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Jan 20, 2019
The best of The Spinoff this week
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The person who fired an airgun outside Devonport New World yesterday, injuring a woman, is yet to be found.
WATCH: Meet the people who have made drag such a big part of Wellington's popular culture
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Four Spinoff writers share their New Year financial resolutions and some tips on how to actually make them happen this time.
Will we ever truly reach peak TV? Maybe! And if we do, 2019 might be the year when it happens. Sam Brooks and Alex Casey run down all the things you absolutely cannot miss in 2019.
It's a scandalous journalism drama, the darkest Marvel film yet, the thirstiest show on television and Queen Diva™ Mariah herself - it's January on Lightbox.
Finally, the definitive ranking of Aotearoa's favourite snack – featuring notes of burnt marshmallow, wet undies and duplicitous giraffes.
Amid the millions upon millions of views you gave to us – your friends – here are the stories you read most.
Documentaries, exposés and two bloody telly shows! We select 10 of our favourite videos, in no real order, as decided by fierce internal debate.
What did some of our contributors realise about their much-beloved artform - the vaunted video game - this year?
The PM's speech called for kindness over fear, accountability, and collectivism on inequality and climate change.
There was only one way to follow the leadup, and that was our liveblog, which became a minor global sensation.
Today, to mark the birth of Christ, 20 Spinoff writers have combined to create the most nuclear take of all.
Seasons greetings from everyone at The Spinoff. Here's a little extra scene shot for our Lightbox TV series Get It to Te Papa that sadly didn't make the cut, featuring host Hayden Donnell and former Māori Party MP Marama Fox.
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In the now-annual event of the year, five of our podcasts' hosts join forces like a mighty end-of-year podcast rat-king.
In this very special Christmas episode of Get It to Te Papa, Hayden Donnell sets out to restore the winking eye and beckoning finger to Auckland's Giant Santa.
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Here are some actions that you can take to redirect your anger and sadness following the death of Grace Millane.
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This week Massey University opened polling for their top 10 quotes of the year. Here's our 10.
It's McDreamy's new show, a mid-aughts mum classic and two of the year's most fun films - they're all on Lightbox this month! Plus, what you need to catch before it leaves.
Get It to Te Papa follows journalist Hayden Donnell on an ambitious quest to collect underappreciated Kiwi cultural artefacts and get them into New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa. Watch the second episode right here – for free.
The first episode follows a desperate quest to find the Waitangi Dildo, the sex toy hurled at a New Zealand government minister which became a media sensation. Watch the entire episode here, for free!
A hugely important report seeks to effect a ‘paradigm change’ in NZ mental health services. Here are the essential findings and recommendations.
