Duncan Greive is founder and managing editor of The Spinoff.
Industrial robots can make our cars and planes, but for some reason the sight of a mechanical omelette machine filled Duncan Greive with existential dread.
In the wake of the shocking revelations about Three, Duncan Greive assesses the health of New Zealand’s six big media companies. This story was first published on 20 October, 2019. Winston Peters …
Summer reissue: The bad boy of hospitality is nearing retirement age, yet his capacity for bitter feuds remains undiminished. Duncan Greive meets Leo Molloy, the Viaduct’s best host and worst enemy.
Uber became one of the biggest companies in the world in a few short years. Mike Isaac’s extraordinary Super Pumped shows the world just what it sacrificed for cheap rides.
A new podcast devoted to analysing New Zealand's media as it undergoes the biggest and most troublesome transition in its history.
Looking back on 10 years which saw New Zealand’s media transform from a position of near-limitless power and influence to the deeply humbled reality of today.
At Vodafone HQ on the North Shore, a multinational team is working to build a network which will change New Zealand. Duncan Greive watches the birth of 5G.
An untimely leak to RNZ brought some clarity to the government’s plans for its media assets – yet left many questions unanswered. Duncan Greive analyses the latest revelations.
The catastrophic bushfires in Australia are framed very differently depending on which media you consume.
The Coromandel Peninsula is a magic geographical cul-de-sac. Here's how to explore this stunning part of our backyard.
A combination of bad demographics, financial pressure and a decade's old bill coming due make the new NZ Rugby CEO’s job infinitely harder than that of the next All Blacks coach.
After years of trying The Spinoff today launches Money – its newest section, one aimed at demystifying and making accessible the world of money.
Its first full-time reporter will lead the project, which includes a dedicated section of its homepage for New Zealand.
Three is for sale and could easily disappear. The forces disrupting it are impacting all our media – we assess the health of New Zealand’s six big media companies.
MediaWorks’ owners have called time after years of losses from its TV division. Sources say the company will announce it is for sale – if no buyers emerge, it will close within months.
It’s the end of an era at Three as MAFS NZ and Guy Williams’ new show cancelled and 7 Days cut to bone
He was the prototypical high school nerd, hanging on Don Brash’s every word. Then the financial world turned upside down. This is the story of how Kiwibank’s Jarrod Kerr became a most unconventional economist.
Even bigger than the Rugby World Cup, Spark’s acquisition of six years of local cricket signals the end of a sporting era – and that the telco giant is deadly serious about sports.
The seething passions of small-town restaurants explode in TVNZ 2’s new cooking show.
Vodafone TV is yet another damn thing to plug into your television – but one you really should take a look at.
Uber became one of the biggest companies in the world in a few short years. Mike Isaac’s extraordinary Super Pumped shows the world just what it sacrificed for cheap rides.
Assessing the fallout – for better and for worse – of Spark's dismal RWC debut.
Facing streaming giants with multi-billion dollar budgets, the state broadcaster has announced it expects a big 2020 loss. Duncan Greive goes to find out why TVNZ CEO Kevin Kenrick is still smiling.
For weeks, Carpet Mill has been running a very strange full page ad in a national newspaper. Duncan Greive investigates.
A shocking Herald story about the past actions of one of its grooms have forced an unprecedented move from MediaWorks.
For years, New Zealand has bemoaned the gap between much of our television drama and the cutting edge out in the world. That gap might finally be closing.
