With our mental health system under enormous pressure, Sara Boult hails art therapy as the understated hero for mental health wellness. By Sara Boult. Photos by Sarah Watkins.

Practising artist and Massey University Wellington lecturer Richard Reddaway has spent a good part of his life making wondrous things, usually by himself or with adult students. Now he’s working with kids to help with his latest show. By Simon Burt. Photos by Lucia Zanmonti

Miss Maude, purveyor of fine fabrics, haberdashery and patterns, has set up shop in the old Oddfellows Hall in Greytown and is reviving the (almost) lost art of sewing your own clothes.

A history of a museum is visible through its collection, and these five works alone – among the 4,000 in the museum’s care – speak volumes.