Talia ShadwellTalia Shadwell

Talia Shadwell is a Canon Award winning journalist, formerly at the Dominion Post in Wellington. She now lives and works in London.

Queenstown ‘superhost’ pockets $2.9 million a year from Airbnb guests

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As New Zealand faces pressure to cool its overheated housing market, top-earning Airbnb hosts in two of our hardest-squeezed cities are raking in million-dollar fortunes. Talia Shadwell investigates. In tourist playground Queenstown, one Airbnb host made $2.9 million in the year to October accommodating short-term stays across 19 properties, according to new figures from research … Read more

Voting from overseas: a dummies’ guide for New Zealanders

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Overseas voting for New Zealanders abroad opens today. London-based Kiwi Talia Shadwell explains how to do it – and why you should. Here are some things you can’t do in Antarctica: read Buzzfeed listicles, browse cat videos on YouTube, watch Paddy Gower on TV3. Here is something you can do: vote. This election, the 13 … Read more