss 9/11

Not the attacks, the afterglow. The Rising is a bad album but I'd rather live there

Feb 1 • Dan Keane

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December 2025

Next Year I Will Teach From a Clay Jar

New workshops from your correspondent in fairyland

Dec 18, 2025 • Dan Keane

35

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Calling Whanganui

We danced with the ghost of a whale

Dec 3, 2025 • Dan Keane

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November 2025

Eat, Emote, and Not Be England

Do Kiwis have a Thanksgiving?

Nov 26, 2025 • Dan Keane

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October 2025

Don't Buy an Axe

You can map a nation's borders by the jokes that don't land

Oct 30, 2025 • Dan Keane

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We Were Guaranteed a Haka

Anyone ever shout how much they love you, Gerry?

Oct 16, 2025 • Dan Keane

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September 2025

No Country for Half-Size Sneakers

Disposable cool on consumerism's farthest shore

Sep 25, 2025 • Dan Keane

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Is New Zealand Better, or Just Behind?

What timeline are we in?

Sep 18, 2025 • Dan Keane

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Bad Dads with a Gun

Breaking the myths that got us here

Sep 11, 2025 • Dan Keane

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Expat Life is a Hell of a Drug

An immigrant dad gets clean

Sep 4, 2025 • Dan Keane

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