Madeleine Chapman

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Madeleine Chapman is a contributing editor. She was editor of The Spinoff 2022-2025.

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all the party leaders who made it into parliament in the 2026 general election, a collage
Politics

The hangover: Key takeaways and reactions from Election 2026

Madeleine Chapman
08 Nov 2026
Jon Hamm as Don Draper in Mad Men sits in the sun with the ocean behind him, eyes peacefully shut. Around him, hands appear brandishing supermarket rewards cards and promotional items
Opinion
Society

Rage against the machine: I refuse to join any supermarket rewards programmes

Madeleine Chapman
11 Aug 2026
a collage of images, the main being a woman with brown skin holding the head of an older person as she helps them drink from a glass of water. around her are images of a receipt, a pill bottle, a showering chair and a slipper
Society

NZ’s retirement village population is almost entirely white. Where is everyone else?

Madeleine Chapman
10 Aug 2026
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Sport

I thought I wouldn’t cry this Commonwealth Games, then along came David Liti

Madeleine Chapman
31 Jul 2026
a crowded montage of athletes wearing black New Zealand singlets and celebrating or mid-competition with a gold background
Sport

We are so good at athletics right now

Madeleine Chapman
31 Jul 2026
four pacific women in office attire smile for headshots overlaid on a black and white map of Auckland electorates
Politics

Labour’s biggest election challenge? Making sure Pacific people can vote

Madeleine Chapman
30 Jul 2026

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