Paulette Crowley Writer

28/01/2026

AuDHD – a term used to describe people who’ve been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – is on the rise, with research suggesting that up to 80% of people with ADHD can also have ASD.

I spoke with clinical neuropsychologist Louise Cowpertwait about her personal diagnosis of AuDHD.👇

20/01/2026

The other side of family harm ... child-to-parent violence. What exactly is it, who is it happening to and why, and what is being done about it?

Check out the article in this week's New Zealand Listener.

Parents of children who turn violent have nowhere to turn under a system in denial.

05/01/2026

I spent 2025 writing of lives turned upside down by rare diseases and autoimmune conditions. Here, I reflect on how we treat people with chronic illness and why they need a voice. New Zealand Listener

Many people I speak to have health conditions they have absolutely no control over.

04/02/2021

The many faces of Waiheke.

Onetangi Beach, Waiheke Island. Lil piece of paradise. On my morning walk I feel like being a character in a postcard. The beach at the end of my road – Onetangi on Waiheke Island – is my happy pla…

17/11/2020

FEELS LIKE US. Our local media is growing again, against all odds and after being abandoned by corporate media lords (finally and lucky us). Go on and do your bit to support our Kiwi media and take out a subscription. It will help keep people in jobs and keep our democracy alive and healthy. Looking around the world right now, that seems important.
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Greenshoots media is in our hands: do your bit to support our local media and pay for a subscription. It will help keep people in jobs, it will help keep our voices alive and yes, it will help us h…

27/04/2020

Latest blog from the Clueless Gardener:
"She could get me some of what I wanted but I had to wait, she told me. She would be in touch. It felt like being part of a drug deal, securing seedlings. It was all very stealth and felt like it was a big secret, even though food and gardening supplies are classified as an essential service during lockdown. Two weeks later after emailing too and fro, I had a pile of the little darlings: bamboo spinach, mustard greens and a host of other things that I couldn’t identify. I didn’t ask where they came from, I just kept mum and grateful."

My gardening days have improved since proclaiming myself as a Clueless Gardener two years ago. Since then, I have managed to grow enough greens and cherry tomatoes to modestly feed my family throug…

28/06/2018

Age is associated with a certain crabbiness, but experts say that’s underserved. Older people are simply telling it like it is and it’s our ageist society that’s the problem.

28/06/2018

Anika Moa talks about motherhood, her seventh album and a nationwide tour.

28/06/2018

Kiwi poet Sam Poet shares his latest collection and the view on life from 70.

28/06/2018

For an unlucky one in five of us, spring represents allergies and hayfever. Here’s what you can do about your symptoms.

28/06/2018

Thousands of Aucklanders are fleeing the big city to escape stress, prohibitive living costs and crazy traffic to create a slower-paced, debt-free life in the provinces. Paulette Crowley spoke to a…