Madeleine Chapman is a staff writer at The Spinoff. Email her on madeleine@thespinoff.co.nz
Every great political moment births a thousand not-so-great political memes. Madeleine Chapman gets the ball rolling on the Ross-Bridges saga.
Website Barstool Sports has been called misogynist, racist and a cyber bully. It's also the latest sponsor of the NZ Breakers basketball team
The government announced a $10m strategy yesterday to boost women and girls in sport. Madeleine Chapman wonders if the nice sentiment will turn into action.
Madeleine Chapman explores the beauty and purpose of Tuvalu art, and meets one of its foremost creators, Lakiloko Keakea.
It's literally impossible to buy Black Ferns merchandise. Madeleine Chapman still tried, and got very angry in the process.
Influencers may promote your product for a fee, but loyalty is not included.
The man embroiled in the scandal that saw Clare Curran sacked by Jacinda Ardern challenged an audience at AUT to think about their careers
No platform has caused as much career havoc as twitter.com. Madeleine Chapman looks back (but not that far back) on New Zealand politics' best worst tweets.
If Don Brash can be invited onto national television to speak about Māori language week then I can speak about almost anything too.
Victoria University has this week been shown to award significantly more C and D grades to its law students than the Universities of Auckland and Otago. But does it matter?
New Zealand is in desperate need of skilled tradespeople, which means it’s past time we got women onboard and on the drills.
The first of a promised 100,000 Kiwibuild homes was revealed today. Madeleine Chapman dons her safety glasses and jumps in the bath.
The debate around girls playing in boys' sports teams has resurfaced. Just let them play, says Madeleine Chapman.
Concussions are a problem rugby has never really reckoned with, and they have the power to truly change how we view the game.
Advertising a double header rugby event means you have to treat all four teams equally, which Rugby Australia failed to do.
Celine Dion just finished her world tour with three concerts at Auckland's Spark Arena. Huge fan Madeleine Chapman was there to experience the magic.
Quinovic property management have embraced their stereotype of crusty rich people by sharing terrible memes as ads. Madeleine Chapman discovers they've been doing it for years.
The moot was PC culture has restricted free speech in New Zealand. But really it was about something, or someone, else.
Was the exclusion of Pākehā students from a Joseph Parker event ill-conceived? Yes. Was it racist? No.
Madeleine Chapman inspects a pen, and learns about the power of privilege.
Meat on aeroplanes has unexpectedly emerged as a critical political fault line. Madeleine Chapman speaks to Mark Patterson, the politician with the chops
The Spinoff's Madeleine Chapman co-wrote Steven Adams' autobiography, in shops next week. She tells how she wrote the book alongside an athlete she's known since they were both teens.
The road to health is long and winding but should it be paved with vitamin supplements?
One of this year’s must-see moments of NZ television aired at 10am on a quiet Sunday morning and almost everybody missed it.
In which a current MVP is made to play against a former benchwarmer.
Air New Zealand has been lambasted for serving Business Class passengers a burger without meat in it, which is obviously an assault on the NZ economy. Here the Spinoff's leading New Zealander Madeleine Chapman recounts a day in the life of a true patriot
