Duncan Greive is founder and managing editor of The Spinoff.
The telecomms company and TVNZ have outbid the satellite giant for the right to broadcast the 2019 men’s Rugby World Cup – and it marks a watershed moment for our media and audiences
The former deputy prime minister and chair of Labour’s tax working group talks to Duncan Greive about housing, tax, Bill English and Labour’s big 2017 campaign mistake.
Sky’s bold new strategic plan reveals ambitions to offer unbundled content, online only access and an Apple TV-style box – all while keeping its pricey satellite service.
Today we launch Tax Heroes, a project created in partnership with the IRD which aims to ‘invert the rich list’, and instead focus on the entities that contribute the most to New Zealand.
A diorama of Auckland dating to the 1930s was lost for decades, and shows in stunning detail the central city with light rail right through it, and before huge chunks of it were demolished.
A furious Mike Hosking has written a column decrying the construction of 33 new apartments with not a single carpark between them. Duncan Greive responds.
Welcome to the Cheat Sheet, a clickable, shareable, bite-sized FAQ on the news of the moment. Today we explain what Sky has done to its prices – and why they’ve done it.
Redactions which disappeared due to a technical glitch point to a standoff which pits NZ on Air and the big private media companies against RNZ. The stakes? A huge funding boost which could shape the future of media in NZ.
NZME and Stuff are working together wherever they can, regardless of what the watchdog and high court have to say about it.
In just 15 months New Zealand has witnessed a generational sea change in its politics and media, writes Duncan Greive.
There are over 350 minutes of MAFS Australia a week on Three. Should you spend almost all your spare time watching them?
The Spinoff introduces a rightly fearful nation to the Mike Hosking impersonator replacing Mike Hosking as the host of Seven Sharp.
An interview with Dave Gibson, collecting his thoughts on the state of the industry, #metoo and the state of the public arts sector.
The editor of The Spinoff explains why he is no longer editor of The Spinoff, plus talks through other key staff changes. Then indulges himself about what The Spinoff means, and how it was made.
The shock resignation of Mike Hosking has lead to Three playing some very aggressive media chess.
The contrivances of the first generation of reality shows are being overtaken by higher stakes games, writes Duncan Greive.
New Zealand has been living a lie. The Washington Post reveals that the Labour-led government is in fact a facade for the 'far right agenda' of Winston Peters. Duncan Greive details the shocking revelations.
It started with a gross message sent from a councillor to a journalist. And it hasn’t stopped since.
After more than 30 years, Newstalk ZB's pause-loving, conspiracy peddling morning talk host is hanging up the headphones. Duncan Greive tunes in.
Duncan Greive watches Australian Ninja Warrior and makes a serious pitch for the return of New Zealand's own 90s multi-sport extravaganza.
Last week Labour announced that all online purchases would – finally – incur GST. Then, almost immediately, they backed the hell away. Duncan Greive explains why they were right first time.
The contrivances of the first generation of reality shows are being overtaken by higher stakes games, writes Duncan Greive.
New Zealand has been living a lie. The Washington Post today revealed that Jacinda Ardern's Labour-led government is in fact a facade for the "far right agenda" of Winston Peters. Duncan Greive details the shocking revelations – and the legislative programme of this terrifying coalition.
After five years in which our local TV successes went largely uncelebrated, New Zealand once again has a national television awards.
While TOP only managed 2.5% of the vote in the recent election, Gareth Morgan’s political ambitions are far from over. He’s just dropped $430,000 more into TOP while putting his think tank on long-term hiatus, writes Duncan Greive.
Duncan Greive plays the SNES Mini and recalls a time in his life when it was the one thing he wanted to be happy.
