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Madeleine Crutchley

Madeleine Crutchley is a writer, journalist and creative based in her hometown of Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. She has covered arts, music, fashion, food and culture for Viva, The New Zealand Herald, Metro, The Pantograph Punch and more. 

Recent Articles

Metro — A QUIET STORM — How Iris G mixes mantra with music

Making her TV debut on Breakfast in June, Tāmaki Makaurau-based R&B artist Iris G performs her unreleased track “STORM”. The song is soft, sensual and intense. Perched on a wooden stool, she picks at her electric guitar with casual confidence. She appears to be a seasoned professional. She’s cheeky and cool and oh-so-secure in her earnest vulnerability. Even at the early age of 22, Iris has travelled a long road to make this premiere, carrying a much heavier load than her breezy performance mig...
Pantograph Punch •

Hybrid Rose's Hyperpop Fantasy

It’s not often that Sharpay Evans, Redfoo, Paris Dupree, Frida Kahlo and Paris Hilton are imagined within the same realm. Te Whanganui-a-Tara-based artist Hybrid Rose manages to bring together these figures with style on her new album HyperKunt,materialising her own unique, hyperpop vision. With no compromises on a sense of fun, she succeeds in creating an intensely danceable, hot new sound.The portmanteau title HyperKunt, Rose explains, encapsulates the genre, influences and tone of the album i...
NZ Herald •

How secondhand store co-founder Rose Hope transforms landfill-destined garments into customer-ready clothing

Rose Hope, co-founder of the Karangahape Rd boutique, has spent the week searching for pieces that suit the brief. Like many of her sourcing sessions from the last 13 years, it’s been a gruelling hunt. Each time it seems to take longer and longer.“We’re not super passionate about adding more potential waste into the country. Especially because we’re seeing such a quick turnaround with trends and people just disposing of everything... I suppose I don’t trust that imported stuff will stay circulat...
NZ Herald •

Road to the runway: Designer Caitlin Snell is ready to take a bow

The embellishment has been clipped into hairstylings everywhere from the stage at Spark Arena, where American singer-songwriter Wallice donned two cream satin bows with braids, to the crowds at Kahuria: New Zealand Fashion Week 2023. Stockists from Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland to Ōtautahi Christchurch have integrated the bows into their offerings (perhaps urged on by a corresponding global surge in popularity).“I want to find the joy in the craft again because I have been making hundreds and hundred...
NZ Herald •

This new NZ-made film slices and dices at harmful beauty standards

The genre has also been a fruitful launching pad for plenty of stars throughout Hollywood history. Jenna Ortega was a Scream queen long before playing Wednesday Addams. Anya Taylor Joy caught critics’ eyes for her role in The Witch. Maika Monroe had her breakthrough in It Follows (she’s also the lead in Longlegs, which is in New Zealand theatres right now).“Lee Murray, the writer I worked with, she seemed to think it wasn’t a coincidence that a lot of women were directing horrors. It seems to be...
NZ Herald •

Viva Street Style: On World Climbing Day boulderers look to balance function and swagger

It’s also a sport where participants are invested in a sense of showmanship. Climbers will watch each other as they scale the walls, hoping to pick up tips on the techniques for a successful finish. This friendly exchange can encourage outfits that flaunt an awareness, with loud graphics plastered across the backs of T-shirts and investments into pieces that flow and bounce with dynamic movements.

It’s also a sport where participants are invested in a sense of showmanship. Climbers will watch e...

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