Gabi Lardies

Staff writer

Gabi Lardies is a Spinoff staff writer. Email her at gabi@thespinoff.co.nz

The lonely grief of baby loss and infertility

The lonely grief of baby loss and infertility

For those who lose a baby pre-birth or shortly after, grief is often unacknowledged. Those who know are trying to change things.

By Gabi Lardies | 24th July, 2024

Will Savage and Seymour sit side by side on the mantle?

Is David Seymour who he claims to be – an ‘old-fashioned lefty’?

David Seymour claims to be an ‘old-fashioned lefty’. It's an unlikely descriptor for the leader of Act, but perhaps we shouldn’t discredit his claim so quickly. Gabi Lardies investigates.

By Gabi Lardies | 17th July, 2024

One of many sources of stench.

Auckland has earned a big city badge – it stinks

Some say it smells like balls, others say boiled cabbage, sewage or rotting meat. I say Auckland finally smells like a proper big city.

By Gabi Lardies | 16th July, 2024

Selling security, delivering anxiety: The rise of home surveillance cameras

Selling security, delivering anxiety: The rise of home surveillance cameras

Why do so many of us install security cameras – and are they breaching other people’s rights?

By Gabi Lardies | 16th July, 2024

Installation view of The Killing, Imaginary Friends, 2024 in Aotearoa Contemporary, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2024. (Image: Supplied).

Giant plushies, burned walls and blocks of whenua: What’s happening in NZ art right now?

Five key works from the inaugural Aotearoa Contemporary exhibition in Auckland.

By Gabi Lardies | 12th July, 2024

Diggers to the rescue!

Journey to the centre of the Earth: My bold plan to dig deep and solve the housing crisis

Presenting a radical proposal to develop my backyard with thousands of underground shoeboxes.

By Gabi Lardies | 11th July, 2024

‘Horrible’: Nurses describe work conditions amid staffing debate

‘Horrible’: Nurses describe work conditions amid staffing debate

Last July it was determined the country’s public health service was in need of 4,800 more nurses. In June, Te Whatu Ora said hospitals were 2,000 nurses 'ahead'. Nurses and their union disagree.

By Gabi Lardies | 3rd July, 2024

Bye bye! (Image: Gabi Lardies).

If this bill passes as is, your landlord could evict you for the following reasons

Including: they’ve been eyeing up your cabbages.

By Gabi Lardies | 2nd July, 2024

Photo: Paul Taylor with additional treatment by The Spinoff.

‘Leaving the party before the lights come on’: Rachel Ashby farewells 95bFM Breakfast

Tomorrow will be the final show for bFM's popular Breakfast host.

By Gabi Lardies | 26th June, 2024

The white paint is thick. (Image: Gabi Lardies).

New Zealand is one big crappy flat with successive negligent landlords

Everything keeps breaking. The plane. The ferry. The power pylon. The roads. The pipes. Why? Because maintenance has been less than ideal – classic bad landlord behaviour.

By Gabi Lardies | 26th June, 2024