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OpinionWhy does hardly anyone ever buy a house on Location Location Location NZ? For a show about buying houses, there's not a lot of house buying going on. By Tara Ward | 13th December, 2025Staff writer
NZ racism hits different: ‘I’m not even going to try to pronounce the next name’After swapping Wellington for London, Preyanka Gothanayagi was surprised to find people treated her like an actual person. By Preyanka Gothanayagi | 13th December, 2025Contributor
I still don’t know what Synthony is and at this point I’m too afraid to askWhat is it, who are they and what do they want from millennials? By Alex Casey | 13th December, 2025Senior writer
The art of Camp A Low Hum: 2007 – 2027A dazzling visual journey through 20 years of posters.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 13th December, 2025⚖️
Ko wai tēnei: Hospitality leader Marisa Bidois'When you’re clear on what matters most, you stop being swayed by every wave that comes your way.'By Liam Rātana | 13th December, 2025Ātea editor
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending December 12That book about the hare is back.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 12th December, 2025⚖️
The Friday Poem: ‘The Ancestral Call’ by Ari PrakashThe new moon spins into the distance in this week's poem.By Ari Prakash | 12th December, 2025Guest writer
Echo Chamber: The week parliament pushed away the publicDog, hog or whoever's breakfast it is, it's hard to not feel like a mess after a week of urgency.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 12th December, 2025Politics reporter
Sophie Barker haunted Dunedin’s Larnach Castle – now she’s running the city'People think living in a castle would be glamorous – but it was just cold.'By Tara Ward | 12th December, 2025Staff writer
Why is Auckland’s Meola Road closed this summer?This sinking century-old arterial, built atop a rubbish dump, is getting a well-needed renovation.By Tommy de Silva | 19th January, 2024Guest writer
Waimahara: Myers Park and the reindigenisation of central AucklandA mana whenua-led project combines tikanga with innovative technology to bring a spectacular light show to a formerly uninviting underpass.By Tommy de Silva | 22nd December, 2023Guest writer
Hear me out: Auckland has too many suburbsLuckily there's a whole bunch of fakes ones that can be the first to go.By Tommy de Silva | 1st November, 2023Guest writer
How Māngere plans to become the cycling capital of the PacificMāngere is currently far from a cycling haven, but locals want to change that. By Tommy de Silva | 25th September, 2023Guest writer
Future-proofing the Karangahape Road neighbourhoodA new train station isn't the only upgrade proposed for the city's creative precinct.By Tommy de Silva | 24th May, 2023Guest writer
