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pursuit of 'fairness' for the US, the president could send his country into recession – and throw New Zealand's hoped-for recovery into reverse. ,">In pursuit of 'fairness' for the US, the president could send his country into recession – and throw New Zealand's hoped-for recovery into reverse. </div><div 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" 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"><span class="pre-text">By </span>Catherine McGregor<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-14T07:22:15"> | 14th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Contributing writer" class="position">Contributing writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post" data-parsely-slot="homepage-concertina-2"><div class="body"><a href="/politics/14-03-2025/i-dont-think-hes-a-nice-person-whanau-hits-back-at-luxons-lame-o-comment"><h4 class="title" aria-label="‘I don’t think he’s a nice person’: Whanau hits back at Luxon’s ‘lame-o’ comment,">‘I don’t think he’s a nice person’: Whanau hits back at Luxon’s ‘lame-o’ comment</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The Wellington mayor is sick of being the government's punching bag.,">The Wellington mayor is sick of being the government's punching bag.</div><div 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/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.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 Joel MacManus" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Joel MacManus<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-14T05:00:56"> | 14th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Wellington editor" class="position">Wellington editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post" data-parsely-slot="homepage-concertina-3"><div class="body"><a href="/politics/14-03-2025/schools-in-limbo-after-removal-of-relationship-and-sexuality-guidelines"><h4 class="title" aria-label="Schools ‘in limbo’ after removal of relationship and sexuality guidelines,">Schools ‘in limbo’ after removal of relationship and sexuality guidelines</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Ditching the 'woke' guidelines was in the NZ First coalition agreement. Now they're gone, and there's not even a draft replacement.,">Ditching the 'woke' guidelines was in the NZ First coalition agreement. Now they're gone, and there's not even a draft replacement.</div><div 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="2025-03-14T05:00:22"> | 14th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Senior writer" class="position">Senior writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></section><section class="false flexCol3 slider"><section class="block ad" id="header-ad-section-mobile"><div 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popular"><div></div></div><span class=""></span></aside></section></section></div><section class="block newsletter-alternate"><div class="container newsletter-alternate"><div class="layout-newsletter-alternate"><article class="brightblue card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-1"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Jodee Mundy live translating a part of an interview with her deaf parents. (Photo: Supplied). ," href="/pop-culture/13-03-2025/what-its-like-to-be-a-hearing-child-of-deaf-parents"><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="Jodee Mundy live translating a part of an interview with her deaf parents. (Photo: Supplied). " 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="Jodee Mundy live translating a part of an interview with her deaf parents. (Photo: Supplied). " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-17.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-17.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-17.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-17.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-17.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="/pop-culture/13-03-2025/what-its-like-to-be-a-hearing-child-of-deaf-parents"><h4 aria-label="What it’s like to be a hearing child of deaf parents," class="title">What it’s like to be a hearing child of deaf parents</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Jodee Mundy knew her mother was deaf, she just hadn’t realised it meant she couldn’t hear.,">Jodee Mundy knew her mother was deaf, she just hadn’t realised it meant she couldn’t hear.</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/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.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 Gabi Lardies" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Gabi Lardies<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-13T14:02:48"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Staff writer" class="position">Staff writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="white card post" data-tags="opinion" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-2"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Elizabeth Rata. (Photo: Supplied; additional design The Spinoff) ," href="/atea/13-03-2025/lost-in-translation-the-real-cost-of-a-knowledge-rich-curriculum"><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="Elizabeth Rata. (Photo: Supplied; additional design The Spinoff) " 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="Elizabeth Rata. (Photo: Supplied; additional design The Spinoff) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-60.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-60.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-60.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-60.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-60.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="/atea/13-03-2025/lost-in-translation-the-real-cost-of-a-knowledge-rich-curriculum"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="Lost in translation: The real cost of a ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum," class="title">Lost in translation: The real cost of a ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Is it about education, or erasing inconvenient truths?,">Is it about education, or erasing inconvenient truths?</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/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.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 Vincent Olsen-Reeder" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Vincent Olsen-Reeder<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-13T12:03:17"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="red card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-3"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Chlöe Swarbrick and Winston Peters traded barbs over Palestine and the word ‘Aotearoa’ (Image: Joel MacManus) ," href="/politics/13-03-2025/echo-chamber-whos-in-charge-and-what-country-is-this"><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="Chlöe Swarbrick and Winston Peters traded barbs over Palestine and the word ‘Aotearoa’ (Image: Joel MacManus) " 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="Chlöe Swarbrick and Winston Peters traded barbs over Palestine and the word ‘Aotearoa’ (Image: Joel MacManus) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Echo-Chamber_FeatureImage.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Echo-Chamber_FeatureImage.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Echo-Chamber_FeatureImage.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Echo-Chamber_FeatureImage.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Echo-Chamber_FeatureImage.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/13-03-2025/echo-chamber-whos-in-charge-and-what-country-is-this"><h4 aria-label="Echo Chamber: Who’s in charge? And what country is this?," class="title">Echo Chamber: Who’s in charge? And what country is this?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: With several key players away, parliament's B team put on a confusing and unorganised performance at Wednesday's question time.,">With several key players away, parliament's B team put on a confusing and unorganised performance at Wednesday's question time.</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/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.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 Joel MacManus" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Joel MacManus<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-13T10:30:28"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Wellington editor" class="position">Wellington editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="acidgreen card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-4"><div class="image"><a tabindex="-1" aria-label="Feature image description : ," href="/society/13-03-2025/help-me-hera-how-do-i-relax-after-an-ugly-divorce"><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: How do I relax after an ugly divorce?" 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: How do I relax after an ugly divorce?" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/HMH_FeatureImage-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/HMH_FeatureImage-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/HMH_FeatureImage-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/HMH_FeatureImage-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/HMH_FeatureImage-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="/society/13-03-2025/help-me-hera-how-do-i-relax-after-an-ugly-divorce"><h4 aria-label="Help Me Hera: How do I relax after an ugly divorce?," class="title">Help Me Hera: How do I relax after an ugly divorce?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: I've met someone new, but I'm haunted by the ghost of my last relationship.,">I've met someone new, but I'm haunted by the ghost of my last relationship.</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="2025-03-13T09:00:25"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Contributing writer" class="position">Contributing writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></div></section><section class="block ad" id="sub-header-ad-section"><div class="container ad"><div id="" style="display:none" class="ad ad-sub-header"></div></div></section><div class="flexPatchworkWrapper pwork"><section class="flexPatchwork pwork"><section class="bigblock flexFeature false"><article class="card post" data-parsely-slot="patchwork-big-feature"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Getty Images ," href="/the-bulletin/13-03-2025/government-sets-out-its-wares-for-global-infrastructure-investors"><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="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="Getty Images " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Bulletin-130325.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Bulletin-130325.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Bulletin-130325.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Bulletin-130325.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Bulletin-130325.jpg?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="/the-bulletin/13-03-2025/government-sets-out-its-wares-for-global-infrastructure-investors"><h4 aria-label="Government sets out its wares for global infrastructure investors," class="title">Government sets out its wares for global infrastructure investors</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: A two-day summit aimed at wooing some of the world's most powerful financial institutions kicks off in Auckland today. ,">A two-day summit aimed at wooing some of the world's most powerful financial institutions kicks off in Auckland today. </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/1/2019/02/CATHERINE_MCGREGOR_square.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/02/CATHERINE_MCGREGOR_square.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/02/CATHERINE_MCGREGOR_square.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/02/CATHERINE_MCGREGOR_square.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/02/CATHERINE_MCGREGOR_square.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/02/CATHERINE_MCGREGOR_square.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/02/CATHERINE_MCGREGOR_square.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 Catherine McGregor" class="name b"><span class="pre-text">By </span>Catherine McGregor<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-13T07:25:27"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Contributing writer" class="position">Contributing writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post" data-parsely-slot="patchwork-item-1"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Winston Peters and Marco Rubio are scheduled to meet in Washington next week. Photos: Getty Images ," href="/politics/13-03-2025/who-is-marco-rubio-and-what-can-winston-peters-expect-from-their-dc-meeting"><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="Winston Peters and Marco Rubio are scheduled to meet in Washington next week. Photos: 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="Winston Peters and Marco Rubio are scheduled to meet in Washington next week. Photos: Getty Images " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-12-141556.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-12-141556.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-12-141556.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-12-141556.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-12-141556.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/13-03-2025/who-is-marco-rubio-and-what-can-winston-peters-expect-from-their-dc-meeting"><h4 aria-label="Who is Marco Rubio and what can Winston Peters expect from their DC meeting?," class="title">Who is Marco Rubio and what can Winston Peters expect from their DC meeting?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The man Trump used to mock is now driving his America First foreign policy (and locking horns with Elon Musk). ,">The man Trump used to mock is now driving his America First foreign policy (and locking horns with Elon Musk). </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/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.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 Toby Manhire" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Toby Manhire<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-13T06:53:30"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post" data-parsely-slot="patchwork-item-2"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Chris Luxon hopes his Infrastructure Investment Summit will help attract a much needed capital injection. (Design: Liam Rātana) ," href="/atea/13-03-2025/iwi-investors-enter-infrastructure-summit-with-eyes-wide-open"><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="Chris Luxon hopes his Infrastructure Investment Summit will help attract a much needed capital injection. (Design: Liam Rātana) " 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="Chris Luxon hopes his Infrastructure Investment Summit will help attract a much needed capital injection. (Design: Liam Rātana) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.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="/atea/13-03-2025/iwi-investors-enter-infrastructure-summit-with-eyes-wide-open"><h4 aria-label="Iwi investors enter infrastructure summit with ‘eyes wide open’," class="title">Iwi investors enter infrastructure summit with ‘eyes wide open’</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Will Māori investors be treated as genuine investment partners, or simply stakeholders with interests to be managed?,">Will Māori investors be treated as genuine investment partners, or simply stakeholders with interests to be managed?</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/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.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 Liam Rātana" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Liam Rātana<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-13T05:00:40"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post" data-parsely-slot="patchwork-item-3"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Nafanua Purcell Kersel’s life in books ," href="/books/12-03-2025/its-such-a-gift-to-read-something-out-loud-nafanua-percell-kersels-life-in-books"><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="Nafanua Purcell Kersel’s life in books " 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="Nafanua Purcell Kersel’s life in books " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BooksConfessional_Nafanua-Percell-Kersel.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BooksConfessional_Nafanua-Percell-Kersel.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BooksConfessional_Nafanua-Percell-Kersel.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BooksConfessional_Nafanua-Percell-Kersel.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BooksConfessional_Nafanua-Percell-Kersel.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="/books/12-03-2025/its-such-a-gift-to-read-something-out-loud-nafanua-percell-kersels-life-in-books"><h4 aria-label="‘It’s such a gift to read something out loud’: Nafanua Purcell Kersel’s life in books," class="title">‘It’s such a gift to read something out loud’: Nafanua Purcell Kersel’s life in books</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The author of new poetry collection Black Sugarcane on the best and worst things she's read, the call of the waiting room coffee table and more.,">The author of new poetry collection Black Sugarcane on the best and worst things she's read, the call of the waiting room coffee table and more.</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/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.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 The Spinoff Review of Books" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>The Spinoff Review of Books<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-12T14:00:22"> | 12th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post" data-parsely-slot="patchwork-item-4"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Just a handful of the authors coming to Auckland Writers Festival in May 2025. ," href="/books/12-03-2025/look-whos-coming-to-auckland-writers-festival-2025"><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="Just a handful of the authors coming to Auckland Writers Festival in May 2025. " 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="Just a handful of the authors coming to Auckland Writers Festival in May 2025. " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/feat-image-AWF25-top-picks.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/feat-image-AWF25-top-picks.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/feat-image-AWF25-top-picks.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/feat-image-AWF25-top-picks.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/feat-image-AWF25-top-picks.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="/books/12-03-2025/look-whos-coming-to-auckland-writers-festival-2025"><h4 aria-label="Look who’s coming to Auckland Writers Festival 2025," class="title">Look who’s coming to Auckland Writers Festival 2025</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Our picks for this year's most unmissable sessions. ,">Our picks for this year's most unmissable sessions. </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/clairemabey2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.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 Claire Mabey" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Claire Mabey<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-12T12:00:53"> | 12th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post" data-parsely-slot="patchwork-item-5"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Lame-oism is not just confined to the Wellington council offices. ," href="/politics/12-03-2025/echo-chamber-christopher-luxon-and-the-merry-gang-of-frickin-lame-os"><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="Lame-oism is not just confined to the Wellington council offices. " 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="Lame-oism is not just confined to the Wellington council offices. " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/9.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/9.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/9.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/9.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/9.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/12-03-2025/echo-chamber-christopher-luxon-and-the-merry-gang-of-frickin-lame-os"><h4 aria-label="Echo Chamber: Christopher Luxon and the merry gang of frickin’ lame-os," class="title">Echo Chamber: Christopher Luxon and the merry gang of frickin’ lame-os</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Christopher Luxon need only look around the House to see the lame-o ailment is not limited to local democracy.,">Christopher Luxon need only look around the House to see the lame-o ailment is not limited to local democracy.</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/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.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 Lyric Waiwiri-Smith" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Lyric Waiwiri-Smith<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-12T11:07:40"> | 12th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post" data-parsely-slot="patchwork-item-6"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Neil Finn in the Studio A control room. Photo: Toby Manhire ," href="/pop-culture/12-03-2025/neil-finn-is-quietly-turning-a-ridiculous-idea-into-a-musical-colossus"><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="Neil Finn in the Studio A control room. Photo: Toby Manhire " 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="Neil Finn in the Studio A control room. Photo: Toby Manhire " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_MusicStudio.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_MusicStudio.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_MusicStudio.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_MusicStudio.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_MusicStudio.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="/pop-culture/12-03-2025/neil-finn-is-quietly-turning-a-ridiculous-idea-into-a-musical-colossus"><h4 aria-label="Neil Finn is quietly turning a ridiculous idea into a musical colossus," class="title">Neil Finn is quietly turning a ridiculous idea into a musical colossus</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: More than two decades after his first 'webcast' foray , Finn’s Infinity Sessions are beaming extraordinary collisions from Roundhead Studios to the world. ,">More than two decades after his first 'webcast' foray , Finn’s Infinity Sessions are beaming extraordinary collisions from Roundhead Studios to the world. </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/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.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 Toby Manhire" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Toby Manhire<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-12T09:01:50"> | 12th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post" data-parsely-slot="patchwork-item-7"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : NZ First leader Winston Peters and PM Christopher Luxon. (Image: Getty / The Spinoff) ," href="/the-bulletin/12-03-2025/pm-joins-nz-firsts-war-on-woke"><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="NZ First leader Winston Peters and PM Christopher Luxon. (Image: Getty / The Spinoff) " 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="NZ First leader Winston Peters and PM Christopher Luxon. (Image: Getty / The Spinoff) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Bulletin-120325.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Bulletin-120325.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Bulletin-120325.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Bulletin-120325.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Bulletin-120325.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="/the-bulletin/12-03-2025/pm-joins-nz-firsts-war-on-woke"><h4 aria-label="PM joins NZ First’s war on woke," class="title">PM joins NZ First’s war on woke</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Winston Peters wants to scrub the 'woke DEI' from our public service. Christopher Luxon says he may have a point. ,">Winston Peters wants to scrub the 'woke DEI' from our public service. Christopher Luxon says he may have a point. </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/1/2019/02/CATHERINE_MCGREGOR_square.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/02/CATHERINE_MCGREGOR_square.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/02/CATHERINE_MCGREGOR_square.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/02/CATHERINE_MCGREGOR_square.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/02/CATHERINE_MCGREGOR_square.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/02/CATHERINE_MCGREGOR_square.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/02/CATHERINE_MCGREGOR_square.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 Catherine McGregor" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Catherine McGregor<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-12T07:15:55"> | 12th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post" data-parsely-slot="patchwork-item-8"><div class="image"><a tabindex="-1" aria-label="Feature image description : ," href="/business/12-03-2025/behind-the-wheel-of-a-political-hot-potato-meet-new-zealands-anti-musk-tesla-drivers"><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="Behind the wheel of a ‘political hot potato’: Meet New Zealand’s anti-Musk Tesla drivers" 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="Behind the wheel of a ‘political hot potato’: Meet New Zealand’s anti-Musk Tesla drivers" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2.gif?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2.gif?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2.gif?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2.gif?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2.gif?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="/business/12-03-2025/behind-the-wheel-of-a-political-hot-potato-meet-new-zealands-anti-musk-tesla-drivers"><h4 aria-label="Behind the wheel of a ‘political hot potato’: Meet New Zealand’s anti-Musk Tesla drivers," class="title">Behind the wheel of a ‘political hot potato’: Meet New Zealand’s anti-Musk Tesla drivers</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: As protests against Elon Musk's EV company ramp up here and abroad, many Tesla owners are at pains to distance themselves from the tarnished brand.,">As protests against Elon Musk's EV company ramp up here and abroad, many Tesla owners are at pains to distance themselves from the tarnished brand.</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/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.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 Gabi Lardies" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Gabi Lardies<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-12T05:00:52"> | 12th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></section></div><div class="outerWrap"><div id="the-best-of" class="flexCategoryWrapper false false"><section class="flexCategory the-best-of"><header class="headerTextOuter false nosponsor"><a aria-label="The Best Of" id="the-best-of-header" class="categLink" href="/the-best-of"><h1 id="the-best-of-inner" class="headerText">The Best Of</h1></a></header><section class="col1 flexFeature false"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Professional trappers do gruelling work, and find great views. (Image: supplied/Tina Tiller) ," href="/science/11-03-2025/getting-rid-of-predators-is-one-thing-keeping-them-gone-is-another"><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="Professional trappers do gruelling work, and find great views. (Image: supplied/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="Professional trappers do gruelling work, and find great views. (Image: supplied/Tina Tiller) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/predator-free-nz.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/predator-free-nz.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/predator-free-nz.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/predator-free-nz.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/predator-free-nz.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="/science/11-03-2025/getting-rid-of-predators-is-one-thing-keeping-them-gone-is-another"><h4 aria-label="Getting rid of predators is one thing. Keeping them gone is another," class="title">Getting rid of predators is one thing. Keeping them gone is another</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: On the frontlines of invasive species control, serious questions about funding and scalability linger.,">On the frontlines of invasive species control, serious questions about funding and scalability linger.</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/shantimathias-may23.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.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 Shanti Mathias" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Shanti Mathias<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-11T05:01:12"> | 11th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Staff writer" class="position">Staff writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><section class="row1 false"><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Image: Tina Tiller ," href="/pop-culture/10-03-2025/why-theres-never-been-so-much-canterbury-on-screen"><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="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="Image: Tina Tiller " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-07T085135.661.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-07T085135.661.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-07T085135.661.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-07T085135.661.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-07T085135.661.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="/pop-culture/10-03-2025/why-theres-never-been-so-much-canterbury-on-screen"><h4 aria-label="Why there’s never been so much Canterbury on screen," class="title">Why there’s never been so much Canterbury on screen</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: More and more local productions are heading south. What's behind the boom?,">More and more local productions are heading south. What's behind the boom?</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="2025-03-10T09:00:34"> | 10th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Senior writer" class="position">Senior writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Scenes from Adelaide Writers’ Week (Photos: Claire Mabey, Getty Images; design The Spinoff) ," href="/books/08-03-2025/the-spinoff-essay-diary-of-a-writers-festival"><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="Scenes from Adelaide Writers’ Week (Photos: Claire Mabey, Getty Images; design The Spinoff) " 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="Scenes from Adelaide Writers’ Week (Photos: Claire Mabey, Getty Images; design The Spinoff) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Copy-of-Copy-of-Master-Polaroid-frames-1-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Copy-of-Copy-of-Master-Polaroid-frames-1-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Copy-of-Copy-of-Master-Polaroid-frames-1-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Copy-of-Copy-of-Master-Polaroid-frames-1-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Copy-of-Copy-of-Master-Polaroid-frames-1-2.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="/books/08-03-2025/the-spinoff-essay-diary-of-a-writers-festival"><h4 aria-label="The Spinoff Essay: Diary of a writers’ festival," class="title">The Spinoff Essay: Diary of a writers’ festival</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Adelaide Writers' Week was vibrant, resourced and thriving. So why, returning home with a head full of plans, did Claire Mabey feel unexpectedly sad?,">Adelaide Writers' Week was vibrant, resourced and thriving. So why, returning home with a head full of plans, did Claire Mabey feel unexpectedly sad?</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/clairemabey2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.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 Claire Mabey" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Claire Mabey<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-08T05:30:40"> | 8th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Books editor" class="position">Books editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></section><section class="row2 false"><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : New Zealand Poetry Slam Finalists 2024 (Photo: Samiuela ‘Otolouta Kavakimotu) ," href="/books/08-03-2025/are-you-hungry-are-you-starved-inside-the-biggest-night-in-nz-slam-poetry"><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="New Zealand Poetry Slam Finalists 2024 (Photo: Samiuela ‘Otolouta Kavakimotu) " 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="New Zealand Poetry Slam Finalists 2024 (Photo: Samiuela ‘Otolouta Kavakimotu) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_New-Zealand-Poetry-Slam-Finalists-2024.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_New-Zealand-Poetry-Slam-Finalists-2024.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_New-Zealand-Poetry-Slam-Finalists-2024.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_New-Zealand-Poetry-Slam-Finalists-2024.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_New-Zealand-Poetry-Slam-Finalists-2024.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="/books/08-03-2025/are-you-hungry-are-you-starved-inside-the-biggest-night-in-nz-slam-poetry"><h4 aria-label="‘Are you hungry? Are you starved?’: Inside the biggest night in NZ slam poetry," class="title">‘Are you hungry? Are you starved?’: Inside the biggest night in NZ slam poetry</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: A journey from the 14th annual New Zealand Poetry Slam all the way back to where it began. ,">A journey from the 14th annual New Zealand Poetry Slam all the way back to where it began. </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/benfagan2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/benfagan2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/benfagan2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/benfagan2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/benfagan2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/benfagan2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/benfagan2024.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 Ben Fagan" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Ben Fagan<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-08T05:10:00"> | 8th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Community manager" class="position">Community manager</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post" data-tags="opinion"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : 80 hours, 12 days and 542 submitters later, what have we learned? ," href="/politics/07-03-2025/fifty-things-i-learned-from-nearly-80-hours-of-submissions-on-the-treaty-principles-bill"><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="80 hours, 12 days and 542 submitters later, what have we learned? " 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="80 hours, 12 days and 542 submitters later, what have we learned? " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Lyrics-feature-images.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Lyrics-feature-images.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Lyrics-feature-images.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Lyrics-feature-images.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Lyrics-feature-images.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/07-03-2025/fifty-things-i-learned-from-nearly-80-hours-of-submissions-on-the-treaty-principles-bill"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="Fifty things I learned from nearly 80 hours of submissions on the Treaty principles bill," class="title">Fifty things I learned from nearly 80 hours of submissions on the Treaty principles bill</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Lesson 48: There are so many New Zealanders who just want what’s best for each other.,">Lesson 48: There are so many New Zealanders who just want what’s best for each other.</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/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.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 Lyric Waiwiri-Smith" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Lyric Waiwiri-Smith<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-07T05:05:53"> | 7th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Politics reporter" class="position">Politics reporter</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></section></section></div><section class="block newsletter-alternate"><div class="container newsletter-alternate"><div class="layout-newsletter-alternate"><article class="pink card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-1"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Photos: Ben Gatting ," href="/society/07-03-2025/all-11-of-new-zealands-great-walks-ranked-and-reviewed"><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="Photos: Ben Gatting " 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="Photos: Ben Gatting " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_NZGreatWalks.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_NZGreatWalks.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_NZGreatWalks.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_NZGreatWalks.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_NZGreatWalks.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/07-03-2025/all-11-of-new-zealands-great-walks-ranked-and-reviewed"><h4 aria-label="All 11 of New Zealand’s Great Walks, ranked and reviewed," class="title">All 11 of New Zealand’s Great Walks, ranked and reviewed</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: A definitive ruling from someone who just did them all back-to-back. ,">A definitive ruling from someone who just did them all back-to-back. </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/1/2025/03/BG-Pic.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BG-Pic.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BG-Pic.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BG-Pic.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BG-Pic.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BG-Pic.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BG-Pic.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 Ben Gatting" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Ben Gatting<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-07T05:00:26"> | 7th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="white card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-2"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : The Stewart Island singles ball went off (Photo: Supplied) ," href="/society/05-03-2025/no-gumboots-allowed-looking-back-at-the-legendary-stewart-island-singles-ball"><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="The Stewart Island singles ball went off (Photo: Supplied) " 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="The Stewart Island singles ball went off (Photo: Supplied) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_The-Stewart-Island-singles-ball.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_The-Stewart-Island-singles-ball.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_The-Stewart-Island-singles-ball.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_The-Stewart-Island-singles-ball.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_The-Stewart-Island-singles-ball.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/05-03-2025/no-gumboots-allowed-looking-back-at-the-legendary-stewart-island-singles-ball"><h4 aria-label="‘No Gumboots Allowed’: Looking back at the legendary Stewart Island singles ball," class="title">‘No Gumboots Allowed’: Looking back at the legendary Stewart Island singles ball</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: How the singles ball on Rakiura became the social event of the year – and the start of more than a few love stories. ,">How the singles ball on Rakiura became the social event of the year – and the start of more than a few love stories. </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/1/2022/07/Headshot2.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2022/07/Headshot2.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2022/07/Headshot2.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2022/07/Headshot2.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2022/07/Headshot2.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2022/07/Headshot2.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2022/07/Headshot2.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 Rachel Judkins" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Rachel Judkins<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-05T09:00:17"> | 5th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Contributing writer" class="position">Contributing writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="yellow card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-3"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Is this is best gift in the history of Aotearoa’s diplomacy? (Photo: MFAT via X with additional treatment by The Spinoff). ," href="/politics/05-03-2025/from-karaoke-machines-to-horses-new-zealands-most-delightful-diplomatic-gifts"><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="Is this is best gift in the history of Aotearoa’s diplomacy? (Photo: MFAT via X with additional treatment by The Spinoff). " 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="Is this is best gift in the history of Aotearoa’s diplomacy? (Photo: MFAT via X with additional treatment by The Spinoff). " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/1.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/1.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/1.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/1.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/1.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/05-03-2025/from-karaoke-machines-to-horses-new-zealands-most-delightful-diplomatic-gifts"><h4 aria-label="From karaoke machines to horses: New Zealand’s most delightful diplomatic gifts," class="title">From karaoke machines to horses: New Zealand’s most delightful diplomatic gifts</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: A Mongolian horse set the bar high when it was given to Winston Peters last week. But what else have our globe-trotting dignitaries scored?,">A Mongolian horse set the bar high when it was given to Winston Peters last week. But what else have our globe-trotting dignitaries scored?</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/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.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 Gabi Lardies" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Gabi Lardies<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-05T05:01:10"> | 5th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Staff writer" class="position">Staff writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="red card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-4"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : All the finalists in this year’s Ockham NZ Book Awards (Design: Tina Tiller) ," href="/books/05-03-2025/what-the-judges-picked-the-2025-ockham-book-awards-shortlist-revealed"><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="All the finalists in this year’s Ockham NZ Book Awards (Design: 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="All the finalists in this year’s Ockham NZ Book Awards (Design: Tina Tiller) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_Ockham-shortlist-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_Ockham-shortlist-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_Ockham-shortlist-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_Ockham-shortlist-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_Ockham-shortlist-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="/books/05-03-2025/what-the-judges-picked-the-2025-ockham-book-awards-shortlist-revealed"><h4 aria-label="What the judges picked: the 2025 Ockham Book Awards shortlist, revealed," class="title">What the judges picked: the 2025 Ockham Book Awards shortlist, revealed</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The 16 books still in the running for Aotearoa's biggest literary prizes. ,">The 16 books still in the running for Aotearoa's biggest literary prizes. </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/clairemabey2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.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 Claire Mabey" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Claire Mabey<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-05T05:00:00"> | 5th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Books editor" class="position">Books editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></div></section></div><div class="outerWrap"><section class="matrixWrapper" id=""><header class="headerTextOuter matrixHeader false nosponsor"><a aria-label="Society" id="society-header" class="categLink" href="/society"><h1 id="society-inner" class="headerText">Society</h1></a></header><section class="col1 flexFeature"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : One does not go fully upside down – but that’s exactly what Cloud 9 offered (Image: Tina Tiller) ," href="/society/14-03-2025/a-royally-good-time-the-rise-and-fall-of-christchurchs-qeii-fun-park"><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="One does not go fully upside down – but that’s exactly what Cloud 9 offered (Image: Tina Tiller) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_christchurchs-old-fun-park-2.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_christchurchs-old-fun-park-2.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_christchurchs-old-fun-park-2.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_christchurchs-old-fun-park-2.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_christchurchs-old-fun-park-2.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%"/></span></a></div><div class="body"><a href="/society/14-03-2025/a-royally-good-time-the-rise-and-fall-of-christchurchs-qeii-fun-park"><h4 aria-label="A royally good time: The rise and fall of Christchurch’s QEII Fun Park," class="title">A royally good time: The rise and fall of Christchurch’s QEII Fun Park</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The Queen may not have loved rollercoasters, but we built her one anyway.,">The Queen may not have loved rollercoasters, but we built her one anyway.</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/1/2024/08/Danica.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/Danica.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/Danica.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/Danica.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/Danica.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/Danica.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/Danica.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 Danica Bryant" class="name b"><span class="pre-text">By </span>Danica Bryant<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-14T09:00:15"> | 14th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><section class="col2 concertinaList"><article class="card post"><div class="image" style="overflow:hidden"><a tabindex="-1" aria-label="Feature image description : ," href="/society/13-03-2025/help-me-hera-how-do-i-relax-after-an-ugly-divorce"><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="" 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="" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/HMH_FeatureImage-2.png?w=600 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/HMH_FeatureImage-2.png?w=600 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/HMH_FeatureImage-2.png?w=600 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/HMH_FeatureImage-2.png?w=600 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/HMH_FeatureImage-2.png?w=600" 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/13-03-2025/help-me-hera-how-do-i-relax-after-an-ugly-divorce"><h4 class="title" aria-label="Help Me Hera: How do I relax after an ugly divorce?,">Help Me Hera: How do I relax after an ugly divorce?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: I've met someone new, but I'm haunted by the ghost of my last relationship.,">I've met someone new, but I'm haunted by the ghost of my last relationship.</div><div 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="2025-03-13T09:00:25"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/society/11-03-2025/the-cost-of-being-a-25-year-old-bar-manager-whos-in-debt-to-the-dentist"><h4 class="title" aria-label="The cost of being: A 25-year-old bar manager who’s in debt to the dentist,">The cost of being: A 25-year-old bar manager who’s in debt to the dentist</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: 'Five words to describe my financial personality? Currently struggling but eternally optimistic.',">'Five words to describe my financial personality? Currently struggling but eternally optimistic.'</div><div 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/1/2023/04/TheCostOfBeing-logo_500x500.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/TheCostOfBeing-logo_500x500.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/TheCostOfBeing-logo_500x500.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/TheCostOfBeing-logo_500x500.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/TheCostOfBeing-logo_500x500.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/TheCostOfBeing-logo_500x500.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/TheCostOfBeing-logo_500x500.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 The Cost of Being" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>The Cost of Being<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-11T09:00:04"> | 11th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/society/10-03-2025/why-power-prices-are-rising-and-what-power-companies-could-do-to-help"><h4 class="title" aria-label="Why power prices are rising – and what power companies could do to help,">Why power prices are rising – and what power companies could do to help</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Power bills will increase an average of $10 per household per month from April 1. What do these changes mean for people who are already struggling?,">Power bills will increase an average of $10 per household per month from April 1. What do these changes mean for people who are already struggling?</div><div 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/shantimathias-may23.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.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 Shanti Mathias" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Shanti Mathias<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-10T05:01:07"> | 10th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post" data-tags="opinion"><div class="body"><a href="/society/10-03-2025/windbag-to-be-a-world-class-city-wellington-needs-a-million-people"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 class="title" aria-label="Windbag: To be a world-class city, Wellington needs to be bigger,">Windbag: To be a world-class city, Wellington needs to be bigger</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: That shouldn’t be a controversial point. And yet, in Wellington, it is.,">That shouldn’t be a controversial point. And yet, in Wellington, it is.</div><div 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/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.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 Joel MacManus" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Joel MacManus<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-10T05:00:17"> | 10th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><aside class="col3"><section tabindex="0" aria-label="Podcasts" class="podSection"><div class="multimedia-surround"><a class="multimediaTitle" href="/podcasts">PODCASTS</a><div class="inner"><div></div><div></div></div></div></section><section class="newsletterSection"><div class="newsletter-surround"></div></section></aside></section><section class="block newsletter-alternate"><div class="container newsletter-alternate"><div class="layout-newsletter-alternate"><article class="green card post" data-tags="opinion" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-1"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Image: Getty ," href="/society/08-03-2025/its-toilet-paper-or-me-teacher-aides-are-doing-it-tough"><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="Image: Getty " 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="Image: Getty " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/teacheriade.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/teacheriade.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/teacheriade.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/teacheriade.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/teacheriade.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="/society/08-03-2025/its-toilet-paper-or-me-teacher-aides-are-doing-it-tough"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="It’s toilet paper or me: Teacher aides are doing it tough," class="title">It’s toilet paper or me: Teacher aides are doing it tough</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Why do our work conditions still perpetuate the myth that women are natural caregivers, who do their jobs out of love?,">Why do our work conditions still perpetuate the myth that women are natural caregivers, who do their jobs out of love?</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/1/2025/03/Melanie-Wrintmore-portrait.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Melanie-Wrintmore-portrait.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Melanie-Wrintmore-portrait.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Melanie-Wrintmore-portrait.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Melanie-Wrintmore-portrait.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Melanie-Wrintmore-portrait.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Melanie-Wrintmore-portrait.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 Melanie Wrintmore" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Melanie Wrintmore<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-08T05:01:32"> | 8th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="lightblue card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-2"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Frazer Strickland by Geoffery Matautia. fpr pacific profiles ," href="/society/08-03-2025/pacific-profiles-meet-frazer-strickland"><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="Frazer Strickland by Geoffery Matautia. fpr pacific profiles " 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="Frazer Strickland by Geoffery Matautia. fpr pacific profiles " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/fpFrazerStrickland.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/fpFrazerStrickland.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/fpFrazerStrickland.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/fpFrazerStrickland.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/fpFrazerStrickland.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="/society/08-03-2025/pacific-profiles-meet-frazer-strickland"><h4 aria-label="Pacific profiles: Frazer Strickland, the DJ and creative behind The Layers Platform," class="title">Pacific profiles: Frazer Strickland, the DJ and creative behind The Layers Platform</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: 'I love seeing people enjoy the music I'm playing. I like being part of people’s memories.',">'I love seeing people enjoy the music I'm playing. I like being part of people’s memories.'</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/1/2020/10/5f3253b797748d5ee5a8af64_Litia.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/10/5f3253b797748d5ee5a8af64_Litia.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/10/5f3253b797748d5ee5a8af64_Litia.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/10/5f3253b797748d5ee5a8af64_Litia.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/10/5f3253b797748d5ee5a8af64_Litia.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/10/5f3253b797748d5ee5a8af64_Litia.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/10/5f3253b797748d5ee5a8af64_Litia.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 Litia Tuiburelevu" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Litia Tuiburelevu<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-08T05:00:28"> | 8th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="white card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-3"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : ‘Hello! Please vote for moi!’ ," href="/society/07-03-2025/big-bellies-thick-lips-and-red-stripes-introducing-your-fish-of-the-year-contenders"><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="‘Hello! Please vote for moi!’ " 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="‘Hello! Please vote for moi!’ " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-13.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-13.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-13.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-13.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-13.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/07-03-2025/big-bellies-thick-lips-and-red-stripes-introducing-your-fish-of-the-year-contenders"><h4 aria-label="Big bellies, thick lips and red stripes: your Fish of the Year contenders," class="title">Big bellies, thick lips and red stripes: your Fish of the Year contenders</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: We urge you to consider other factors than simply which is the most delicious.,">We urge you to consider other factors than simply which is the most delicious.</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/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.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 Gabi Lardies" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Gabi Lardies<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-07T09:00:13"> | 7th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Staff writer" class="position">Staff writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="lightgreen card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-4"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Photos: Ben Gatting ," href="/society/07-03-2025/all-11-of-new-zealands-great-walks-ranked-and-reviewed"><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="Photos: Ben Gatting " 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="Photos: Ben Gatting " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_NZGreatWalks.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_NZGreatWalks.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_NZGreatWalks.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_NZGreatWalks.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_NZGreatWalks.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/07-03-2025/all-11-of-new-zealands-great-walks-ranked-and-reviewed"><h4 aria-label="All 11 of New Zealand’s Great Walks, ranked and reviewed," class="title">All 11 of New Zealand’s Great Walks, ranked and reviewed</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: A definitive ruling from someone who just did them all back-to-back. ,">A definitive ruling from someone who just did them all back-to-back. </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/1/2025/03/BG-Pic.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BG-Pic.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BG-Pic.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BG-Pic.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BG-Pic.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BG-Pic.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BG-Pic.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 Ben Gatting" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Ben Gatting<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-07T05:00:26"> | 7th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></div></section></div><div class="outerWrap"><section class="matrixWrapper" id=""><header class="headerTextOuter matrixHeader false false"><a aria-label="Politics" id="politics-header" class="categLink" href="/politics"><h1 id="politics-inner" class="headerText">Politics</h1></a><aside class="headerSponsor"><a href="https://members.thespinoff.co.nz/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=politics"><h4 style="min-height:10px">Made possible by</h4><img src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/10/members-scaled.png?w=300" alt="The Spinoff Members"/></a></aside></header><section class="col1 flexFeature"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : The relationship between Tory Whanau and Chris Luxon has become increasingly hostile. Image: Joel MacManus ," href="/politics/14-03-2025/i-dont-think-hes-a-nice-person-whanau-hits-back-at-luxons-lame-o-comment"><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="The relationship between Tory Whanau and Chris Luxon has become increasingly hostile. Image: Joel MacManus " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Untitled-design-6.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Untitled-design-6.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Untitled-design-6.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Untitled-design-6.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Untitled-design-6.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%"/></span></a></div><div class="body"><a href="/politics/14-03-2025/i-dont-think-hes-a-nice-person-whanau-hits-back-at-luxons-lame-o-comment"><h4 aria-label="‘I don’t think he’s a nice person’: Whanau hits back at Luxon’s ‘lame-o’ comment," class="title">‘I don’t think he’s a nice person’: Whanau hits back at Luxon’s ‘lame-o’ comment</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The Wellington mayor is sick of being the government's punching bag.,">The Wellington mayor is sick of being the government's punching bag.</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/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.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 Joel MacManus" class="name b"><span class="pre-text">By </span>Joel MacManus<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-14T05:00:56"> | 14th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Wellington editor" class="position">Wellington editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><section class="col2 concertinaList"><article class="card post"><div class="image" style="overflow:hidden"><a tabindex="-1" aria-label="Feature image description : ," href="/politics/14-03-2025/schools-in-limbo-after-removal-of-relationship-and-sexuality-guidelines"><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="" 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="" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-13T102815.192.png?w=600 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-13T102815.192.png?w=600 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-13T102815.192.png?w=600 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-13T102815.192.png?w=600 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-13T102815.192.png?w=600" 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/14-03-2025/schools-in-limbo-after-removal-of-relationship-and-sexuality-guidelines"><h4 class="title" aria-label="Schools ‘in limbo’ after removal of relationship and sexuality guidelines,">Schools ‘in limbo’ after removal of relationship and sexuality guidelines</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Ditching the 'woke' guidelines was in the NZ First coalition agreement. Now they're gone, and there's not even a draft replacement.,">Ditching the 'woke' guidelines was in the NZ First coalition agreement. Now they're gone, and there's not even a draft replacement.</div><div 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="2025-03-14T05:00:22"> | 14th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post" data-tags="opinion"><div class="body"><a href="/atea/13-03-2025/lost-in-translation-the-real-cost-of-a-knowledge-rich-curriculum"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 class="title" aria-label="Lost in translation: The real cost of a ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum,">Lost in translation: The real cost of a ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Is it about education, or erasing inconvenient truths?,">Is it about education, or erasing inconvenient truths?</div><div 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/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.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 Vincent Olsen-Reeder" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Vincent Olsen-Reeder<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-13T12:03:17"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/politics/13-03-2025/echo-chamber-whos-in-charge-and-what-country-is-this"><h4 class="title" aria-label="Echo Chamber: Who’s in charge? And what country is this?,">Echo Chamber: Who’s in charge? And what country is this?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: With several key players away, parliament's B team put on a confusing and unorganised performance at Wednesday's question time.,">With several key players away, parliament's B team put on a confusing and unorganised performance at Wednesday's question time.</div><div 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/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.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 Joel MacManus" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Joel MacManus<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-13T10:30:28"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/politics/13-03-2025/who-is-marco-rubio-and-what-can-winston-peters-expect-from-their-dc-meeting"><h4 class="title" aria-label="Who is Marco Rubio and what can Winston Peters expect from their DC meeting?,">Who is Marco Rubio and what can Winston Peters expect from their DC meeting?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The man Trump used to mock is now driving his America First foreign policy (and locking horns with Elon Musk). ,">The man Trump used to mock is now driving his America First foreign policy (and locking horns with Elon Musk). </div><div 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/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.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 Toby Manhire" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Toby Manhire<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-13T06:53:30"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><aside class="col3"><section tabindex="0" aria-label="Podcasts" class="podSection"><div class="multimedia-surround"><a class="multimediaTitle" href="/podcasts">PODCASTS</a><div class="inner"><div></div><div></div></div></div></section><section class="newsletterSection"><div class="newsletter-surround"></div></section></aside></section><section class="block newsletter-alternate"><div class="container newsletter-alternate"><div class="layout-newsletter-alternate"><article class="brightblue card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-1"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Chris Luxon hopes his Infrastructure Investment Summit will help attract a much needed capital injection. (Design: Liam Rātana) ," href="/atea/13-03-2025/iwi-investors-enter-infrastructure-summit-with-eyes-wide-open"><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="Chris Luxon hopes his Infrastructure Investment Summit will help attract a much needed capital injection. (Design: Liam Rātana) " 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="Chris Luxon hopes his Infrastructure Investment Summit will help attract a much needed capital injection. (Design: Liam Rātana) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.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="/atea/13-03-2025/iwi-investors-enter-infrastructure-summit-with-eyes-wide-open"><h4 aria-label="Iwi investors enter infrastructure summit with ‘eyes wide open’," class="title">Iwi investors enter infrastructure summit with ‘eyes wide open’</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Will Māori investors be treated as genuine investment partners, or simply stakeholders with interests to be managed?,">Will Māori investors be treated as genuine investment partners, or simply stakeholders with interests to be managed?</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/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.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 Liam Rātana" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Liam Rātana<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-13T05:00:40"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Ātea editor" class="position">Ātea editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="white card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-2"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Lame-oism is not just confined to the Wellington council offices. ," href="/politics/12-03-2025/echo-chamber-christopher-luxon-and-the-merry-gang-of-frickin-lame-os"><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="Lame-oism is not just confined to the Wellington council offices. " 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="Lame-oism is not just confined to the Wellington council offices. " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/9.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/9.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/9.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/9.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/9.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/12-03-2025/echo-chamber-christopher-luxon-and-the-merry-gang-of-frickin-lame-os"><h4 aria-label="Echo Chamber: Christopher Luxon and the merry gang of frickin’ lame-os," class="title">Echo Chamber: Christopher Luxon and the merry gang of frickin’ lame-os</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Christopher Luxon need only look around the House to see the lame-o ailment is not limited to local democracy.,">Christopher Luxon need only look around the House to see the lame-o ailment is not limited to local democracy.</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/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.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 Lyric Waiwiri-Smith" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Lyric Waiwiri-Smith<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-12T11:07:40"> | 12th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Politics reporter" class="position">Politics reporter</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="red card post" data-tags="opinion" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-3"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Wellington Water chair Nick Leggett and chief executive Pat Dougherty (Image: Tina Tiller) ," href="/politics/12-03-2025/wellington-water-is-begging-to-be-put-out-of-its-misery"><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 Water chair Nick Leggett and chief executive Pat Dougherty (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 Water chair Nick Leggett and chief executive Pat Dougherty (Image: Tina Tiller) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/blKcemJm-Untitled-design-5.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/blKcemJm-Untitled-design-5.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/blKcemJm-Untitled-design-5.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/blKcemJm-Untitled-design-5.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/blKcemJm-Untitled-design-5.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/12-03-2025/wellington-water-is-begging-to-be-put-out-of-its-misery"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="Wellington Water is begging to be put out of its misery," class="title">Wellington Water is begging to be put out of its misery</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The leaders of Wellington's under-fire water entity defended their jobs but admitted the organisation was doomed to fail.,">The leaders of Wellington's under-fire water entity defended their jobs but admitted the organisation was doomed to fail.</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/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.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 Joel MacManus" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Joel MacManus<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-12T05:00:11"> | 12th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Wellington editor" class="position">Wellington editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="acidgreen card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-4"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Candace Owens will be on her way to Aotearoa in 2026, thanks to the Free Speech Union. (Photos: Getty Images, treatment: The Spinoff) ," href="/politics/11-03-2025/candace-owens-was-denied-a-visa-to-new-zealand-and-then-a-minister-stepped-in"><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="Candace Owens will be on her way to Aotearoa in 2026, thanks to the Free Speech Union. (Photos: Getty Images, treatment: The Spinoff) " 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="Candace Owens will be on her way to Aotearoa in 2026, thanks to the Free Speech Union. (Photos: Getty Images, treatment: The Spinoff) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/18.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/18.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/18.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/18.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/18.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/11-03-2025/candace-owens-was-denied-a-visa-to-new-zealand-and-then-a-minister-stepped-in"><h4 aria-label="Candace Owens was denied a visa to New Zealand – and then a minister stepped in," class="title">Candace Owens was denied a visa to New Zealand – and then a minister stepped in</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Inside the decision to overturn the controversial American political commentator's ban from entering New Zealand.,">Inside the decision to overturn the controversial American political commentator's ban from entering New Zealand.</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/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/lyrichs-august2024.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 Lyric Waiwiri-Smith" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Lyric Waiwiri-Smith<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-11T15:44:04"> | 11th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Politics reporter" class="position">Politics reporter</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></div></section></div><div class="outerWrap"><section class="matrixWrapper" id=""><header class="headerTextOuter matrixHeader false false"><a aria-label="Pop Culture" id="pop-culture-header" class="categLink" href="/pop-culture"><h1 id="pop-culture-inner" class="headerText">Pop Culture</h1></a><aside class="headerSponsor"><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/members/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=popculture"><h4 style="min-height:10px">Made possible by</h4><img src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/10/members-scaled.png?w=300" alt="The Spinoff Members"/></a></aside></header><section class="col1 flexFeature"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : The most energetic choir performance these reviewers had ever seen (Image: Leonardo Hiraga) ," href="/pop-culture/14-03-2025/with-the-soweto-gospel-choir-the-dancing-just-keeps-going"><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="The most energetic choir performance these reviewers had ever seen (Image: Leonardo Hiraga) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/soweto-gospel-choir-1-leonardo-hiraga.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/soweto-gospel-choir-1-leonardo-hiraga.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/soweto-gospel-choir-1-leonardo-hiraga.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/soweto-gospel-choir-1-leonardo-hiraga.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/soweto-gospel-choir-1-leonardo-hiraga.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%"/></span></a></div><div class="body"><a href="/pop-culture/14-03-2025/with-the-soweto-gospel-choir-the-dancing-just-keeps-going"><h4 aria-label="With the Soweto Gospel Choir, the dancing just keeps going," class="title">With the Soweto Gospel Choir, the dancing just keeps going</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Notes from a sweaty, ecstatic night at the Auckland Arts Festival.,">Notes from a sweaty, ecstatic night at the Auckland Arts Festival.</div><div style="position:relative" class="bylines-container multiple-authors"><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/shantimathias-may23.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.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 Shanti Mathias" class="name b"><span class="pre-text">By </span>Shanti Mathias</div><div aria-label="role Staff writer" class="position">Staff writer</div></div></div><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/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.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 Gabi Lardies" class="name b"><span class="pre-text"> & </span>Gabi Lardies<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-14T10:30:11"> | 14th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Staff writer" class="position">Staff writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><section class="col2 concertinaList"><article class="card post"><div class="image" style="overflow:hidden"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : a projected video of a man and woman, with their daughter sitting in front of the screen," href="/pop-culture/13-03-2025/what-its-like-to-be-a-hearing-child-of-deaf-parents"><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="a projected video of a man and woman, with their daughter sitting in front of the screen" 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="a projected video of a man and woman, with their daughter sitting in front of the screen" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-17.png?w=600 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-17.png?w=600 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-17.png?w=600 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-17.png?w=600 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-17.png?w=600" 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="/pop-culture/13-03-2025/what-its-like-to-be-a-hearing-child-of-deaf-parents"><h4 class="title" aria-label="What it’s like to be a hearing child of deaf parents,">What it’s like to be a hearing child of deaf parents</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Jodee Mundy knew her mother was deaf, she just hadn’t realised it meant she couldn’t hear.,">Jodee Mundy knew her mother was deaf, she just hadn’t realised it meant she couldn’t hear.</div><div 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/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.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 Gabi Lardies" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Gabi Lardies<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-13T14:02:48"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/pop-culture/12-03-2025/neil-finn-is-quietly-turning-a-ridiculous-idea-into-a-musical-colossus"><h4 class="title" aria-label="Neil Finn is quietly turning a ridiculous idea into a musical colossus,">Neil Finn is quietly turning a ridiculous idea into a musical colossus</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: More than two decades after his first 'webcast' foray , Finn’s Infinity Sessions are beaming extraordinary collisions from Roundhead Studios to the world. ,">More than two decades after his first 'webcast' foray , Finn’s Infinity Sessions are beaming extraordinary collisions from Roundhead Studios to the world. </div><div 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/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/tobymanhirehs-23v2.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 Toby Manhire" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Toby Manhire<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-12T09:01:50"> | 12th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/pop-culture/11-03-2025/in-trying-to-save-its-life-has-shortland-street-lost-its-heart"><h4 class="title" aria-label="In trying to save its life, has Shortland Street lost its heart? ,">In trying to save its life, has Shortland Street lost its heart? </h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: New Zealand’s favourite soap returned this year with a new look and a new attitude – but is it working? ,">New Zealand’s favourite soap returned this year with a new look and a new attitude – but is it working? </div><div 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/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.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 Tara Ward" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Tara Ward<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-11T14:00:19"> | 11th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/pop-culture/10-03-2025/a-mixtape-for-maladies-review-dancing-love-and-the-sri-lankan-civil-war"><h4 class="title" aria-label="A Mixtape for Maladies review: Dancing, love, and the Sri Lankan civil war,">A Mixtape for Maladies review: Dancing, love, and the Sri Lankan civil war</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Can the songs we listen to tell us stories about our lives?,">Can the songs we listen to tell us stories about our lives?</div><div 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/shantimathias-may23.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.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 Shanti Mathias" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Shanti Mathias<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-10T15:00:18"> | 10th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><aside class="col3"><section tabindex="0" aria-label="Podcasts" class="podSection"><div class="multimedia-surround"><a class="multimediaTitle" href="/podcasts">PODCASTS</a><div class="inner"><div></div><div></div></div></div></section><section class="newsletterSection"><div class="newsletter-surround"></div></section></aside></section><section class="block newsletter-alternate"><div class="container newsletter-alternate"><div class="layout-newsletter-alternate"><article class="green card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-1"><div class="image"><a tabindex="-1" aria-label="Feature image description : ," href="/pop-culture/10-03-2025/new-to-streaming-what-to-watch-on-netflix-nz-neon-and-more-this-week-87"><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="New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week" 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="New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-10T133155.597.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-10T133155.597.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-10T133155.597.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-10T133155.597.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-10T133155.597.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="/pop-culture/10-03-2025/new-to-streaming-what-to-watch-on-netflix-nz-neon-and-more-this-week-87"><h4 aria-label="New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week," class="title">New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Including a tense new te reo Māori drama and a contender for 'the most terrifying TV show of our times'.,">Including a tense new te reo Māori drama and a contender for 'the most terrifying TV show of our times'.</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/1/2023/01/THOMAS.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/01/THOMAS.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/01/THOMAS.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/01/THOMAS.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/01/THOMAS.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/01/THOMAS.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/01/THOMAS.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 Thomas Giblin" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Thomas Giblin<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-10T13:30:08"> | 10th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="lightblue card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-2"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Dominic Ora-Ariki and Korban Knock star in Secrets at Red Rocks (Photo: Sky/Rebecca McMillan) ," href="/pop-culture/10-03-2025/secrets-at-red-rocks-is-a-delightful-dive-into-nostalgic-waters"><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="Dominic Ora-Ariki and Korban Knock star in Secrets at Red Rocks (Photo: Sky/Rebecca McMillan) " 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="Dominic Ora-Ariki and Korban Knock star in Secrets at Red Rocks (Photo: Sky/Rebecca McMillan) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Rec-Room-7-March.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Rec-Room-7-March.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Rec-Room-7-March.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Rec-Room-7-March.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Rec-Room-7-March.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="/pop-culture/10-03-2025/secrets-at-red-rocks-is-a-delightful-dive-into-nostalgic-waters"><h4 aria-label="Secrets at Red Rocks is a delightful dive into nostalgic waters," class="title">Secrets at Red Rocks is a delightful dive into nostalgic waters</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Neon's new series feels like a kids’ adventure show from the 80s – and that’s a very good thing.,">Neon's new series feels like a kids’ adventure show from the 80s – and that’s a very good thing.</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/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.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 Tara Ward" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Tara Ward<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-10T10:30:27"> | 10th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Staff writer" class="position">Staff writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="white card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-3"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Image: Tina Tiller ," href="/pop-culture/10-03-2025/why-theres-never-been-so-much-canterbury-on-screen"><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="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="Image: Tina Tiller " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-07T085135.661.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-07T085135.661.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-07T085135.661.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-07T085135.661.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Alex-feature-images-2025-03-07T085135.661.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="/pop-culture/10-03-2025/why-theres-never-been-so-much-canterbury-on-screen"><h4 aria-label="Why there’s never been so much Canterbury on screen," class="title">Why there’s never been so much Canterbury on screen</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: More and more local productions are heading south. What's behind the boom?,">More and more local productions are heading south. What's behind the boom?</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="2025-03-10T09:00:34"> | 10th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Senior writer" class="position">Senior writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="lightgreen card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-4"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : It’s Laura McGoldrick’s life in TV (Photo: Sky / Design: Tina Tiller) ," href="/pop-culture/08-03-2025/gives-me-the-ick-the-interview-laura-mcgoldrick-will-never-watch-again"><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="It’s Laura McGoldrick’s life in TV (Photo: Sky / Design: 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="It’s Laura McGoldrick’s life in TV (Photo: Sky / Design: Tina Tiller) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/MLITV_Laura-McGoldrick.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/MLITV_Laura-McGoldrick.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/MLITV_Laura-McGoldrick.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/MLITV_Laura-McGoldrick.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/MLITV_Laura-McGoldrick.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="/pop-culture/08-03-2025/gives-me-the-ick-the-interview-laura-mcgoldrick-will-never-watch-again"><h4 aria-label="‘Gives me the ick’: The interview Laura McGoldrick will never watch again," class="title">‘Gives me the ick’: The interview Laura McGoldrick will never watch again</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: 'It must have been a bit flirty, and you just don't want to see that play out...',">'It must have been a bit flirty, and you just don't want to see that play out...'</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" 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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 My Life in TV" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>My Life in TV<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-08T05:05:16"> | 8th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></div></section></div><section class="block homepage-videos"><div class="container homepage-videos"><header class="headerTextOuter undefined nosponsor"><a aria-label="Recent Videos" id="recentvideos-header" class="categLink" href="/videos"><h1 id="recentvideos-inner" class="headerText">Recent Videos</h1></a></header><div class="layout-flow videos"><div tabindex="0" class="control prev"></div><div 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Will it be love at first sight in the capital city? " href="/videos/singles-club/chapter-five-vegan-curry-pie-bryn-kus-singles-club-the-spinoff#video">In Kura’s hometown of Pōneke, the pair bring down their walls, wear their hearts on their sleeves, and bravely head out on first dates themselves. Will it be love at first sight in the capital city? </a></div><time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-04T12:02:51">4 Mar 2025</time><div tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" class="duration">15:11</div></div></article><b></b></div><div class="item"><b></b><article class="card video"><script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://thespinoff.co.nz/"},"headline":"Chapter four: ‘I’m out there’","description":"At the bottom of the country, Bryn and Ku go fishing for romantic connections on Rakiura, and meet the young locals who are still looking for love in one of our most isolated communities. \n","thumbnailUrl":"https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BKSC_EP04_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg","name":"Chapter four: ‘I’m out there’","url":"https://thespinoff.co.nz/","duration":"PT0H15M10S","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/MimCqKScgFc","contentUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MimCqKScgFc","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BKSC_EP04_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg"},"dateCreated":"2025-03-04T12:00:22+13:00","uploadDate":"2025-03-04T12:00:22+13:00","datePublished":"2025-03-04T12:00:22+13:00","dateModified":"2025-03-04T12:00:22+13:00","keywords":["Chapter four: ‘I’m out there’","Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Spinoff","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://thespinoff.co.nz/images/spinoff-icon-logo.svg","width":"200","height":"200"}}}</script><div class="image"><a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="/videos/singles-club/chapter-four-im-out-there-bryn-kus-singles-club-the-spinoff#video"><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:56.25%"></span><img alt="Chapter four: ‘I’m out there’" 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%;object-fit:cover;object-position:center center"/><noscript><img alt="Chapter four: ‘I’m out there’" sizes="640px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BKSC_EP04_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BKSC_EP04_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BKSC_EP04_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BKSC_EP04_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BKSC_EP04_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BKSC_EP04_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BKSC_EP04_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg?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%;object-fit:cover;object-position:center center" loading="lazy"/></noscript></span></a></div><div class="body"><div class="label"><a tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" href="/videos/singles-club">Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club</a></div><h3 class="title"><a aria-label="Series: Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club, Title: Chapter four: ‘I’m out there’, Duration: 15:10" href="/videos/singles-club/chapter-four-im-out-there-bryn-kus-singles-club-the-spinoff#video">Chapter four: ‘I’m out there’</a></h3><div class="summary"><a aria-label="summary: At the bottom of the country, Bryn and Ku go fishing for romantic connections on Rakiura, and meet the young locals who are still looking for love in one of our most isolated communities. 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" href="/videos/singles-club/chapter-three-you-old-bat-bryn-kus-singles-club-the-spinoff#video">Heading into the heart of Ōtepoti’s student party scene, Bryn and Ku chat to some university singletons and find insights about modern romance and hook-up culture at the bottom of a beer funnel. </a></div><time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-25T11:58:04">25 Feb 2025</time><div tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" class="duration">15:10</div></div></article><b></b></div><div class="item"><b></b><article class="card video"><script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://thespinoff.co.nz/"},"headline":"Chapter two: ‘Your dad’s voice is in my head’","description":"Bryn and Ku go in search of a rich farmer at the Hunt Ball in South Canterbury, before getting relationship advice from Brynley’s dad and Oma. 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Maybe joining a social run club is the answer? " href="/videos/singles-club/chapter-two-your-dads-voice-is-in-my-head-bryn-kus-singles-club-the-spinoff#video">Bryn and Ku go in search of a rich farmer at the Hunt Ball in South Canterbury, before getting relationship advice from Brynley’s dad and Oma. Maybe joining a social run club is the answer? </a></div><time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-18T12:00:08">18 Feb 2025</time><div tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" class="duration">15:10</div></div></article><b></b></div><div class="item"><b></b><article class="card video"><script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://thespinoff.co.nz/"},"headline":"Chapter one: ‘She likes the hardcore gamers’","description":"Bryn and Ku pack their bags and swap the bleak dating scene of Tāmaki Makaurau for some meet and mingle events down south in Ōtautahi that will take them out of their comfort zone. \n","thumbnailUrl":"https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/BKSC_EP01_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg","name":"Chapter one: ‘She likes the hardcore gamers’","url":"https://thespinoff.co.nz/","duration":"PT0H15M1S","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/Opf4Zyz7CGM","contentUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opf4Zyz7CGM","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/BKSC_EP01_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg"},"dateCreated":"2025-02-11T12:00:20+13:00","uploadDate":"2025-02-11T12:00:20+13:00","datePublished":"2025-02-11T12:00:20+13:00","dateModified":"2025-02-11T12:00:20+13:00","keywords":["Chapter one: ‘She likes the hardcore gamers’","Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Spinoff","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://thespinoff.co.nz/images/spinoff-icon-logo.svg","width":"200","height":"200"}}}</script><div class="image"><a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="/videos/singles-club/chapter-one-she-likes-the-hardcore-gamers-bryn-kus-singles-club-the-spinoff#video"><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:56.25%"></span><img alt="Chapter one: ‘She likes the hardcore gamers’" 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%;object-fit:cover;object-position:center center"/><noscript><img alt="Chapter one: ‘She likes the hardcore gamers’" sizes="640px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/BKSC_EP01_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/BKSC_EP01_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/BKSC_EP01_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/BKSC_EP01_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/BKSC_EP01_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/BKSC_EP01_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/BKSC_EP01_THUMBNAIL_16x9_TSO.jpg?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%;object-fit:cover;object-position:center center" loading="lazy"/></noscript></span></a></div><div class="body"><div class="label"><a tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" href="/videos/singles-club">Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club</a></div><h3 class="title"><a aria-label="Series: Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club, Title: Chapter one: ‘She likes the hardcore gamers’, Duration: 15:01" href="/videos/singles-club/chapter-one-she-likes-the-hardcore-gamers-bryn-kus-singles-club-the-spinoff#video">Chapter one: ‘She likes the hardcore gamers’</a></h3><div class="summary"><a aria-label="summary: Bryn and Ku pack their bags and swap the bleak dating scene of Tāmaki Makaurau for some meet and mingle events down south in Ōtautahi that will take them out of their comfort zone. " href="/videos/singles-club/chapter-one-she-likes-the-hardcore-gamers-bryn-kus-singles-club-the-spinoff#video">Bryn and Ku pack their bags and swap the bleak dating scene of Tāmaki Makaurau for some meet and mingle events down south in Ōtautahi that will take them out of their comfort zone. </a></div><time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-11T12:00:20">11 Feb 2025</time><div tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" class="duration">15:01</div></div></article><b></b></div><div class="item"><b></b><article class="card video"><script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://thespinoff.co.nz/"},"headline":"Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club – Trailer","description":"Join comedians Brynley Stent and Kura Forrester as they head out on a cross-country quest to find love and explore the state of dating and relationships in modern day Aotearoa. Episode one premieres on The Spinoff on Tuesday February 11. 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Episode one premieres on The Spinoff on Tuesday February 11. Made with the support of NZ On Air. " href="/videos/singles-club/bryn-kus-singles-club-trailer-the-spinoff#video">Join comedians Brynley Stent and Kura Forrester as they head out on a cross-country quest to find love and explore the state of dating and relationships in modern day Aotearoa. Episode one premieres on The Spinoff on Tuesday February 11. Made with the support of NZ On Air. </a></div><time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-04T11:58:45">4 Feb 2025</time><div tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" class="duration">1:33</div></div></article><b></b></div><div class="item"><b></b><article class="card video"><script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://thespinoff.co.nz/"},"headline":"The Baker whānau","description":"When a whale washed up on Tokomaru Bay, Israel and Petrina Baker decided it was important to take time out of school so that their tamariki could learn how to harvest the taonga. 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Truancy officers were not too pleased, so the whānau’s home education began through Te Kura. " href="/videos/home-education/the-baker-whanau-home-education-the-spinoff#video">When a whale washed up on Tokomaru Bay, Israel and Petrina Baker decided it was important to take time out of school so that their tamariki could learn how to harvest the taonga. Truancy officers were not too pleased, so the whānau’s home education began through Te Kura. </a></div><time class="date" dateTime="2024-11-12T12:00:55">12 Nov 2024</time><div tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" class="duration">16:58</div></div></article><b></b></div><div class="item"><b></b><article class="card video"><script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://thespinoff.co.nz/"},"headline":"On the road with the Rasmussens","description":"The Rasmussens have travelled the country in a house bus for over a decade. 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Bridie is the ‘road-schooling’ mum to seven kids, all at different stages. On the bus near the beach, the kids design an ancient civilisation together. " href="/videos/home-education/on-the-road-with-the-rasmussens-home-education-the-spinoff#video">The Rasmussens have travelled the country in a house bus for over a decade. Bridie is the ‘road-schooling’ mum to seven kids, all at different stages. On the bus near the beach, the kids design an ancient civilisation together. </a></div><time class="date" dateTime="2024-11-05T11:58:27">5 Nov 2024</time><div tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" class="duration">14:04</div></div></article><b></b></div><div class="item"><b></b><article class="card video"><script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://thespinoff.co.nz/"},"headline":"Alesha & Kensey","description":"Kensey was slipping behind at school due to illness, so Alesha and Damien decided to do something different – something they’d only seen on Country Calendar. 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Now Kensey writes books about unicorns and gathers toheroa with her whanau. " href="/videos/home-education/alesha-kensey-home-education-the-spinoff#video">Kensey was slipping behind at school due to illness, so Alesha and Damien decided to do something different – something they’d only seen on Country Calendar. Now Kensey writes books about unicorns and gathers toheroa with her whanau. </a></div><time class="date" dateTime="2024-10-29T11:57:31">29 Oct 2024</time><div tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" class="duration">15:09</div></div></article><b></b></div></div><div tabindex="0" class="control next"></div></div></div></section><div class="outerWrap"><section class="matrixWrapper" id=""><header class="headerTextOuter matrixHeader false nosponsor"><a aria-label="Business" id="business-header" class="categLink" href="/business"><h1 id="business-inner" class="headerText">Business</h1></a></header><section class="col1 flexFeature"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Chris Luxon hopes his Infrastructure Investment Summit will help attract a much needed capital injection. (Design: Liam Rātana) ," href="/atea/13-03-2025/iwi-investors-enter-infrastructure-summit-with-eyes-wide-open"><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="Chris Luxon hopes his Infrastructure Investment Summit will help attract a much needed capital injection. (Design: Liam Rātana) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.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%"/></span></a></div><div class="body"><a href="/atea/13-03-2025/iwi-investors-enter-infrastructure-summit-with-eyes-wide-open"><h4 aria-label="Iwi investors enter infrastructure summit with ‘eyes wide open’," class="title">Iwi investors enter infrastructure summit with ‘eyes wide open’</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Will Māori investors be treated as genuine investment partners, or simply stakeholders with interests to be managed?,">Will Māori investors be treated as genuine investment partners, or simply stakeholders with interests to be managed?</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/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.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 Liam Rātana" class="name b"><span class="pre-text">By </span>Liam Rātana<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-13T05:00:40"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Ātea editor" class="position">Ātea editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><section class="col2 concertinaList"><article class="card post"><div class="image" style="overflow:hidden"><a tabindex="-1" aria-label="Feature image description : ," href="/business/12-03-2025/behind-the-wheel-of-a-political-hot-potato-meet-new-zealands-anti-musk-tesla-drivers"><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="" 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="" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2.gif?w=600 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2.gif?w=600 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2.gif?w=600 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2.gif?w=600 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2.gif?w=600" 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="/business/12-03-2025/behind-the-wheel-of-a-political-hot-potato-meet-new-zealands-anti-musk-tesla-drivers"><h4 class="title" aria-label="Behind the wheel of a ‘political hot potato’: Meet New Zealand’s anti-Musk Tesla drivers,">Behind the wheel of a ‘political hot potato’: Meet New Zealand’s anti-Musk Tesla drivers</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: As protests against Elon Musk's EV company ramp up here and abroad, many Tesla owners are at pains to distance themselves from the tarnished brand.,">As protests against Elon Musk's EV company ramp up here and abroad, many Tesla owners are at pains to distance themselves from the tarnished brand.</div><div 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/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.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 Gabi Lardies" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Gabi Lardies<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-12T05:00:52"> | 12th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post" data-tags="opinion"><div class="body"><a href="/business/27-02-2025/we-need-to-stop-shadow-boxing-on-competition"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 class="title" aria-label="We need to stop shadow-boxing on competition,">We need to stop shadow-boxing on competition</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: How many times do supermarkets and banks have to be put 'on notice' before something actually changes?,">How many times do supermarkets and banks have to be put 'on notice' before something actually changes?</div><div 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/1/2023/08/max-rashbrooke.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/08/max-rashbrooke.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/08/max-rashbrooke.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/08/max-rashbrooke.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/08/max-rashbrooke.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/08/max-rashbrooke.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/08/max-rashbrooke.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 Max Rashbrooke" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Max Rashbrooke<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-27T10:30:19"> | 27th February, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/business/11-02-2025/the-visa-changes-to-lure-rich-investors-to-aotearoa-explained"><h4 class="title" aria-label="The visa changes to lure rich investors to Aotearoa, explained,">The visa changes to lure rich investors to Aotearoa, explained</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Migrants with money, come on over and boost our economy – just don't try to buy a house.,">Migrants with money, come on over and boost our economy – just don't try to buy a house.</div><div 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/alnevcrop.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/alnevcrop.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/alnevcrop.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/alnevcrop.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/alnevcrop.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/alnevcrop.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/alnevcrop.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 Alice Neville" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Alice Neville<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-11T05:00:25"> | 11th February, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/pop-culture/05-02-2025/inside-the-decision-to-ban-under-18s-from-laneway"><h4 class="title" aria-label="Inside the decision to ban under-18s from Laneway,">Inside the decision to ban under-18s from Laneway</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Sports events and other gigs allow for alcohol and young people to be in the same vicinity, so why not Laneway?,">Sports events and other gigs allow for alcohol and young people to be in the same vicinity, so why not Laneway?</div><div 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/duncanhs-may23.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.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 Duncan Greive" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Duncan Greive<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-05T09:00:33"> | 5th February, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><aside class="col3"><section tabindex="0" aria-label="Podcasts" class="podSection"><div class="multimedia-surround"><a class="multimediaTitle" href="/podcasts">PODCASTS</a><div class="inner"><div></div><div></div></div></div></section><section class="newsletterSection"><div class="newsletter-surround"></div></section></aside></section><section class="block newsletter-alternate"><div class="container newsletter-alternate"><div class="layout-newsletter-alternate"><article class="pink card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-1"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Some of the new housing developments proposed in Wellington. ," href="/business/04-02-2025/windbag-wellingtons-new-housing-boom"><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="Some of the new housing developments proposed in Wellington. " 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="Some of the new housing developments proposed in Wellington. " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/photo-collage.png-15.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/photo-collage.png-15.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/photo-collage.png-15.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/photo-collage.png-15.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/photo-collage.png-15.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="/business/04-02-2025/windbag-wellingtons-new-housing-boom"><h4 aria-label="Windbag: Wellington’s new housing boom," class="title">Windbag: Wellington’s new housing boom</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: There’s been a spike in applications for townhouse and apartment developments since the city’s pro-density District Plan was approved.,">There’s been a spike in applications for townhouse and apartment developments since the city’s pro-density District Plan was approved.</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/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.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 Joel MacManus" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Joel MacManus<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-04T05:01:00"> | 4th February, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Wellington editor" class="position">Wellington editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="white card post" data-tags="opinion" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-2"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Image: Getty Images; additional design The Spinoff ," href="/business/03-02-2025/come-on-down-to-queenstown-just-dont-use-the-loo"><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="Image: Getty Images; additional design The Spinoff " 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="Image: Getty Images; additional design The Spinoff " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Untitled-design-82.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Untitled-design-82.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Untitled-design-82.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Untitled-design-82.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Untitled-design-82.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="/business/03-02-2025/come-on-down-to-queenstown-just-dont-use-the-loo"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="Come on down to Queenstown – just don’t use the loo," class="title">Come on down to Queenstown – just don’t use the loo</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Each of the government's various economic growth policy announcements asks something, in some way, of Queenstown. But does it have the answer?,">Each of the government's various economic growth policy announcements asks something, in some way, of Queenstown. But does it have the answer?</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/1/2025/01/Profile-pic-2024-1.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Profile-pic-2024-1.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Profile-pic-2024-1.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Profile-pic-2024-1.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Profile-pic-2024-1.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Profile-pic-2024-1.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Profile-pic-2024-1.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 Victoria Crockford" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Victoria Crockford<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-03T05:00:21"> | 3rd February, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="yellow card post" data-tags="opinion" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-3"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Image: The Spinoff ," href="/business/29-01-2025/scrapping-callaghan-innovation-is-a-necessary-reset-but-what-comes-next"><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="Image: The Spinoff " 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="Image: The Spinoff " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Untitled-design-80.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Untitled-design-80.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Untitled-design-80.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Untitled-design-80.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Untitled-design-80.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="/business/29-01-2025/scrapping-callaghan-innovation-is-a-necessary-reset-but-what-comes-next"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="Scrapping Callaghan Innovation is a necessary reset. But what comes next?," class="title">Scrapping Callaghan Innovation is a necessary reset. But what comes next?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: We need to move beyond the theoretical benefits of innovation to actually delivering it.,">We need to move beyond the theoretical benefits of innovation to actually delivering it.</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/1/2015/09/rowan-200dpi.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/rowan-200dpi.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/rowan-200dpi.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/rowan-200dpi.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/rowan-200dpi.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/rowan-200dpi.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/rowan-200dpi.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 Rowan Simpson" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Rowan Simpson<time class="date" dateTime="2025-01-29T09:00:15"> | 29th January, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="red card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-4"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : A curated selection of the Spinoff’s Body Shop favourites (Image: Anna Rawhiti-Connell) ," href="/business/23-01-2025/the-body-shop-is-dead-but-our-love-for-its-lip-balm-will-live-on"><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="A curated selection of the Spinoff’s Body Shop favourites (Image: Anna Rawhiti-Connell) " 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="A curated selection of the Spinoff’s Body Shop favourites (Image: Anna Rawhiti-Connell) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/4Kc0LIGH-Untitled-design-5.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/4Kc0LIGH-Untitled-design-5.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/4Kc0LIGH-Untitled-design-5.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/4Kc0LIGH-Untitled-design-5.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/4Kc0LIGH-Untitled-design-5.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="/business/23-01-2025/the-body-shop-is-dead-but-our-love-for-its-lip-balm-will-live-on"><h4 aria-label="The Body Shop is dead but our love for its lip balm will live on," class="title">The Body Shop is dead but our love for its lip balm will live on</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: A farewell to our cruelty-free favs.,">A farewell to our cruelty-free favs.</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/1/2020/10/Screenshot_20201021_082548.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/10/Screenshot_20201021_082548.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/10/Screenshot_20201021_082548.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/10/Screenshot_20201021_082548.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/10/Screenshot_20201021_082548.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/10/Screenshot_20201021_082548.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/10/Screenshot_20201021_082548.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 Group Think" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Group Think<time class="date" dateTime="2025-01-23T12:00:16"> | 23rd January, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role A bunch of people" class="position">A bunch of people</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></div></section></div><div class="outerWrap"><section class="matrixWrapper" id=""><header class="headerTextOuter matrixHeader false nosponsor"><a aria-label="Ātea" id="atea-header" class="categLink" href="/atea"><h1 id="atea-inner" class="headerText">Ātea</h1></a></header><section class="col1 flexFeature"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Elizabeth Rata. (Photo: Supplied; additional design The Spinoff) ," href="/atea/13-03-2025/lost-in-translation-the-real-cost-of-a-knowledge-rich-curriculum"><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="Elizabeth Rata. (Photo: Supplied; additional design The Spinoff) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-60.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-60.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-60.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-60.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-60.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%"/></span></a></div><div class="body"><a href="/atea/13-03-2025/lost-in-translation-the-real-cost-of-a-knowledge-rich-curriculum"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="Lost in translation: The real cost of a ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum," class="title">Lost in translation: The real cost of a ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Is it about education, or erasing inconvenient truths?,">Is it about education, or erasing inconvenient truths?</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/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/04/vini-olsen-reeder.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 Vincent Olsen-Reeder" class="name b"><span class="pre-text">By </span>Vincent Olsen-Reeder<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-13T12:03:17"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><section class="col2 concertinaList"><article class="card post"><div class="image" style="overflow:hidden"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : A person in a suit waves, set against a backdrop of numerous dollar bills and a city skyline silhouette. The image suggests themes of wealth or economics.," href="/atea/13-03-2025/iwi-investors-enter-infrastructure-summit-with-eyes-wide-open"><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="A person in a suit waves, set against a backdrop of numerous dollar bills and a city skyline silhouette. The image suggests themes of wealth or economics." 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="A person in a suit waves, set against a backdrop of numerous dollar bills and a city skyline silhouette. The image suggests themes of wealth or economics." sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?w=600 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?w=600 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?w=600 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?w=600 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Liams-images-61.png?w=600" 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="/atea/13-03-2025/iwi-investors-enter-infrastructure-summit-with-eyes-wide-open"><h4 class="title" aria-label="Iwi investors enter infrastructure summit with ‘eyes wide open’,">Iwi investors enter infrastructure summit with ‘eyes wide open’</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Will Māori investors be treated as genuine investment partners, or simply stakeholders with interests to be managed?,">Will Māori investors be treated as genuine investment partners, or simply stakeholders with interests to be managed?</div><div 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/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.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 Liam Rātana" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Liam Rātana<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-13T05:00:40"> | 13th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post" data-tags="opinion"><div class="body"><a href="/atea/11-03-2025/whats-behind-the-whanau-ora-overhaul"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 class="title" aria-label="What’s behind the Whānau Ora overhaul?,">What’s behind the Whānau Ora overhaul?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The first changes in over a decade have created uncertainty for 600 kaimahi – what happens next?,">The first changes in over a decade have created uncertainty for 600 kaimahi – what happens next?</div><div 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/1/2018/01/IMG_1763-1.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/01/IMG_1763-1.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/01/IMG_1763-1.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/01/IMG_1763-1.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/01/IMG_1763-1.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/01/IMG_1763-1.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/01/IMG_1763-1.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 Gabrielle Baker" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Gabrielle Baker<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-11T05:00:49"> | 11th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/pop-culture/07-03-2025/review-end-of-the-valley-is-unlike-anything-on-television"><h4 class="title" aria-label="End of the Valley is unlike anything on television,">End of the Valley is unlike anything on television</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Whakaata Māori’s new drama is dark, twisted, and full of surprises.,">Whakaata Māori’s new drama is dark, twisted, and full of surprises.</div><div 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/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.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 Liam Rātana" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Liam Rātana<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-07T10:30:18"> | 7th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post" data-tags="opinion"><div class="body"><a href="/atea/06-03-2025/dear-john-we-cant-always-blame-racism"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 class="title" aria-label="Dear John, we can’t always blame racism,">Dear John, we can’t always blame racism</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: John Tamihere’s defence of Waipareira Trust and Te Pāti Māori raises questions – when does scrutiny cross into racism, and when is it just accountability?,">John Tamihere’s defence of Waipareira Trust and Te Pāti Māori raises questions – when does scrutiny cross into racism, and when is it just accountability?</div><div 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/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.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 Liam Rātana" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Liam Rātana<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-06T05:00:14"> | 6th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><aside class="col3"><section tabindex="0" aria-label="Podcasts" class="podSection"><div class="multimedia-surround"><a class="multimediaTitle" href="/podcasts">PODCASTS</a><div class="inner"><div></div><div></div></div></div></section><section class="newsletterSection"><div class="newsletter-surround"></div></section></aside></section><section class="block newsletter-alternate"><div class="container newsletter-alternate"><div class="layout-newsletter-alternate"><article class="brightblue card post" data-tags="opinion" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-1"><div class="image"><a tabindex="-1" aria-label="Feature image description : ," href="/atea/24-02-2025/no-penance-in-privatisation"><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="No penance in privatisation" 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="No penance in privatisation" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/UF1BJnD7-Liams-images-51.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/UF1BJnD7-Liams-images-51.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/UF1BJnD7-Liams-images-51.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/UF1BJnD7-Liams-images-51.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/UF1BJnD7-Liams-images-51.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="/atea/24-02-2025/no-penance-in-privatisation"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="No penance in privatisation," class="title">No penance in privatisation</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Selling state-owned assets to Māori isn’t the way to create economic wealth for Māori.,">Selling state-owned assets to Māori isn’t the way to create economic wealth for Māori.</div><div style="position:relative" class="bylines-container"><div class="byline"><div><div aria-label="written by Tayla Forward" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Tayla Forward<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-24T10:30:27"> | 24th February, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="white card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-2"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Deign: Liam Rātana ," href="/atea/24-02-2025/a-beginners-guide-to-te-matatini-2025"><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="Deign: Liam Rātana " 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="Deign: Liam Rātana " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Liams-images-50.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Liams-images-50.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Liams-images-50.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Liams-images-50.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Liams-images-50.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="/atea/24-02-2025/a-beginners-guide-to-te-matatini-2025"><h4 aria-label="A beginner’s guide to Te Matatini 2025," class="title">A beginner’s guide to Te Matatini 2025</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The Olympics of kapa haka kicks off this week. Here's what you need to know.,">The Olympics of kapa haka kicks off this week. Here's what you need to know.</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/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.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 Liam Rātana" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Liam Rātana<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-24T09:00:33"> | 24th February, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Ātea editor" class="position">Ātea editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="red card post" data-tags="opinion" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-3"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Oranga Tamariki minister Karen Chhour (Image design: Liam Rātana) ," href="/atea/20-02-2025/can-canada-and-the-us-guide-the-way-on-indigenous-child-protection"><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="Oranga Tamariki minister Karen Chhour (Image design: Liam Rātana) " 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="Oranga Tamariki minister Karen Chhour (Image design: Liam Rātana) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Liams-images-49.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Liams-images-49.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Liams-images-49.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Liams-images-49.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Liams-images-49.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="/atea/20-02-2025/can-canada-and-the-us-guide-the-way-on-indigenous-child-protection"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="Can Canada and the US guide the way on Indigenous child protection?," class="title">Can Canada and the US guide the way on Indigenous child protection?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: With the repeal of Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act looking set to go ahead, with some key changes, here's what we can learn from North America.,">With the repeal of Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act looking set to go ahead, with some key changes, here's what we can learn from North America.</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/1/2025/02/Kaea-Hudson-and-Luke-Fitzmaurice-Brown.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Kaea-Hudson-and-Luke-Fitzmaurice-Brown.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Kaea-Hudson-and-Luke-Fitzmaurice-Brown.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Kaea-Hudson-and-Luke-Fitzmaurice-Brown.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Kaea-Hudson-and-Luke-Fitzmaurice-Brown.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Kaea-Hudson-and-Luke-Fitzmaurice-Brown.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Kaea-Hudson-and-Luke-Fitzmaurice-Brown.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 Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown and Kaea Hudson" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown and Kaea Hudson<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-20T10:30:59"> | 20th February, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="acidgreen card post" data-tags="opinion" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-4"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Design: Liam Rātana ," href="/atea/17-02-2025/who-is-matua-kahurangi-and-does-it-matter-if-hes-fake"><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="Design: Liam Rātana " 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="Design: Liam Rātana " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Liams-images-47.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Liams-images-47.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Liams-images-47.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Liams-images-47.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Liams-images-47.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="/atea/17-02-2025/who-is-matua-kahurangi-and-does-it-matter-if-hes-fake"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="Who is Matua Kahurangi and does it matter if he’s fake?," class="title">Who is Matua Kahurangi and does it matter if he’s fake?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: A search for the person behind a social media account ridiculing Māori.,">A search for the person behind a social media account ridiculing Māori.</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/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.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 Liam Rātana" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Liam Rātana<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-17T10:42:06"> | 17th February, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Ātea editor" class="position">Ātea editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></div></section></div><div class="outerWrap"><section class="matrixWrapper" id=""><header class="headerTextOuter matrixHeader false false"><a aria-label="Kai" id="kai-header" class="categLink" href="/kai"><h1 id="kai-inner" class="headerText">Kai</h1></a><aside class="headerSponsor"><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/members/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=food"><h4 style="min-height:10px">Made possible by</h4><img src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/10/members-scaled.png?w=300" alt="The Spinoff Members"/></a></aside></header><section class="col1 flexFeature"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Never forget ," href="/kai/18-02-2025/rip-cadbury-mini-eggs-you-used-to-be-great"><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="Never forget " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/RIP-mini-eggs.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/RIP-mini-eggs.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/RIP-mini-eggs.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/RIP-mini-eggs.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/RIP-mini-eggs.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%"/></span></a></div><div class="body"><a href="/kai/18-02-2025/rip-cadbury-mini-eggs-you-used-to-be-great"><h4 aria-label="RIP Cadbury mini eggs – you used to be great," class="title">RIP Cadbury mini eggs – you used to be great</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The last good thing at the supermarket is gone.,">The last good thing at the supermarket is gone.</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/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.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 Madeleine Chapman" class="name b"><span class="pre-text">By </span>Madeleine Chapman<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-18T09:30:30"> | 18th February, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Editor" class="position">Editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><section class="col2 concertinaList"><article class="card post"><div class="image" style="overflow:hidden"><a tabindex="-1" aria-label="Feature image description : ," href="/kai/08-02-2025/the-chinese-origins-of-samoas-most-popular-dish-chop-suey"><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="" 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="" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/chop-suey.png?w=600 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/chop-suey.png?w=600 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/chop-suey.png?w=600 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/chop-suey.png?w=600 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/chop-suey.png?w=600" 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="/kai/08-02-2025/the-chinese-origins-of-samoas-most-popular-dish-chop-suey"><h4 class="title" aria-label="The Chinese origins of Sāmoa’s most popular dish, chop suey,">The Chinese origins of Sāmoa’s most popular dish, chop suey</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Many of Sāmoa's beloved dishes are the result of cultural collaboration. ,">Many of Sāmoa's beloved dishes are the result of cultural collaboration. </div><div 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/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.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 Madeleine Chapman" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Madeleine Chapman<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-08T05:15:47"> | 8th February, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/the-best-of/04-02-2025/those-sweet-and-sour-days-life-behind-the-counter-of-queensgate-malls-first-chinese-takeaway"><h4 class="title" aria-label="Life behind the counter of Queensgate mall's first Chinese takeaway,">Life behind the counter of Queensgate mall's first Chinese takeaway</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Growing up in a Chinese takeaway left Chris Tse with a deep appreciation for his parents’ hard work – and a years-long aversion to sweet and sour pork. ,">Growing up in a Chinese takeaway left Chris Tse with a deep appreciation for his parents’ hard work – and a years-long aversion to sweet and sour pork. </div><div 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/1/2020/07/Chris-Tse-June-2019-1.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/07/Chris-Tse-June-2019-1.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/07/Chris-Tse-June-2019-1.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/07/Chris-Tse-June-2019-1.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/07/Chris-Tse-June-2019-1.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/07/Chris-Tse-June-2019-1.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2020/07/Chris-Tse-June-2019-1.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 Chris Tse" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Chris Tse<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-04T12:00:02"> | 4th February, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/kai/29-01-2025/whats-next-for-kerbside-food-waste-collection"><h4 class="title" aria-label="What’s ahead for kerbside food waste collection?,">What’s ahead for kerbside food waste collection?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: There are fears a government policy change will prevent more councils from rolling out food scraps collection.,">There are fears a government policy change will prevent more councils from rolling out food scraps collection.</div><div 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/shantimathias-may23.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.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 Shanti Mathias" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Shanti Mathias<time class="date" dateTime="2025-01-29T05:05:52"> | 29th January, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/kai/21-01-2025/a-review-of-the-two-new-ice-blocks-vying-for-the-cyclones-crown"><h4 class="title" aria-label="A review of the two new ice blocks vying for the Cyclone’s crown,">A review of the two new ice blocks vying for the Cyclone’s crown</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Can either newbie beat the best ice block in New Zealand?,">Can either newbie beat the best ice block in New Zealand?</div><div 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/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.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 Madeleine Chapman" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Madeleine Chapman<time class="date" dateTime="2025-01-21T12:00:57"> | 21st January, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><aside class="col3"><section tabindex="0" aria-label="Podcasts" class="podSection"><div class="multimedia-surround"><a class="multimediaTitle" href="/podcasts">PODCASTS</a><div class="inner"><div></div><div></div></div></div></section><section class="newsletterSection"><div class="newsletter-surround"></div></section></aside></section><section class="block newsletter-alternate"><div class="container newsletter-alternate"><div class="layout-newsletter-alternate"><article class="pink card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-1"><div class="image"><a tabindex="-1" aria-label="Feature image description : ," href="/atea/18-01-2025/the-life-lessons-hidden-in-the-tangy-chewy-world-of-rewana-bread"><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="The life lessons hidden in the tangy, chewy world of rēwana bread" 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="The life lessons hidden in the tangy, chewy world of rēwana bread" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Liams-images-36.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Liams-images-36.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Liams-images-36.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Liams-images-36.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/Liams-images-36.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="/atea/18-01-2025/the-life-lessons-hidden-in-the-tangy-chewy-world-of-rewana-bread"><h4 aria-label="The life lessons hidden in the tangy, chewy world of rēwana bread," class="title">The life lessons hidden in the tangy, chewy world of rēwana bread</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Making rēwana is about more than just a recipe – it’s a journey of patience, care and persistence.,">Making rēwana is about more than just a recipe – it’s a journey of patience, care and persistence.</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/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.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 Liam Rātana" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Liam Rātana<time class="date" dateTime="2025-01-18T05:00:34"> | 18th January, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Ātea editor" class="position">Ātea editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="white card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-2"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : James Tangitamaiti and Yanah Partsch, owners of Pepe’s Cafe. Image: Tina Tiller. ," href="/kai/12-01-2025/the-remarkable-pie-shop-hidden-in-a-porirua-industrial-estate-2"><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="James Tangitamaiti and Yanah Partsch, owners of Pepe’s Cafe. 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="James Tangitamaiti and Yanah Partsch, owners of Pepe’s Cafe. Image: Tina Tiller. " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/FeatureImage_PiesByNickIles..png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/FeatureImage_PiesByNickIles..png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/FeatureImage_PiesByNickIles..png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/FeatureImage_PiesByNickIles..png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/FeatureImage_PiesByNickIles..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="/kai/12-01-2025/the-remarkable-pie-shop-hidden-in-a-porirua-industrial-estate-2"><h4 aria-label="The remarkable pie shop hidden in a Porirua industrial estate," class="title">The remarkable pie shop hidden in a Porirua industrial estate</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Pāua, canned spaghetti, Povi Masima and taro: Pepe's Cafe understands the nature of food as love and community.,">Pāua, canned spaghetti, Povi Masima and taro: Pepe's Cafe understands the nature of food as love and community.</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/1/2024/07/image_123650291.JPG?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/07/image_123650291.JPG?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/07/image_123650291.JPG?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/07/image_123650291.JPG?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/07/image_123650291.JPG?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/07/image_123650291.JPG?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/07/image_123650291.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 Nick Iles" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Nick Iles<time class="date" dateTime="2025-01-12T05:10:50"> | 12th January, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="yellow card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-3"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Image: Tina Tiller ," href="/wellington/10-01-2025/a-guide-to-wellingtons-best-byo-restaurants-2"><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="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="Image: Tina Tiller " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/04/BYO-Wellington.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/04/BYO-Wellington.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/04/BYO-Wellington.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/04/BYO-Wellington.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/04/BYO-Wellington.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="/wellington/10-01-2025/a-guide-to-wellingtons-best-byo-restaurants-2"><h4 aria-label="A guide to Wellington’s best BYO restaurants," class="title">A guide to Wellington’s best BYO restaurants</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Wondering where to host your next BYO in the capital? Whether it's a small gathering or a massive party, we've got some recommendations. ,">Wondering where to host your next BYO in the capital? Whether it's a small gathering or a massive party, we've got some recommendations. </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/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.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 Joel MacManus" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Joel MacManus<time class="date" dateTime="2025-01-10T05:34:02"> | 10th January, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Wellington editor" class="position">Wellington editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="red card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-4"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Alric Hansen, the Head Chef and co-owner of Highwater Eatery (Photo: Supplied) ," href="/wellington/09-01-2025/where-do-wellingtons-top-chefs-eat-on-their-day-off-2"><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="Alric Hansen, the Head Chef and co-owner of Highwater Eatery (Photo: Supplied) " 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="Alric Hansen, the Head Chef and co-owner of Highwater Eatery (Photo: Supplied) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/cheffeatimage.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/cheffeatimage.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/cheffeatimage.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/cheffeatimage.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/cheffeatimage.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="/wellington/09-01-2025/where-do-wellingtons-top-chefs-eat-on-their-day-off-2"><h4 aria-label="Where do Wellington’s top chefs eat on their day off?," class="title">Where do Wellington’s top chefs eat on their day off?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The capital's best chefs and restaurateurs share their favourite local eateries and hidden gems.,">The capital's best chefs and restaurateurs share their favourite local eateries and hidden gems.</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/1/2024/07/image_123650291.JPG?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/07/image_123650291.JPG?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/07/image_123650291.JPG?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/07/image_123650291.JPG?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/07/image_123650291.JPG?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/07/image_123650291.JPG?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/07/image_123650291.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 Nick Iles" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Nick Iles<time class="date" dateTime="2025-01-09T05:52:10"> | 9th January, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></div></section></div><div class="outerWrap"><section class="matrixWrapper" id=""><header class="headerTextOuter matrixHeader false nosponsor"><a aria-label="Internet" id="internet-header" class="categLink" href="/internet"><h1 id="internet-inner" class="headerText">Internet</h1></a></header><section class="col1 flexFeature"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Image: The Spinoff ," href="/internet/04-03-2025/internetnz-shouldnt-be-the-battleground-of-a-free-speech-inspired-culture-war"><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="Image: The Spinoff " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Untitled-design-5.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Untitled-design-5.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Untitled-design-5.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Untitled-design-5.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Untitled-design-5.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%"/></span></a></div><div class="body"><a href="/internet/04-03-2025/internetnz-shouldnt-be-the-battleground-of-a-free-speech-inspired-culture-war"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="InternetNZ shouldn’t be the battleground of a ‘free speech’-inspired culture war," class="title">InternetNZ shouldn’t be the battleground of a ‘free speech’-inspired culture war</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Why is the members-run not-for-profit that manages the .nz domain the target of a campaign against 'censorship'?,">Why is the members-run not-for-profit that manages the .nz domain the target of a campaign against 'censorship'?</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/1/2025/03/Headshot-Kyle-Matthews-DSC02354-2.JPG?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Headshot-Kyle-Matthews-DSC02354-2.JPG?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Headshot-Kyle-Matthews-DSC02354-2.JPG?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Headshot-Kyle-Matthews-DSC02354-2.JPG?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Headshot-Kyle-Matthews-DSC02354-2.JPG?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Headshot-Kyle-Matthews-DSC02354-2.JPG?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Headshot-Kyle-Matthews-DSC02354-2.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 Kyle Matthews" class="name b"><span class="pre-text">By </span>Kyle Matthews<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-04T14:26:02"> | 4th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><section class="col2 concertinaList"><article class="card post"><div class="image" style="overflow:hidden"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : a zigzaggy background with a colourful hand holding a phone with an IRD speech bubble and an orange arm putting down a phone with a suspicious speech bubble," href="/society/03-03-2025/ird-is-learning-the-hard-way-what-scams-have-done-to-trust"><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="a zigzaggy background with a colourful hand holding a phone with an IRD speech bubble and an orange arm putting down a phone with a suspicious speech bubble" 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="a zigzaggy background with a colourful hand holding a phone with an IRD speech bubble and an orange arm putting down a phone with a suspicious speech bubble" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/IRD-scams.png?w=600 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/IRD-scams.png?w=600 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/IRD-scams.png?w=600 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/IRD-scams.png?w=600 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/IRD-scams.png?w=600" 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/03-03-2025/ird-is-learning-the-hard-way-what-scams-have-done-to-trust"><h4 class="title" aria-label="IRD is learning the hard way what scams have done to trust,">IRD is learning the hard way what scams have done to trust</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Would you be suspicious if you received an unexpected call from the taxman? ,">Would you be suspicious if you received an unexpected call from the taxman? </div><div 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/shantimathias-may23.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.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 Shanti Mathias" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Shanti Mathias<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-03T05:00:51"> | 3rd March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/internet/01-03-2025/the-reason-you-feel-alienated-and-alone"><h4 class="title" aria-label="The reason you feel alienated and alone,">The reason you feel alienated and alone</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Celebrities, microcelebrities, people you know – they’re all jockeying for your attention, and there’s a limit to how many you can actually care about. ,">Celebrities, microcelebrities, people you know – they’re all jockeying for your attention, and there’s a limit to how many you can actually care about. </div><div 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/1/2023/09/maddieholden-hs23.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/maddieholden-hs23.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/maddieholden-hs23.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/maddieholden-hs23.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/maddieholden-hs23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/maddieholden-hs23.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/maddieholden-hs23.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 Madeleine Holden" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Madeleine Holden<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-01T05:20:24"> | 1st March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/internet/26-02-2025/never-ever-let-the-machine-draft-your-emails"><h4 class="title" aria-label="Never, ever let the machine draft your emails,">Never, ever let the machine draft your emails</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Make a habit of using these tools, and not only will all your relationships become husks, you yourself will become a husk.,">Make a habit of using these tools, and not only will all your relationships become husks, you yourself will become a husk.</div><div 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/1/2023/09/maddieholden-hs23.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/maddieholden-hs23.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/maddieholden-hs23.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/maddieholden-hs23.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/maddieholden-hs23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/maddieholden-hs23.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/09/maddieholden-hs23.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 Madeleine Holden" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Madeleine Holden<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-26T09:00:19"> | 26th February, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post" data-tags="opinion"><div class="body"><a href="/politics/26-02-2025/we-are-in-an-information-war-and-we-are-losing"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 class="title" aria-label="We are in an information war – and we are losing,">We are in an information war – and we are losing</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: If there is one hard lesson we in New Zealand know all too well, it’s that when hate spreads online, it doesn’t stay there. ,">If there is one hard lesson we in New Zealand know all too well, it’s that when hate spreads online, it doesn’t stay there. </div><div 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/1/2019/11/mandy-henk.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/11/mandy-henk.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/11/mandy-henk.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/11/mandy-henk.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/11/mandy-henk.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/11/mandy-henk.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2019/11/mandy-henk.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 Mandy Henk" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Mandy Henk<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-26T05:00:37"> | 26th February, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><aside class="col3"><section tabindex="0" aria-label="Podcasts" class="podSection"><div class="multimedia-surround"><a class="multimediaTitle" href="/podcasts">PODCASTS</a><div class="inner"><div></div><div></div></div></div></section><section class="newsletterSection"><div class="newsletter-surround"></div></section></aside></section><section class="block newsletter-alternate"><div class="container newsletter-alternate"><div class="layout-newsletter-alternate"><article class="green card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-1"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Reading sections of the Bible, with footnotes and historical context, is a key part of Brother Zac’s channel (Image: Screenshots/The Spinoff) ," href="/internet/10-02-2025/meet-the-whanganui-gamer-whos-teaching-people-about-the-bible-on-twitch"><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="Reading sections of the Bible, with footnotes and historical context, is a key part of Brother Zac’s channel (Image: Screenshots/The Spinoff) " 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="Reading sections of the Bible, with footnotes and historical context, is a key part of Brother Zac’s channel (Image: Screenshots/The Spinoff) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/brother-zac-twitch.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/brother-zac-twitch.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/brother-zac-twitch.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/brother-zac-twitch.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/brother-zac-twitch.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="/internet/10-02-2025/meet-the-whanganui-gamer-whos-teaching-people-about-the-bible-on-twitch"><h4 aria-label="Meet the Whanganui gamer who’s teaching people about the Bible on Twitch," class="title">Meet the Whanganui gamer who’s teaching people about the Bible on Twitch</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: 'Abraham's the frickin' man!',">'Abraham's the frickin' man!'</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/shantimathias-may23.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.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 Shanti Mathias" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Shanti Mathias<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-10T10:30:21"> | 10th February, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Staff writer" class="position">Staff writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="lightblue card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-2"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Image: The Spinoff ," href="/internet/18-01-2025/copy-of-a-soul-destroying-attempt-to-report-scam-facebook-ads"><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="Image: The Spinoff " 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="Image: The Spinoff " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/1-5.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/1-5.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/1-5.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/1-5.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/1-5.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="/internet/18-01-2025/copy-of-a-soul-destroying-attempt-to-report-scam-facebook-ads"><h4 aria-label="A soul-destroying attempt to report scam Facebook ads," class="title">A soul-destroying attempt to report scam Facebook ads</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: They're filling Facebook feeds, sucking people in and ripping them off. So why won't Meta do anything about it?,">They're filling Facebook feeds, sucking people in and ripping them off. So why won't Meta do anything about it?</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/1/2018/02/dylan-face-big.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/02/dylan-face-big.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/02/dylan-face-big.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/02/dylan-face-big.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/02/dylan-face-big.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/02/dylan-face-big.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2018/02/dylan-face-big.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 Dylan Reeve" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Dylan Reeve<time class="date" dateTime="2025-01-18T04:55:14"> | 18th January, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Contributing writer" class="position">Contributing writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="white card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-3"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Why are these categories of womanhood so pervasive? What compels us to create (and recreate) them? (Image: The Spinoff) ," href="/internet/11-01-2025/why-young-women-like-me-are-rotting-in-our-bedrooms-2"><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="Why are these categories of womanhood so pervasive? What compels us to create (and recreate) them? (Image: The Spinoff) " 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="Why are these categories of womanhood so pervasive? What compels us to create (and recreate) them? (Image: The Spinoff) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/10/SpinoffEssay_FeatureImage_GirlRot.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/10/SpinoffEssay_FeatureImage_GirlRot.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/10/SpinoffEssay_FeatureImage_GirlRot.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/10/SpinoffEssay_FeatureImage_GirlRot.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/10/SpinoffEssay_FeatureImage_GirlRot.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="/internet/11-01-2025/why-young-women-like-me-are-rotting-in-our-bedrooms-2"><h4 aria-label="Why young women like me are rotting in our bedrooms," class="title">Why young women like me are rotting in our bedrooms</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: It's become an internet trope, but the art of girl rotting dates back at least to the 19th century. ,">It's become an internet trope, but the art of girl rotting dates back at least to the 19th century. </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/1/2024/10/Maya-Field.jpeg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/10/Maya-Field.jpeg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/10/Maya-Field.jpeg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/10/Maya-Field.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/10/Maya-Field.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/10/Maya-Field.jpeg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/10/Maya-Field.jpeg?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 Maya Field" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Maya Field<time class="date" dateTime="2025-01-11T05:00:00"> | 11th January, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="lightgreen card post" data-tags="cover-story" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-4"><div class="image"><a tabindex="-1" aria-label="Feature image description : ," href="/business/08-01-2025/banks-are-grappling-with-a-scam-crisis-while-facebook-profits-from-it-2"><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="Banks are grappling with a scam ‘crisis’ while Facebook profits from it" 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="Banks are grappling with a scam ‘crisis’ while Facebook profits from it" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/Kor3DRGz-CoverStory_FeatureImage.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/Kor3DRGz-CoverStory_FeatureImage.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/Kor3DRGz-CoverStory_FeatureImage.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/Kor3DRGz-CoverStory_FeatureImage.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/Kor3DRGz-CoverStory_FeatureImage.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="/business/08-01-2025/banks-are-grappling-with-a-scam-crisis-while-facebook-profits-from-it-2"><div class="label">Cover Story</div><h4 aria-label="Banks are grappling with a scam ‘crisis’ while Facebook profits from it," class="title">Banks are grappling with a scam ‘crisis’ while Facebook profits from it</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The CEOs of Westpac and Kiwibank are contemplating quitting Facebook over its inaction on scams.,">The CEOs of Westpac and Kiwibank are contemplating quitting Facebook over its inaction on scams.</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/duncanhs-may23.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.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 Duncan Greive" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Duncan Greive<time class="date" dateTime="2025-01-08T05:02:00"> | 8th January, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Founder" class="position">Founder</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></div></section></div><div class="outerWrap"><section class="matrixWrapper" id=""><header class="headerTextOuter matrixHeader false false"><a aria-label="Books" id="books-header" class="categLink" href="/books"><h1 id="books-inner" class="headerText">Books</h1></a><aside class="headerSponsor"><a href="/#sponsor_post_footer"><h4 style="min-height:10px">Made possible by</h4><img src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2022/09/cnz-unity.png?w=300" alt="Unity Books + Creative New Zealand"/></a></aside></header><section class="col1 flexFeature"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Nafanua Purcell Kersel’s life in books ," href="/books/12-03-2025/its-such-a-gift-to-read-something-out-loud-nafanua-percell-kersels-life-in-books"><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="Nafanua Purcell Kersel’s life in books " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BooksConfessional_Nafanua-Percell-Kersel.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BooksConfessional_Nafanua-Percell-Kersel.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BooksConfessional_Nafanua-Percell-Kersel.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BooksConfessional_Nafanua-Percell-Kersel.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BooksConfessional_Nafanua-Percell-Kersel.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%"/></span></a></div><div class="body"><a href="/books/12-03-2025/its-such-a-gift-to-read-something-out-loud-nafanua-percell-kersels-life-in-books"><h4 aria-label="‘It’s such a gift to read something out loud’: Nafanua Purcell Kersel’s life in books," class="title">‘It’s such a gift to read something out loud’: Nafanua Purcell Kersel’s life in books</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The author of new poetry collection Black Sugarcane on the best and worst things she's read, the call of the waiting room coffee table and more.,">The author of new poetry collection Black Sugarcane on the best and worst things she's read, the call of the waiting room coffee table and more.</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/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.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 The Spinoff Review of Books" class="name b"><span class="pre-text">By </span>The Spinoff Review of Books<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-12T14:00:22"> | 12th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role ⚖️" class="position">⚖️</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><section class="col2 concertinaList"><article class="card post"><div class="image" style="overflow:hidden"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : A collage of bookcovers and author photos of Catherine Chidgey, Harriet Walters, Andy Griffiths and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.," href="/books/12-03-2025/look-whos-coming-to-auckland-writers-festival-2025"><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="A collage of bookcovers and author photos of Catherine Chidgey, Harriet Walters, Andy Griffiths and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie." 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="A collage of bookcovers and author photos of Catherine Chidgey, Harriet Walters, Andy Griffiths and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie." sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/feat-image-AWF25-top-picks.png?w=600 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/feat-image-AWF25-top-picks.png?w=600 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/feat-image-AWF25-top-picks.png?w=600 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/feat-image-AWF25-top-picks.png?w=600 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/feat-image-AWF25-top-picks.png?w=600" 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="/books/12-03-2025/look-whos-coming-to-auckland-writers-festival-2025"><h4 class="title" aria-label="Look who’s coming to Auckland Writers Festival 2025,">Look who’s coming to Auckland Writers Festival 2025</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Our picks for this year's most unmissable sessions. ,">Our picks for this year's most unmissable sessions. </div><div 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/clairemabey2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.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 Claire Mabey" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Claire Mabey<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-12T12:00:53"> | 12th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/books/08-03-2025/the-spinoff-essay-diary-of-a-writers-festival"><h4 class="title" aria-label="The Spinoff Essay: Diary of a writers’ festival,">The Spinoff Essay: Diary of a writers’ festival</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Adelaide Writers' Week was vibrant, resourced and thriving. So why, returning home with a head full of plans, did Claire Mabey feel unexpectedly sad?,">Adelaide Writers' Week was vibrant, resourced and thriving. So why, returning home with a head full of plans, did Claire Mabey feel unexpectedly sad?</div><div 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/clairemabey2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.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 Claire Mabey" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Claire Mabey<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-08T05:30:40"> | 8th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/books/08-03-2025/are-you-hungry-are-you-starved-inside-the-biggest-night-in-nz-slam-poetry"><h4 class="title" aria-label="‘Are you hungry? Are you starved?’: Inside the biggest night in NZ slam poetry,">‘Are you hungry? Are you starved?’: Inside the biggest night in NZ slam poetry</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: A journey from the 14th annual New Zealand Poetry Slam all the way back to where it began. ,">A journey from the 14th annual New Zealand Poetry Slam all the way back to where it began. </div><div 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/benfagan2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/benfagan2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/benfagan2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/benfagan2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/benfagan2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/benfagan2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/benfagan2024.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 Ben Fagan" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Ben Fagan<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-08T05:10:00"> | 8th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="card post"><div class="body"><a href="/books/07-03-2025/the-unity-books-bestseller-chart-for-the-week-ending-march-7"><h4 class="title" aria-label="The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending March 7,">The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending March 7</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: How to make croissants at home, the latest Han Kang, and the requisite cosy fiction.,">How to make croissants at home, the latest Han Kang, and the requisite cosy fiction.</div><div 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/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.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 The Spinoff Review of Books" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>The Spinoff Review of Books<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-07T13:59:44"> | 7th March, 2025</time></div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><aside class="col3"><section tabindex="0" aria-label="Podcasts" class="podSection"><div class="multimedia-surround"><a class="multimediaTitle" href="/podcasts">PODCASTS</a><div class="inner"><div></div><div></div></div></div></section><section class="newsletterSection"><div class="newsletter-surround"></div></section></aside></section><section class="block newsletter-alternate"><div class="container newsletter-alternate"><div class="layout-newsletter-alternate"><article class="brightblue card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-1"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Author Kiri Lightfoot’s life in books (Image: Tina Tiller) ," href="/books/05-03-2025/sobbed-so-loud-my-neighbour-came-to-check-on-me-kiri-lightfoots-book-confessional"><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="Author Kiri Lightfoot’s life in books (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="Author Kiri Lightfoot’s life in books (Image: Tina Tiller) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BooksConfessional_-Kiri-Lightfoot-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BooksConfessional_-Kiri-Lightfoot-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BooksConfessional_-Kiri-Lightfoot-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BooksConfessional_-Kiri-Lightfoot-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/BooksConfessional_-Kiri-Lightfoot-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="/books/05-03-2025/sobbed-so-loud-my-neighbour-came-to-check-on-me-kiri-lightfoots-book-confessional"><h4 aria-label="‘Sobbed so loud my neighbour came to check on me’: Kiri Lightfoot’s book confessional," class="title">‘Sobbed so loud my neighbour came to check on me’: Kiri Lightfoot’s book confessional</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The author of a moving new young adult novel on the book that shattered her into 'teeny tiny pieces'.,">The author of a moving new young adult novel on the book that shattered her into 'teeny tiny pieces'.</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/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.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 The Spinoff Review of Books" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>The Spinoff Review of Books<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-05T14:00:12"> | 5th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role ⚖️" class="position">⚖️</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="white card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-2"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : All the finalists in this year’s Ockham NZ Book Awards (Design: Tina Tiller) ," href="/books/05-03-2025/what-the-judges-picked-the-2025-ockham-book-awards-shortlist-revealed"><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="All the finalists in this year’s Ockham NZ Book Awards (Design: 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="All the finalists in this year’s Ockham NZ Book Awards (Design: Tina Tiller) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_Ockham-shortlist-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_Ockham-shortlist-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_Ockham-shortlist-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_Ockham-shortlist-2.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/FeatureImage_Ockham-shortlist-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="/books/05-03-2025/what-the-judges-picked-the-2025-ockham-book-awards-shortlist-revealed"><h4 aria-label="What the judges picked: the 2025 Ockham Book Awards shortlist, revealed," class="title">What the judges picked: the 2025 Ockham Book Awards shortlist, revealed</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: The 16 books still in the running for Aotearoa's biggest literary prizes. ,">The 16 books still in the running for Aotearoa's biggest literary prizes. </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/clairemabey2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.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 Claire Mabey" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Claire Mabey<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-05T05:00:00"> | 5th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Books editor" class="position">Books editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="red card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-3"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Bookshops, cat shops and coffee: examples of ‘healing’ books that are selling in their millions. ," href="/books/01-03-2025/the-rise-of-the-healing-novel-and-our-sad-need-to-cry"><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="Bookshops, cat shops and coffee: examples of ‘healing’ books that are selling in their millions. " 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="Bookshops, cat shops and coffee: examples of ‘healing’ books that are selling in their millions. " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Healing-Books-Feature.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Healing-Books-Feature.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Healing-Books-Feature.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Healing-Books-Feature.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Healing-Books-Feature.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="/books/01-03-2025/the-rise-of-the-healing-novel-and-our-sad-need-to-cry"><h4 aria-label="The rise of the ‘healing’ novel and our sad need to cry," class="title">The rise of the ‘healing’ novel and our sad need to cry</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: What's behind the soaring popularity of these little books designed to give us big feelings?,">What's behind the soaring popularity of these little books designed to give us big feelings?</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/clairemabey2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/09/clairemabey2024.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 Claire Mabey" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Claire Mabey<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-01T05:11:43"> | 1st March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Books editor" class="position">Books editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="acidgreen card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-4"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Alpacas, family drama, and the Wairarapa. ," href="/books/28-02-2025/the-unity-books-bestseller-chart-for-the-week-ending-february-28-2"><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="Alpacas, family drama, and the Wairarapa. " 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="Alpacas, family drama, and the Wairarapa. " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Unitys-28th.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Unitys-28th.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Unitys-28th.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Unitys-28th.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Unitys-28th.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="/books/28-02-2025/the-unity-books-bestseller-chart-for-the-week-ending-february-28-2"><h4 aria-label="The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending February 28," class="title">The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending February 28</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: A swath of new local books, the latest Anne Tyler, and a cosy comfort read from Korea.,">A swath of new local books, the latest Anne Tyler, and a cosy comfort read from Korea.</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/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2017/08/Spinpod.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 The Spinoff Review of Books" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>The Spinoff Review of Books<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-28T13:58:41"> | 28th February, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role ⚖️" class="position">⚖️</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></div></section></div><div class="outerWrap"><div id="media" class="flexCategoryWrapper false false"><section class="flexCategory media"><header class="headerTextOuter false false"><a aria-label="Media" id="media-header" class="categLink" href="/media"><h1 id="media-inner" class="headerText">Media</h1></a><aside class="headerSponsor"><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/members/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=media"><h4 style="min-height:10px">Made possible by</h4><img src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/10/members-scaled.png?w=300" alt="The Spinoff Members"/></a></aside></header><section class="col1 flexFeature false"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Image: Getty/The Spinoff ," href="/media/11-03-2025/the-fold-big-tech-and-regulation-in-the-second-coming-of-trump"><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="Image: Getty/The Spinoff " 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="Image: Getty/The Spinoff " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/foldtrump.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/foldtrump.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/foldtrump.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/foldtrump.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/foldtrump.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="/media/11-03-2025/the-fold-big-tech-and-regulation-in-the-second-coming-of-trump"><h4 aria-label="The Fold: Big tech and regulation in the second coming of Trump," class="title">The Fold: Big tech and regulation in the second coming of Trump</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: A dive deep into the theoretical and the practical of media regulation in the new era.,">A dive deep into the theoretical and the practical of media regulation in the new era.</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/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.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 The Spinoff" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>The Spinoff<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-11T11:59:20"> | 11th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Staff writers" class="position">Staff writers</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><section class="row1 false"><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post" data-tags="opinion"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Auckland’s CBD at night. ," href="/media/08-03-2025/we-live-in-real-cities-in-a-real-country-with-real-people-and-real-talent"><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="Auckland’s CBD at night. " 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="Auckland’s CBD at night. " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/weekend-0911-1.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/weekend-0911-1.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/weekend-0911-1.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/weekend-0911-1.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/weekend-0911-1.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="/media/08-03-2025/we-live-in-real-cities-in-a-real-country-with-real-people-and-real-talent"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="We live in real cities in a real country, with real people and real talent," class="title">We live in real cities in a real country, with real people and real talent</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Gabi Lardies reflects on the week that was.,">Gabi Lardies reflects on the week that was.</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/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.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 Gabi Lardies" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Gabi Lardies<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-08T05:10:16"> | 8th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Staff writer" class="position">Staff writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Image: The Spinoff ," href="/media/06-03-2025/shareholder-munity-brewing-at-owner-of-herald-and-newstalk-zb"><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="Image: The Spinoff " 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="Image: The Spinoff " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-12.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-12.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-12.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-12.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/Gabi-feature-pics-2-12.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="/media/06-03-2025/shareholder-munity-brewing-at-owner-of-herald-and-newstalk-zb"><h4 aria-label="Shareholder mutiny brewing at owner of Herald and Newstalk ZB," class="title">Shareholder mutiny brewing at owner of Herald and Newstalk ZB</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: It's driven by a Canadian billionaire with seemingly strong views on trans rights, vaccines and te Tiriti.,">It's driven by a Canadian billionaire with seemingly strong views on trans rights, vaccines and te Tiriti.</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/duncanhs-may23.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/duncanhs-may23.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 Duncan Greive" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Duncan Greive<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-06T15:37:28"> | 6th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Founder" class="position">Founder</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></section><section class="row2 false"><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Image: The Spinoff ," href="/media/06-03-2025/the-fold-what-can-we-learn-from-nzme-tvnz-and-skys-2024-results"><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="Image: The Spinoff " 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="Image: The Spinoff " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/fold.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/fold.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/fold.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/fold.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/03/fold.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="/media/06-03-2025/the-fold-what-can-we-learn-from-nzme-tvnz-and-skys-2024-results"><h4 aria-label="The Fold: What can we learn from NZME, TVNZ and Sky’s 2024 results?," class="title">The Fold: What can we learn from NZME, TVNZ and Sky’s 2024 results?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: A three-part podcast series analysing the results of New Zealand's Big Three media companies.,">A three-part podcast series analysing the results of New Zealand's Big Three media companies.</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/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.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 The Spinoff" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>The Spinoff<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-06T05:00:16"> | 6th March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Staff writers" class="position">Staff writers</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post" data-tags="opinion"><div class="image"><a tabindex="-1" aria-label="Feature image description : ," href="/media/01-03-2025/the-weekend-leaders-with-poor-convictions-and-scripted-communications"><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="The Weekend: Leaders with poor convictions and scripted communications" 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="The Weekend: Leaders with poor convictions and scripted communications" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Gabi-Lardies-1.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Gabi-Lardies-1.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Gabi-Lardies-1.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Gabi-Lardies-1.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/Gabi-Lardies-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="/media/01-03-2025/the-weekend-leaders-with-poor-convictions-and-scripted-communications"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="The Weekend: Leaders with poor convictions and scripted communications," class="title">The Weekend: Leaders with poor convictions and scripted communications</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Gabi Lardies reflects on the week that was.,">Gabi Lardies reflects on the week that was.</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/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/gabi-feb2024.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 Gabi Lardies" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Gabi Lardies<time class="date" dateTime="2025-03-01T05:15:42"> | 1st March, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Staff writer" class="position">Staff writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></section></section></div><section class="block newsletter-alternate"><div class="container newsletter-alternate"><div class="layout-newsletter-alternate"><article class="green card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-1"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Photo: Ben Fagan ," href="/media/25-02-2025/the-fold-will-substack-save-journalism-or-destroy-it"><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="Photo: Ben Fagan " 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="Photo: Ben Fagan " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/foldlive.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/foldlive.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/foldlive.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/foldlive.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/foldlive.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="/media/25-02-2025/the-fold-will-substack-save-journalism-or-destroy-it"><h4 aria-label="The Fold: Will Substack save journalism? Or destroy it?," class="title">The Fold: Will Substack save journalism? Or destroy it?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Two of New Zealand's most successful Substackers join Duncan Greive for The Fold: live in Wellington.,">Two of New Zealand's most successful Substackers join Duncan Greive for The Fold: live in Wellington.</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/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.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 The Spinoff" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>The Spinoff<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-25T06:00:03"> | 25th February, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Staff writers" class="position">Staff writers</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="lightblue card post" data-tags="opinion" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-2"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Brian Tamaki, Simon Court and Mark Mitchell smiling in 2017 ," href="/media/22-02-2025/the-weekend-this-week-felt-like-2017"><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="Brian Tamaki, Simon Court and Mark Mitchell smiling in 2017 " 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="Brian Tamaki, Simon Court and Mark Mitchell smiling in 2017 " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/zc7NZNTa-Untitled-design-7.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/zc7NZNTa-Untitled-design-7.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/zc7NZNTa-Untitled-design-7.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/zc7NZNTa-Untitled-design-7.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/zc7NZNTa-Untitled-design-7.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="/media/22-02-2025/the-weekend-this-week-felt-like-2017"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="The Weekend: This week felt like 2017," class="title">The Weekend: This week felt like 2017</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Madeleine Chapman reflects on the week that was.,">Madeleine Chapman reflects on the week that was.</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/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.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 Madeleine Chapman" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Madeleine Chapman<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-22T05:21:28"> | 22nd February, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Editor" class="position">Editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="white card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-3"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : (Image: Getty, additional design: Archi Banal) ," href="/media/18-02-2025/the-fold-australias-media-lost-more-than-half-its-value-in-five-years-how-and-why"><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="(Image: Getty, additional design: Archi Banal) " 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="(Image: Getty, additional design: Archi Banal) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/FeatureImage_TheFoldMagazines.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/FeatureImage_TheFoldMagazines.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/FeatureImage_TheFoldMagazines.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/FeatureImage_TheFoldMagazines.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/11/FeatureImage_TheFoldMagazines.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="/media/18-02-2025/the-fold-australias-media-lost-more-than-half-its-value-in-five-years-how-and-why"><h4 aria-label="The Fold: Australia’s media lost more than half its value in five years. How and why?," class="title">The Fold: Australia’s media lost more than half its value in five years. How and why?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Journalist and author Tim Burrowes on a torrid decade in Australian media, and whether there are reasons to be optimistic amid the carnage.,">Journalist and author Tim Burrowes on a torrid decade in Australian media, and whether there are reasons to be optimistic amid the carnage.</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/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2015/09/10404217_588905451218479_5275584896233458110_n.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 The Spinoff" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>The Spinoff<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-18T11:00:38"> | 18th February, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Staff writers" class="position">Staff writers</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="lightgreen card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-4"><div class="image"><a tabindex="-1" aria-label="Feature image description : ," href="/media/15-02-2025/the-weekend-being-single-vs-being-alone"><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="The Weekend: Being single vs being alone" 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="The Weekend: Being single vs being alone" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/ZJKKBNVc-Untitled-design-6.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/ZJKKBNVc-Untitled-design-6.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/ZJKKBNVc-Untitled-design-6.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/ZJKKBNVc-Untitled-design-6.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/ZJKKBNVc-Untitled-design-6.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="/media/15-02-2025/the-weekend-being-single-vs-being-alone"><h4 aria-label="The Weekend: Being single vs being alone," class="title">The Weekend: Being single vs being alone</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Madeleine Chapman reflects on the week that was.,">Madeleine Chapman reflects on the week that was.</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/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.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 Madeleine Chapman" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Madeleine Chapman<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-15T05:20:25"> | 15th February, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Editor" class="position">Editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></div></section></div><div class="outerWrap"><div id="sports" class="flexCategoryWrapper false false"><section class="flexCategory sports"><header class="headerTextOuter false false"><a aria-label="Sports" id="sports-header" class="categLink" href="/sports"><h1 id="sports-inner" class="headerText">Sports</h1></a><aside class="headerSponsor"><a href="https://members.thespinoff.co.nz/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=sports"><h4 style="min-height:10px">Made possible by</h4><img src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/10/members-scaled.png?w=300" alt="The Spinoff Members"/></a></aside></header><section class="col1 flexFeature false"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Wellington-based unicyclist Ken Looi. ," href="/sports/11-02-2025/one-wheel-drive-the-ken-looi-story"><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-based unicyclist Ken Looi. " 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-based unicyclist Ken Looi. " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/IMG20250118202114.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/IMG20250118202114.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/IMG20250118202114.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/IMG20250118202114.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/02/IMG20250118202114.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="/sports/11-02-2025/one-wheel-drive-the-ken-looi-story"><h4 aria-label="One wheel drive: the Ken Looi story," class="title">One wheel drive: the Ken Looi story</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Nearing the end of his career, the world’s greatest unicycle racer chases the sport's most elusive record.,">Nearing the end of his career, the world’s greatest unicycle racer chases the sport's most elusive record.</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/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.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 Joel MacManus" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Joel MacManus<time class="date" dateTime="2025-02-11T05:01:58"> | 11th February, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Wellington editor" class="position">Wellington editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></section><section class="row1 false"><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post" data-tags="opinion"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Shane Bond sends the Eden Park crowd into a bowl-out frenzy (Photo: DEAN TREML/AFP via Getty Images) ," href="/sports/31-01-2025/bring-back-the-bowl-out-crickets-version-of-going-to-penalties"><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="Shane Bond sends the Eden Park crowd into a bowl-out frenzy (Photo: DEAN TREML/AFP via 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="Shane Bond sends the Eden Park crowd into a bowl-out frenzy (Photo: DEAN TREML/AFP via Getty Images) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/bowlout.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/bowlout.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/bowlout.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/bowlout.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2025/01/bowlout.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="/sports/31-01-2025/bring-back-the-bowl-out-crickets-version-of-going-to-penalties"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="Bring back the bowl-out, cricket’s version of going to penalties," class="title">Bring back the bowl-out, cricket’s version of going to penalties</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: We're one of the only nations to experience this thrilling tiebreak method, and have suffered more than anyone from its demise. Who better to bring it back?,">We're one of the only nations to experience this thrilling tiebreak method, and have suffered more than anyone from its demise. Who better to bring it back?</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/calumhenderson-may23.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/calumhenderson-may23.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/calumhenderson-may23.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/calumhenderson-may23.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/calumhenderson-may23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/calumhenderson-may23.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/calumhenderson-may23.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 Calum Henderson" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Calum Henderson<time class="date" dateTime="2025-01-31T12:00:05"> | 31st January, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Production editor" class="position">Production editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : In petrolhead heaven filming Checkered Flag (Photo: Supplied) ," href="/sports/08-01-2025/confessions-of-an-unlikely-petrolhead-2"><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="In petrolhead heaven filming Checkered Flag (Photo: Supplied) " 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="In petrolhead heaven filming Checkered Flag (Photo: Supplied) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/04/petrol.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/04/petrol.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/04/petrol.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/04/petrol.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/04/petrol.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="/sports/08-01-2025/confessions-of-an-unlikely-petrolhead-2"><h4 aria-label="Confessions of an unlikely petrolhead," class="title">Confessions of an unlikely petrolhead</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: I wind down my window at the lights to profess my love to the strangers in the black De Tomaso Pantera. They accommodate me with amused grins.,">I wind down my window at the lights to profess my love to the strangers in the black De Tomaso Pantera. They accommodate me with amused grins.</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/1/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-19-at-11.20.39-AM.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-19-at-11.20.39-AM.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-19-at-11.20.39-AM.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-19-at-11.20.39-AM.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-19-at-11.20.39-AM.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-19-at-11.20.39-AM.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-19-at-11.20.39-AM.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 Natalie Wilson" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Natalie Wilson<time class="date" dateTime="2025-01-08T06:00:02"> | 8th January, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Guest writer" class="position">Guest writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></section><section class="row2 false"><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Speed puzzling at the 2024 Masters Games (Design: Tina Tiller) ," href="/sports/01-01-2025/getting-jiggy-with-it-inside-the-wild-world-of-competitive-speed-puzzling-2"><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="Speed puzzling at the 2024 Masters Games (Design: 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="Speed puzzling at the 2024 Masters Games (Design: Tina Tiller) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/Jigsaw-racing.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/Jigsaw-racing.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/Jigsaw-racing.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/Jigsaw-racing.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/02/Jigsaw-racing.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="/sports/01-01-2025/getting-jiggy-with-it-inside-the-wild-world-of-competitive-speed-puzzling-2"><h4 aria-label="Getting jiggy with it: Inside the wild world of competitive speed puzzling," class="title">Getting jiggy with it: Inside the wild world of competitive speed puzzling</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: If you thought jigsaw puzzles were meant to be relaxing, think again.,">If you thought jigsaw puzzles were meant to be relaxing, think again.</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/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/tarahs-aug2024.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 Tara Ward" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Tara Ward<time class="date" dateTime="2025-01-01T07:08:03"> | 1st January, 2025</time></div><div aria-label="role Staff writer" class="position">Staff writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div><div class="miniblock"><article class="card post"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Image: Tina Tiller ," href="/sports/25-12-2024/the-need-for-speed-what-i-learnt-competing-in-an-online-jigsaw-puzzle-competition-2"><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="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="Image: Tina Tiller " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/06/FeatureImage_SpeedyPuzzle.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/06/FeatureImage_SpeedyPuzzle.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/06/FeatureImage_SpeedyPuzzle.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/06/FeatureImage_SpeedyPuzzle.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/06/FeatureImage_SpeedyPuzzle.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="/sports/25-12-2024/the-need-for-speed-what-i-learnt-competing-in-an-online-jigsaw-puzzle-competition-2"><h4 aria-label="The need for speed: What I learnt competing in an online jigsaw puzzle competition," class="title">The need for speed: What I learnt competing in an online jigsaw puzzle competition</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Speed puzzling is like a marathon for the mind – intense, demanding, surprisingly exhausting. But does turning it into a sport destroy it as a relaxing pastime?,">Speed puzzling is like a marathon for the mind – intense, demanding, surprisingly exhausting. But does turning it into a sport destroy it as a relaxing pastime?</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/calumhenderson-may23.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/calumhenderson-may23.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/calumhenderson-may23.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/calumhenderson-may23.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/calumhenderson-may23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/calumhenderson-may23.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/calumhenderson-may23.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 Calum Henderson" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Calum Henderson<time class="date" dateTime="2024-12-25T05:42:55"> | 25th December, 2024</time></div><div aria-label="role Production editor" class="position">Production editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article></div></section></section></div><section class="block newsletter-alternate"><div class="container newsletter-alternate"><div class="layout-newsletter-alternate"><article class="pink card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-1"><div class="image"><a tabindex="-1" aria-label="Feature image description : ," href="/sports/23-12-2024/how-was-maddi-wesches-final-shot-put-throw-not-over-20m-a-spinoff-investigation-2"><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="How was Maddi Wesche’s final shot put throw not over 20m? A Spinoff investigation" 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="How was Maddi Wesche’s final shot put throw not over 20m? A Spinoff investigation" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/shot-put-final-feat.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/shot-put-final-feat.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/shot-put-final-feat.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/shot-put-final-feat.jpg?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/shot-put-final-feat.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="/sports/23-12-2024/how-was-maddi-wesches-final-shot-put-throw-not-over-20m-a-spinoff-investigation-2"><h4 aria-label="How was Maddi Wesche’s final shot put throw not over 20m? A Spinoff investigation," class="title">How was Maddi Wesche’s final shot put throw not over 20m? A Spinoff investigation</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Was it a false measurement, a full-blown conspiracy or just some mild incompetence? ,">Was it a false measurement, a full-blown conspiracy or just some mild incompetence? </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/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.jpg?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/04/mc-spinoff-headshot.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 Madeleine Chapman" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Madeleine Chapman<time class="date" dateTime="2024-12-23T09:25:35"> | 23rd December, 2024</time></div><div aria-label="role Editor" class="position">Editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="white card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-2"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Gambling events are now designed to photograph well for Instagram. (Image: Screenshots/The Spinoff) ," href="/internet/20-12-2024/how-the-gambling-industry-is-using-influencers-to-appeal-to-a-new-generation"><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="Gambling events are now designed to photograph well for Instagram. (Image: Screenshots/The Spinoff) " 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="Gambling events are now designed to photograph well for Instagram. (Image: Screenshots/The Spinoff) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/12/gambling-influencing-.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/12/gambling-influencing-.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/12/gambling-influencing-.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/12/gambling-influencing-.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/12/gambling-influencing-.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="/internet/20-12-2024/how-the-gambling-industry-is-using-influencers-to-appeal-to-a-new-generation"><h4 aria-label="How the gambling industry is using influencers to appeal to a new generation," class="title">How the gambling industry is using influencers to appeal to a new generation</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: Party holes, paid partnerships and podcast appearances – it's all part of a concerted effort to attract young people to gambling.,">Party holes, paid partnerships and podcast appearances – it's all part of a concerted effort to attract young people to gambling.</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/shantimathias-may23.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2023/05/shantimathias-may23.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 Shanti Mathias" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Shanti Mathias<time class="date" dateTime="2024-12-20T05:00:46"> | 20th December, 2024</time></div><div aria-label="role Staff writer" class="position">Staff writer</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="yellow card post" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-3"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : Action shots from Premier House. Image: Joel MacManus ," href="/sports/05-12-2024/a-ball-by-ball-analysis-of-backyard-cricket-at-the-prime-ministers-house"><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="Action shots from Premier House. Image: Joel MacManus " 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="Action shots from Premier House. Image: Joel MacManus " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/12/photo-collage.png-14.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/12/photo-collage.png-14.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/12/photo-collage.png-14.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/12/photo-collage.png-14.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/12/photo-collage.png-14.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="/sports/05-12-2024/a-ball-by-ball-analysis-of-backyard-cricket-at-the-prime-ministers-house"><h4 aria-label="A ball-by-ball analysis of backyard cricket at the prime minister’s house," class="title">A ball-by-ball analysis of backyard cricket at the prime minister’s house</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: A detailed summary of everything we were allowed to report from the PM's cricket party at Premier House.,">A detailed summary of everything we were allowed to report from the PM's cricket party at Premier House.</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/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/joelhs-august2024.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 Joel MacManus" class="name "><span class="pre-text">By </span>Joel MacManus<time class="date" dateTime="2024-12-05T10:30:21"> | 5th December, 2024</time></div><div aria-label="role Wellington editor" class="position">Wellington editor</div></div></div></div></a></div></article><article class="red card post" data-tags="opinion" data-parsely-slot="newsletter-alternate-4"><div class="image"><a tabindex="0" aria-label="Feature image description : TJ Perenara made sure he made a statement with his final haka as All Black. (Image: instagram.com/allblacks with additional design by Liam Rātana) ," href="/atea/26-11-2024/all-blacks-haka-controversy-a-bold-statement-or-brand-risk"><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="TJ Perenara made sure he made a statement with his final haka as All Black. (Image: instagram.com/allblacks with additional design by Liam Rātana) " 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="TJ Perenara made sure he made a statement with his final haka as All Black. (Image: instagram.com/allblacks with additional design by Liam Rātana) " sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 850px" srcSet="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/Liams-images-29.png?undefined&w=600&w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/Liams-images-29.png?undefined&w=600&w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/Liams-images-29.png?undefined&w=600&w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/Liams-images-29.png?undefined&w=600&w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/11/Liams-images-29.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="/atea/26-11-2024/all-blacks-haka-controversy-a-bold-statement-or-brand-risk"><div class="label">Opinion</div><h4 aria-label="All Blacks haka controversy: A bold statement or brand risk?," class="title">All Blacks haka controversy: A bold statement or brand risk?</h4><div class="summary" aria-label="summary: It was his last time leading an All Blacks haka and TJ Perenara was sure it sent a message.,">It was his last time leading an All Blacks haka and TJ Perenara was sure it sent a message.</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/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=70 70w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=250 250w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=640 640w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=768 768w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1024 1024w, https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1290 1290w" src="https://images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2024/08/liamhs-august2024.png?w=1290" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" 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