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style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:relative"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;padding-top:60%"></span><img alt="Not Anna’s boobs, but not a bad approximation (Image: Archi Banal, Tina Tiller) " src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" decoding="async" data-nimg="responsive" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%"/><noscript><img alt="Not Anna’s boobs, but not a bad approximation (Image: Archi Banal, Tina Tiller) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/FeatureImage_Boobies_Orange.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/FeatureImage_Boobies_Orange.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/FeatureImage_Boobies_Orange.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/FeatureImage_Boobies_Orange.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/FeatureImage_Boobies_Orange.png?w=1290" decoding="async" data-nimg="responsive" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%" loading="lazy"/></noscript></span></a></div><div class="body"><a href="/society/30-11-2024/god-defend-the-breast-screeners-of-new-zealand"><h4 aria-label="God defend the breast screeners of New Zealand," class="title">God defend the breast screeners of New Zealand</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: In praise of the people who turn up in service of other people's health.,">In praise of the people who turn up in service of other people's health.</div><div style="position:relative" class="bylines-container"><div class="byline"><div class="avatar"><div class="avatar-mask"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0"><img alt="avatar" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="avatar" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover"/><noscript><img alt="avatar" sizes="110px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/Untitled-design-1.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/Untitled-design-1.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/Untitled-design-1.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/Untitled-design-1.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/Untitled-design-1.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/Untitled-design-1.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/Untitled-design-1.png?w=1290" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover" class="avatar" loading="lazy"/></noscript></span></div></div><div><div aria-label="written by Anna Rawhiti-Connell" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Anna Rawhiti-Connell<time class="date" dateTime="2024-11-30T05:15:04"> | 30th November, 2024</time></div><div aria-label="role Senior writer" class="position">Senior writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><section class="row1 false"><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post"><div class="image" aria-hidden="true"><a tabindex="-1" aria-label="Feature image description : ," href="/society/28-11-2024/help-me-hera-everything-feels-so-hopeless"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:relative"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;padding-top:60%"></span><img alt="Help Me Hera: Everything feels so hopeless" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" decoding="async" data-nimg="responsive" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%"/><noscript><img alt="Help Me Hera: Everything feels so hopeless" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/HMH_FeatureImage-16.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/HMH_FeatureImage-16.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/HMH_FeatureImage-16.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/HMH_FeatureImage-16.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/HMH_FeatureImage-16.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290" decoding="async" data-nimg="responsive" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%" loading="lazy"/></noscript></span></a></div><div class="body"><a href="/society/28-11-2024/help-me-hera-everything-feels-so-hopeless"><h4 aria-label="Help Me Hera: Everything feels so hopeless," class="title">Help Me Hera: Everything feels so hopeless</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: I work in the public service because I want to serve the public. But right now that just doesn't seem possible. ,">I work in the public service because I want to serve the public. But right now that just doesn't seem possible. </div><div style="position:relative" class="bylines-container"><div class="byline"><div class="avatar"><div class="avatar-mask"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0"><img alt="avatar" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="avatar" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover"/><noscript><img alt="avatar" sizes="110px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/GiJ-Hera-Linsay-Bird-035-modified.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/GiJ-Hera-Linsay-Bird-035-modified.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/GiJ-Hera-Linsay-Bird-035-modified.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/GiJ-Hera-Linsay-Bird-035-modified.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/GiJ-Hera-Linsay-Bird-035-modified.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/GiJ-Hera-Linsay-Bird-035-modified.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/GiJ-Hera-Linsay-Bird-035-modified.jpg?w=1290" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover" class="avatar" loading="lazy"/></noscript></span></div></div><div><div aria-label="written by Hera Lindsay Bird" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Hera Lindsay Bird<time class="date" dateTime="2024-11-28T09:00:42"> | 28th November, 2024</time></div><div aria-label="role Contributing writer" class="position">Contributing writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post"><div class="image" aria-hidden="true"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Willowbank through the ages (Photos: Supplied / Image: Tina Tiller) ," href="/society/27-11-2024/the-remarkable-story-of-willowbank-christchurchs-first-zoo"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:relative"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;padding-top:60%"></span><img alt="Willowbank through the ages (Photos: Supplied / Image: Tina Tiller) " src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" decoding="async" data-nimg="responsive" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%"/><noscript><img alt="Willowbank through the ages (Photos: Supplied / Image: Tina Tiller) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/FeatureImage_CHCHs-first-zoo.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/FeatureImage_CHCHs-first-zoo.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/FeatureImage_CHCHs-first-zoo.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/FeatureImage_CHCHs-first-zoo.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/FeatureImage_CHCHs-first-zoo.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290" decoding="async" data-nimg="responsive" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%" loading="lazy"/></noscript></span></a></div><div class="body"><a href="/society/27-11-2024/the-remarkable-story-of-willowbank-christchurchs-first-zoo"><h4 aria-label="The remarkable story of Willowbank, Christchurch’s first zoo," class="title">The remarkable story of Willowbank, Christchurch’s first zoo</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: 'There would be a monkey in the laundry, a camel in the front yard ... When you look back at it now, it was pretty incredible.',">'There would be a monkey in the laundry, a camel in the front yard ... When you look back at it now, it was pretty incredible.'</div><div style="position:relative" class="bylines-container"><div class="byline"><div class="avatar"><div class="avatar-mask"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0"><img alt="avatar" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="avatar" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover"/><noscript><img alt="avatar" sizes="110px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/lxkc.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/lxkc.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/lxkc.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/lxkc.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/lxkc.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/lxkc.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/lxkc.jpg?w=1290" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover" class="avatar" loading="lazy"/></noscript></span></div></div><div><div aria-label="written by Alex Casey" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Alex Casey<time class="date" dateTime="2024-11-27T10:30:14"> | 27th November, 2024</time></div><div aria-label="role Senior writer" class="position">Senior writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></section><section class="row2 false"><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post"><div class="image" aria-hidden="true"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Wellington Airport, the central setting in a political melodrama. Image: Tina Tiller ," href="/politics/27-11-2024/privatisation-lost-how-the-wellington-airport-saga-split-the-left"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:relative"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;padding-top:60%"></span><img alt="Wellington Airport, the central setting in a political melodrama. Image: Tina Tiller " src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" decoding="async" data-nimg="responsive" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%"/><noscript><img alt="Wellington Airport, the central setting in a political melodrama. Image: Tina Tiller " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/FeatureImage_WellingtonAirport-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/FeatureImage_WellingtonAirport-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/FeatureImage_WellingtonAirport-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/FeatureImage_WellingtonAirport-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/FeatureImage_WellingtonAirport-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290" decoding="async" data-nimg="responsive" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%" loading="lazy"/></noscript></span></a></div><div class="body"><a href="/politics/27-11-2024/privatisation-lost-how-the-wellington-airport-saga-split-the-left"><h4 aria-label="Privatisation lost: How the Wellington Airport saga split the left," class="title">Privatisation lost: How the Wellington Airport saga split the left</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: In the first instalment of a three-part series, Oliver Neas investigates the dramatic showdown between councillors and activists over Wellington Airport.,">In the first instalment of a three-part series, Oliver Neas investigates the dramatic showdown between councillors and activists over Wellington Airport.</div><div style="position:relative" class="bylines-container"><div class="byline"><div class="avatar"><div class="avatar-mask"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0"><img alt="avatar" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="avatar" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover"/><noscript><img alt="avatar" sizes="110px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-10-at-12.17.55-PM.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-10-at-12.17.55-PM.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-10-at-12.17.55-PM.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-10-at-12.17.55-PM.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-10-at-12.17.55-PM.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-10-at-12.17.55-PM.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-10-at-12.17.55-PM.png?w=1290" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover" class="avatar" loading="lazy"/></noscript></span></div></div><div><div aria-label="written by Oliver Neas" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Oliver Neas<time class="date" dateTime="2024-11-27T05:00:05"> | 27th November, 2024</time></div><div aria-label="role Contributing writer" class="position">Contributing writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post"><div class="image" aria-hidden="true"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Nikki Kaye at her swearing in ceremony in 2013. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images) ," href="/politics/26-11-2024/the-indomitable-nikki-kaye"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:relative"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;padding-top:60%"></span><img alt="Nikki Kaye at her swearing in ceremony in 2013. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images) " src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" decoding="async" data-nimg="responsive" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%"/><noscript><img alt="Nikki Kaye at her swearing in ceremony in 2013. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/GettyImages-160394259-1.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/GettyImages-160394259-1.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/GettyImages-160394259-1.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/GettyImages-160394259-1.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/GettyImages-160394259-1.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1290" decoding="async" data-nimg="responsive" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%" loading="lazy"/></noscript></span></a></div><div class="body"><a href="/politics/26-11-2024/the-indomitable-nikki-kaye"><h4 aria-label="The indomitable Nikki Kaye," class="title">The indomitable Nikki Kaye</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The former minister and Auckland Central dynamo has died aged 44.,">The former minister and Auckland Central dynamo has died aged 44.</div><div style="position:relative" class="bylines-container"><div class="byline"><div class="avatar"><div class="avatar-mask"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0"><img alt="avatar" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="avatar" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover"/><noscript><img alt="avatar" sizes="110px" 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