{"id":2,"date":"2021-06-28T05:48:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T05:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taliskersh.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:53:19","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taliskersh.com\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">My name is Talisker Scott Hunter. I am a freelance journalist and illustrator. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">As a features writer, I\u2019ve covered a range of stories for publications across two continents. I went undercover to report on bomb disposal in Laos for <em>The Diplomat<\/em>, combed New Zealand\u2019s national archives for signs of shipwrecked gold for <em>The Spinoff<\/em>, and followed elephant hunters for <em>The Japan Times<\/em>. My interviews and profiles include internationally recognised musical artists Natasha Bedingfield, P-Money, and Phibes, as well as passionate NGO leaders, sportspeople, activists, and educators. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">In 2021, I was awarded Best Culture and Lifestyle Writer by the Aotearoa Student Press Association for work in my university magazine. I am also a regular contributor to the <em>Aotearoa Tukutuku K\u014drero<\/em>, where I cover education stories related to climate change, youth work, and indigenous M\u0101ori kaupapa.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">For the last year, I have been travelling and filling sketchbooks. See samples of my artwork on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/taliskersh\/\">Instagram. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Contact me via email: taliskersh@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Talisker Scott Hunter. I am a freelance journalist and illustrator. As a features writer, I\u2019ve covered a range of stories for publications across two continents. I went undercover to report on bomb disposal in Laos for The Diplomat, combed New Zealand\u2019s national archives for signs of shipwrecked gold for The Spinoff, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":790,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taliskersh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taliskersh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taliskersh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taliskersh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taliskersh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":76,"href":"https:\/\/taliskersh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"https:\/\/taliskersh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taliskersh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taliskersh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}