Santiago Bonhomme
Writer & Journalist
Santiago Bonhomme is a Chilean writer and journalist based in Queenstown for several years. He has contributed to Lakes Weekly Bulletin and Otago Daily Times, and his literary work has received awards in both Chile and New Zealand.
Local Voices
What If We Woke Up Without Them?
Starting with an old film and a campaign billboard, Santiago Bonhomme asks what New Zealand would look like if the immigrants who live, work and raise families here disappeared overnight.
Local Voices
Being a Father Without a Father
On his first Father’s Day without his father, Santiago Bonhomme reflects on absence, memory, inheritance, and the kind of father he hopes to be for his own children.
Arts & Culture
The Man in Front of the Piano
From The Piano and Sleeping Dogs to Jurassic Park and Central Otago, Santiago Bonhomme reflects on Sam Neill, New Zealand cinema, and the actor whose work connected two generations in his own home.
Local Voices
The Shape of Water
A cancelled school day, a night of flooding, and a question for Queenstown: when the water comes down, what does it reveal about the town we have built?
Local Voices
The New Rebellion Is to Disappear
We live surrounded by landscapes that seem to demand to be photographed. But what happens when we stop documenting the moment long enough to actually live it?
Local Voices
Queenstown, a Home with an Expiry Date
What happens when a temporary place becomes home, but your right to stay still has an end date?