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Society

Love, actually, at 26: 'We got secretly engaged after two and a half months'

A long friendship leads to a quick engagement for two best friends.

Love actually

15 Nov 2026

Society

Everything we learned from a deep dive into digital advertising at the 2026 election

Shanti Mathias

13 Nov 2026

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Politics

Everything we learned from a deep dive into digital advertising at the 2026 election

Shanti Mathias

13 Nov 2026

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The supermarket hash browns of New Zealand, ranked from worst to best

Hayden Donnell

13 Nov 2026

How to wipe AI from your life

Chris Schulz

14 Nov 2026

Women are too emotional, says angry man swearing about politics

Cleo Wood

13 Nov 2026

Booked out: The death of the cheap, easy camping holiday

Henry Oliver

15 Nov 2026

Where to eat in Royal Oak, Auckland – an insider's guide

Charlotte Muru-Lanning

14 Nov 2026

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Culture

The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending November 13

The Spinoff Review of Books

13 Nov 2026

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Culture

Lloyd Jones on his disappointment that brother Bob Jones accepted a knighthood

Colin Mantell has passed away, but supporters are ready to protect his MAPAS legacy

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Dating Files: A lesbian looking for a long-term monogamous cat co-parent

How Black Sheeps brought a Kiwi cult classic back from the dead

Help Me Hera: My husband won't stop burping and farting around me

Hera Lindsay Bird

12 Nov 2026

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Big questions that linger after election day

Toby Manhire speaks to Lara Greaves from Victoria University of Wellington to address the biggest, gnarliest and most confounding questions left unanswered after the general election.

At Large with Toby Manhire12 Nov 2026

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Toby Manhire speaks to the outgoing speaker after a storied political career, and an election campaign he himself describes as ‘too negative’.

At Large with Toby Manhire11 Nov 2026

‘She would have been: are you insane?’ Qiulae Wong on her new job

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At Large with Toby Manhire09 Nov 2026

Gone By Lunchtime: Making sense of the 2026 election

It's the morning after the night before. Toby, Ben and Annabelle return, bleary-eyed, to the studio to digest what just happened.

Gone By Lunchtime08 Nov 2026

Gone By Lunchtime: Final polls, pervy trolls, and our predictions

Annabelle, Ben and Toby gather one last time before the polls close on election 2026 to assess the final flurry of campaign action and deliver their 100% correct predictions about the results on Saturday night.

Gone By Lunchtime06 Nov 2026

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Henry Oliver

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