Hayden Donnell

Contributing writer

Hayden Donnell is a contributing writer for The Spinoff.

There are many more gifts awaiting the prime minister (Image: Tina Tiller)

The government has discovered Pharmac. What should it find next?

Solutions to all kinds of pressing problems could be hiding in plain sight.

By Hayden Donnell | 2nd July, 2024

Contributing writer

Image: Tina Tiller

Disaster: Houses becoming more affordable in Auckland

A warning has been sounded that the country’s most reliable torrent of untaxed profit may be sputtering out.

By Hayden Donnell | 7th June, 2024

Contributing writer

The kiwi is in Shane Jones’s sights

At last! The kiwi is getting its comeuppance

The national bird has caused a national economic crisis that only the National coalition government can fix.

By Hayden Donnell | 6th May, 2024

Contributing writer

Let’s see who this really is

Labour has forgotten it was in government

Labour in opposition will be shocked to learn which party had six years in power but squandered any chance to make real change.

By Hayden Donnell | 24th April, 2024

Contributing writer

We have Wayne Brown’s texts to the boss of AT. They’re exactly what you’d expect

We have Wayne Brown’s texts to the boss of AT. They’re exactly what you’d expect

'WTF is this?' wrote Wayne Brown on September 14 last year, alongside a picture of some road cones.

By Hayden Donnell | 27th March, 2024

Contributing writer

The eight members of Wellington’s independent hearings panel

A thank you letter to Wellington’s independent hearings panel

They tried every trick in the book to prevent more housing. But Wellington wouldn’t have passed such a pro-housing plan without them.

By Hayden Donnell | 20th March, 2024

Contributing writer

Chris Bishop’s fast-track bill has garnered disapproval from many environmental groups Image: Tina Tiller

We can’t find the environmental group that was extensively consulted on the fast-track consenting bill

Chris Bishop said he’d carried out extensive engagement with the environmental sector. The environment sector says otherwise.

By Hayden Donnell | 14th March, 2024

Contributing writer

Image: Tina Tiller

We’re spending billions of dollars to make traffic worse

Simeon Brown just announced the most anti-driver transport policy in recent memory.

By Hayden Donnell | 6th March, 2024

Contributing writer

Image: Tina Tiller

Dear Wellington, please don’t allow more housing. Love, an Aucklander

We have finally found a city with a housing situation worse than our own. Please don't take that away from us.

By Hayden Donnell | 26th February, 2024

Contributing writer

PM Christopher Luxon (Photo: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

What is Chris Luxon’s true position on Act’s Treaty bill? A Spinoff investigation

The PM ‘can’t be any clearer’ about his stance on our founding document, so why is everyone still so confused?

By Hayden Donnell | 12th February, 2024

Contributing writer