Jihee Junn is a staff writer at The Spinoff. Email her on jihee@thespinoff.co.nz
Five years on, proposed changes to the Health Star Ratings could see one in five products have their ratings change. But does it really go far enough?
Two 20-year-old students have created an app that combines the brevity of Q&A platforms like Yahoo Answers and Quora with the visual nature of websites like YouTube and Instagram.
Back in all their misspelled, verbatim glory, we present 10 more of the most entertaining complaints made to and dismissed by the ASA.
What role can technology play in our overburdened, underfunded health system?
He’s 23-years-old and runs a $9 million online company that interviews successful business leaders and then posts them online. Who is Unfiltered co-founder Jake Millar?
Which New Zealand influencer gives you the best bang for your buck?
New Zealanders have been filling their homes (and hearts) with cool, trendy houseplants in recent years. But why are we all so obsessed? And why are some plants so expensive?
Hundreds of New Zealand’s wealthiest investors gathered for the 2018 Flux Demo Day for a night of wining, dining, and million-dollar business investments.
Art Green's company Riot Foods hit headlines this year for all the wrong reasons, Green and co-founder Ryan Kamins sat down exclusively with The Spinoff to reveal exactly what went wrong.
From furniture to food, wholesale import businesses are on an upward trend.
What does it mean to step out into the world on your own as a young woman?
What's driving the new pet economy? Jihee Junn talks to the small business owners cashing in on the pet care craze.
Earlier this week, Jihee Junn was invited to a special lunch at Smales Farm dining precinct Goodside to get a taste of what the place had to offer ahead of its public opening today.
Demand for its e-scooters has been rabid since opening its first New Zealand store two weeks ago. But turns out, Chinese electronics retailer Mi sells a whole lot more than just tiny modes of transport.
New Zealand's film industry is all about location, location, location, but what about everything else? What about all the stuff that comes after filming?
The government has announced that it plans to regulate vaping and smokeless tobacco products in New Zealand. Here’s everything we know so far.
With the future of company's equity crowd raise remaining uncertain, Riot Foods' CEO announces his resignation citing months of severe alcohol addiction.
For chefs and restaurateurs all over the world, hospitality’s pressure-cooker environment is no joke. As we increasingly grapple with the consequences of depression and anxiety among those working in our food industry, what's New Zealand going do about it?
For 15 years Unitec has been working with the New Zealand Police to help diversify its intake of students. Jihee Junn looks at how Unitec's 'pre-police' course is changing the demographics and culture of the police service.
Set to deliver 100,000 homes in the next 10 years, Kiwibuild is already changing Auckland's wider landscape.
Art Green and Ryan Kamins reveal exactly what went wrong over the last six months, which involves a supplier going into receivership and an entire factory rusting over.
A year on since launching Nisa – an ethical underwear company that employs former refugees – founder Elisha Watson reflects on all the things she’s learnt.
New World announced they’re giving away plastic containers, and man oh man, the internet went wild. But was the hysteria justified?
H&M’s first multi storey experience in New Zealand opened to much fanfare last week as hundreds lined up to be one of the first to get a glimpse.
