New Zealand

Lawyer Melissa Goemann says implementing restorative justice practices allowed New Zealand to end the wholesale incarceration of children—and the U.S. should follow suit.

• By Arvind Dilawar

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

• By Francie Diep
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A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A man walks in the middle of a flooded waterfront on January 5th, 2018, in Auckland, New Zealand.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Children and families enjoy the houses on Franklin Road lit with Christmas lights on December 1st, 2017, in Auckland, New Zealand.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

In New Zealand, you can ask the police, thanks to a new policy designed to combat the nation's domestic violence epidemic.

• By Kate Wheeling

A study suggests that setting out bread crumbs and seeds mostly attracts invasive birds, perhaps at the expense of native species.

• By Nathan Collins

Matt Bowden (sometimes known as Starboy, an "interdimensional traveler") helped create one of the most viral outbreaks of new drugs in history. He might also have the antidote.

• By Maia Szalavitz

An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to print and digital magazine subscribers.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A 16-year-old from New Zealand might've just released the best pop album of the year. For some people, and for some reason, that's a problem.

• By Kevin Lincoln

Legislators unite for a Maori love song.

• By Marc Herman