Duncan Greive is founder and managing editor of The Spinoff.
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.
As a format it predates almost all reality TV, and that’s precisely why it works in 2019, writes Duncan Greive.
The lanky sidekick from Jono and Ben journeys around New Zealand trying to solve small town problems. Does he succeed?
Stranger Things owns all the oxygen for period-piece teen TV, but Ireland’s impossibly charming Derry Girls deserves as much acclaim, writes Duncan Greive.
Could a new hybrid of all the government’s major media holdings solve multiple media and government problems?
MediaWorks’ CEO asks us to imagine a world with only government-owned TV news.
Commissioners are among the most powerful and coveted roles in television. Suddenly, after years of little movement, there are five vacancies.
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The state-owned broadcaster has quietly announced it sees no prospect of returning a profit in the 'foreseeable future'
Kris Faafoi sits down with The Spinoff's managing editor to discuss all that bedevils a rowdy sector with big problems and high expectations.
While researching NZ on Air for a recent history, Duncan Greive noticed a shocking 30 year trend.
No one else in the world funds public media like New Zealand. Is that a good thing?
The Black Caps were a critical part of what is probably the greatest game of cricket ever played, writes Duncan Greive. Is that enough to get over having lost it?
They’re the two most important shows for TVNZ 2 and Three. And their ratings are changing radically, writes Duncan Greive.
One startup was banned by the government. Another founder was thrown in prison. Yet still they thrive.
He was one of the first employees at TradeMe, Xero and Vend. He’s just started his first company since the ‘90s. So why does Rowan Simpson want out already?
Lovepreet Brar was a migrant who scrapped his way from a one year diploma to New Zealand residency, before becoming an international bhangra hip hop star. In between times, he was part of an epic and dangerous fraud.
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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.
Ten years after he released one of the most singular New Zealand hip hop albums, PNC sits down with Duncan Greive to talk about its genesis, and why rappers still don’t get their due in this country.
John Tamihere’s unconventional campaign for the Auckland mayoralty continues, with his putting money behind a social media post attacking Simon Wilson’s coverage for the Herald.
The wellbeing budget is a genuinely big idea, and deserves to transcend a messy week.
An international gambling industry source has told The Spinoff that World Cup warm-up matches are prime targets for the vast subcontinental fixing machine. Warm-up games in the Cricket World Cup …
