The aftershocks keep coming in gripping new psychological …
Apr 12, 2024 · Set in small town Kaikōura, Three’s sharp new local drama follows two best friends and a surrogacy pact that goes wrong. This is an excerpt from our weekly pop culture newsletter Rec Room.
The rise and fall of New Zealand’s largest water park
Dec 31, 2021 · Summer read: How Waiwera Hot Pools went from New Zealand’s most visited water park to dereliction and decay. First published on January 23, 2021.
The principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, explained
Feb 3, 2024 · The justice ministry warned that Act’s principles are “not supported by either the spirit of the Treaty or the text of the Treaty”, and Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said ...
Meet the cast of Married at First Sight NZ for 2024
May 5, 2024 · Jo Robertson and John Aiken (Photo: Three) Aiken is joined by Jo Robertson, a relationship and sex therapist with expertise in female sexuality and relationship crises. Together, they’ll ...
‘Everything is becoming a culture war’: Jon Ronson on conspiracies …
Nov 21, 2024 · The (first) Trump presidency also brought shadowy figures and beliefs into the mainstream. Ronson recalls with astonishment a moment during the 2016 US presidential campaign when a news broadcast ...
The Spinoff’s best NZ books of 2024
Dec 10, 2024 · Best New Zealand novels for adults published in 2024. Adult Nonfiction. Bad Archive by Flora Feltham (Te Herenga Waka University Press). This is a masterclass in the personal essay, weaving the ...
The top 100 NZ TV shows of the 21st Century (20-1)
Oct 25, 2024 · Welcome to The Top 100, a week-long celebration of the most significant local television of the last quarter century. Every day, we will count down 20 iconic shows, and explain why they deserve a ...
The top 100 NZ TV shows of the 21st Century (100-81)
Oct 21, 2024 · Welcome to The Top 100, a week-long celebration of the most significant local television shows of the last quarter century. Every day, The Spinoff writers and a panel of experts will count down 20 ...
How will the select committee process on the Treaty principles bill ...
Nov 28, 2024 · Everything we know about how to submit, when hearings will be held, and the rest. What stage is the bill at now? It was voted for by all three parties of government at first reading on November 14 ...
Not guilty: At the end of the Polkinghorne trial, what have we …
Sep 23, 2024 · The eight-week media circus of the Philip Polkinghorne trial ends with a not guilty verdict. Lyric Waiwiri-Smith reports from the High Court. After eight weeks, the verdict comes in just past 2pm ...