Sarah CatherallSarah Catherall

Sarah Catherall is a Wellington freelance journalist who is studying an MA in creative non-fiction at the Institute of International Modern Letters in Wellington.

Remembering and forgetting

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Sarah Catherall’s mother has suffered from Alzheimer’s for 14 years; it’s been four years since she last recognised her family. Would she want to keep living this way? Mum sleeps with her eyes wide open, snoring. Lying back in her floral patterned bed in the rest home, her grey-blue eyes stare blankly upwards. Her bed … Read more

Yeah Mum, I know: The tricky business of talking to teens about sex

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Parents are increasingly being encouraged to talk to their kids about sex, and the unrealistic expectations created by porn. But how much information is too much? I’m walking with my daughters around glistening Lake Hayes during the school holidays. One is 20 and in a relationship. The other is 17 and single. We’re talking about … Read more