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How Captain Cook called the cops on me 250 years after his arrival in Aotearoa'We just want to make sure everyone is safe.'By Ben Fagan | 14th February, 2026Community manager
What is paranormal romance? (And how is it different from fairy smut and romantasy?)Sexy vampires are back, baby, and this time they've brought some friends.By Steffanie Holmes | 14th February, 2026Guest writer
In search of New Zealand’s lost pop iconsBecause the people yearn for Dane Rumble.By Zoë Mills | 14th February, 2026Guest writer
SailGP New Zealand: Where to watch, how it works and what are the Black Foils’ odds?The world’s fastest sailing race returns to Auckland this weekend. Curious? Here’s what you need to know.By Calum Henderson | 14th February, 2026Production editor
Good Week/Bad Week: Lorde’s Blues T-shirt and Zoi’s broken medalWas this the moment the Winter Olympics finally became relatable?By Group Think | 13th February, 2026A bunch of people
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending February 13Two brilliant new poetry collections hit the Wellington charts this week.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 13th February, 2026⚖️
OpinionThe tension at Waitangi showed the Crown isn’t always at the centreThe quiet evolution of tikanga shaping Aotearoa’s future.By Hirini Kaa | 13th February, 2026Guest writer
OpinionI said I would never watch Married at First Sight again. Guess what? I liedAnother season of Married at First Sight Australia, another set of moral quandaries to unpack.By Alex Casey | 13th February, 2026Senior writer
‘Really just wants to be Bridgerton’: Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’, reviewedIf you thought the trailer was a travesty, you're not going to like this.By Claire Mabey | 13th February, 2026Books editor
‘Ripe with humour and heart’: Seed by Elisabeth Easther, reviewedWhat’s a little bit of sperm between friends, after all? By Tara Ward | 7th February, 2026Staff writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending February 6Award nominees, new novels and old favourites.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 6th February, 2026
‘Definitely not dystopia’: Gina Butson’s favourite books'I read a lot of post-apocalyptic fiction when I was young and I think I reached my limit.'By The Spinoff Review of Books | 4th February, 2026
OpinionMarilyn Waring: Librarians’ work is essential – and still treated as expendableAfter hearing their testimony to the People's Select Committee, I'm outraged at how brutally librarians' right to equal pay was legislated away.By Marilyn Waring | 4th February, 2026
‘We are all part of a grand design’: Wrestling with George Saunders’ Vigil'I'm quite snotty, at least in my mind... it’s an albatross to be seen as the genial uncle of American letters.'By Claire Mabey | 31st January, 2026
