Toby Manhire is the editor of the Spinoff. Email him on toby@thespinoff.co.nz
As NZ enters its third week of Covid-19 lockdown, a just-released set of modelling provides a flare of light at the end of the tunnel.
‘New Zealand leads world in public perception of Covid-19 response’.
In the worst-case scenario modelled, almost 150,000 would be hospitalised and more than 35,000 die.
Calls are growing for extra payment for those who continue to head out to work every day, including many on low wages.
The latest developments, updated through the day.
That message you saw yesterday? It originated in Malaysia, and travelled via Australia.
Pretty much everyone arriving in NZ soon must undertake a fortnight of self-isolation. Here’s what that involves.
A massive expansion in travel restrictions has been announced, applying to all but the Pacific islands.
A little bookshop on High Street just scooped a massive prize. We caught up with Jo McColl to celebrate.
Passengers arriving from China are not having their temperatures checked at the border, as in some countries.
The third case involves an Auckland man in his 40s. And it almost certainly means a fourth.
The woman, in her 30s, had returned to Auckland from northern Italy over a week ago.
The New Zealand First MP's attack on 'students that have come from India' comes as another prominent New Zealander completes a visit to India embracing, well, students that have come from India.
The series, a collaboration between Spinoff Members and Verb Wellington, kicks off with a discussion on politics and the media.
NZ praised as ‘a shining example of how to build a tolerant and inclusive society in the face of adversity’ – a rejoinder to sneers at the PM’s appearances in international media.
'The AM Show co-host Duncan Garner was left in disbelief as Mike Hosking pulled out his phone,' according to the bogus Herald site.
Views on cannabis legalisation could hardly be tighter, the Papua New Guinea PM arrives in NZ, and bad light threatens cricket on the radio.
BREAKING: The Spinoff can reveal that Jacinda Ardern once offered a man a banana at a festival, and he was impressed.
Jami-Lee Ross is confirmed as one of four charged by SFO, a damning international report on the NZ housing crisis, and SkyCity cancels a booking for Peter Singer event.
Fresh developments around in the political donations saga, the Chinese ambassador speaks out, and some troubling poll numbers for advocates of cannabis law reform.
The challenge keeps knocking on Jacinda Ardern’s door: is there a limit to Labour’s patience with its embattled NZ First partner?
An extraordinary week at the national broadcaster ends with a complete backdown on plans to downgrade RNZ Concert and make music staff redundant.
The Serious Fraud Office investigation sets a tone for election year, and the spotlight on her deputy prime minister is the stuff of nightmares for Jacinda Ardern.
Concert FM is to be stripped down in favour of a new station for youth, even as the government prepares bigger plans for restructure.
Is the Green Party about to assert itself?
Ardern has attempted to neutralise National's strategy by promising to deliver a 'positive, factual and robust campaign'.
