Isaac Taylor

The Sony World Photography Awards have announced the 30 finalists and 65 shortlisted photographers for the 2026 Professional competition, and we're privileged to share some of them here with you today.

Bogan grunge is back and arguably never left if you grew up out west like I did. Thanks to a collaboration between Californian fashion label Brixton

Evs, see them on the road and they look and drive just like the cars you're used to. But once you open the bonnet, or even the driver's door, it becomes quickly obvious they're very different beasts indeed.

For more than a decade, Ed Harvey has been building towards a moment exactly like this one.

Petrol is now over $3 a litre. That's only happened a handful of times in living memory, and each time it does, the same conversation starts up again: how do we stop being so dependent on the stuff?

Greg Murphy is one of the most approachable motorsport superstars. The four-time Bathurst winner is a similar age to me; I saw him at the Nissan Mobil 500 Wellington street race back in the 90s.

The firm dismissed concerns surrounding private-credit fund redemption requests and artificial intelligence disruption.

Isaac Taylor, Nicholas G. Miller Ares Management reported higher revenue and said it achieved record first-quarter fundraising.

Venture-debt firms are expanding beyond their software industry core into a wider range of sectors and businesses.

There was a time when raves were exclusively a night time activity, preferably on a Friday night. But who says fun should be relegated to after work. Why not start the day right and get energised for the rest of what the workday has to bring with a Morning Rave hosted by Sweaty Betty. The crew at Sweaty Betty saw this concept taking off overseas and wanted to offer kiwis another way of working out in the early morning. Personally I'm a fan. If I'm gonna do some cardio I'd rather be doing it to some DnB.