Nik Dirga

In Level 4 2020, it was all about Tiger King and Schitt's Creek. Now, we're all here for Ted Lasso and The White Lotus. Nik Dirga takes us through 10 streaming picks to beat the lockdown blues.

Opinion - Two conflicting statements: 'I can't believe this is happening' and 'I knew this would happen' are being repeated as Washington DC collapses into violence and anarchy, Nik Dirga writes.

A highly unscientific poll of American friends asking them for one word to sum up their feelings heading into US election day resulted in words like "terror", "nauseous" and "despair", writes Nik…

Opinion - With the quick, hypocritical confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court, there's little justice to be found, writes Nik Dirga.

New Zealand has got on top of Covid-19, ensuring a sense of normality, but for Americans like Nik Dirga it seems indecent to celebrate in the face of the stresses piling up in the US.

Opinion - For a brief time last night, a mostly empty church in Wellington felt like a beacon of light, with two artists broadcasting creativity and comfort around the world, writes Nik Dirga.

The Pop-Up Globe will make its final curtain call in Auckland next month after five seasons and, as Nik Dirga writes, parting is such sweet sorrow.

The Bird of the Year competition has flown the coop for another year, but the country's birds require attention all year round writes Nik Dirga, who volunteers at an Auckland bird centre.

First Person - Blood clots kill tens of thousands of people worldwide every year. With World Thrombosis Day this weekend, Nik Dirga writes of his brush with death.

A lack of movement on gun control in the face of hundreds of mass shootings in the US is maddening, but nothing will change, writes Nik Dirga, an American journalist living in New Zealand.

Review: Like the kids in Stranger Things, Nik Dirga was a gawky American 13-year-old in the summer of 1985, and writes that the hit Netflix show gets an awful lot of the era right. Video