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OpinionThe Weekend: Dignity in death shouldn’t be so hardWhen a friend becomes a stranger.By Madeleine Chapman | 14th June, 2025Editor
Understanding Sir Roger Hall, the most successful playwright in New ZealandHis name sits above the title of most of his plays. It might even sit above the phrase 'New Zealand theatre'. Sam Brooks speaks to Roger Hall about paving the way for an entire artform.By Sam Brooks | 14th June, 2025Contributing writer
‘I was a great big doofus’: Suzy Cato on the joy of making 90s kids TV'We would educate by way of osmosis, without kids even realising that they were being taught anything. They were there to have fun.'By My Life in TV | 14th June, 2025Guest writer
Make it make sense: A climate change glossary for the overwhelmed'Climate change does not start with degrees of warming or ticking clock analogies or a fear of the apocalypse. It begins with whakapapa.'By Nadine Hura | 14th June, 2025Contributing writer
Our reviews from the final week of the Kia Mau festivalWe review the grief in holding a fun-eral for your dead nanny and a spin class history of Asian-NZ theatre.By Group Think | 14th June, 2025A bunch of people
The Friday Poem: ‘How to build a roadside stall’ by Airini BeautraisA new poem by Airini Beautrais.By Airini Beautrais | 13th June, 2025Guest writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending June 13New novels and poetry, prize-winners, and a former prime minister's memoir are all going strong.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 13th June, 2025⚖️
OpinionStop conflating being transgender with being sick This week, RNZ reported on a tragic death. In the process it perpetuated many harmful messages about young trans people.By Julia de BresGuest writer & John Fenaughty | 13th June, 2025Guest writer
Huge news: Chris Warner has made it to BrokenwoodCould Dr Love be about to become... Dr Death? By Tara Ward | 13th June, 2025Staff 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, 2023Staff 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, 2023Staff 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, 2023Staff 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, 2023Staff Writer
A dummy’s guide to having your say on the Auckland budget‘Don't fucking come and talk to me, write a submission,’ reckons Mayor Wayne Brown. So how do you do that?By Tommy de Silva | 20th March, 2023Staff Writer