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This International Women’s Day, do something radical: love yourselfSometimes resistance is getting out on the streets protesting, or pushing for law change, but other times the answer is closer to home. By Michelle Duff | 7th March, 2026Guest writer
The story of Six60 in six New Zealand venues'People showed up on horseback – the party might still be going.'By Alex Casey | 7th March, 2026Senior writer
‘Still rates its arse off’: Country Calendar marks six decades of bucolic brillianceThe voice of Country Calendar reveals why the farming show is still going strong after 60 glorious years – and which of its 1600 episodes is his favourite.By Tara Ward | 7th March, 2026Staff writer
Barbara Dreaver on the time she uncovered drug trafficking in Tonga'I was given some documents that allegedly linked powerful people in Tonga to a Colombian drug cartel.'By Barbara Dreaver | 7th March, 2026Guest writer
OpinionIf National MPs want to roll Luxon, there is one big hurdle in the way1997 has entered the chat. By Toby Manhire | 7th March, 2026Editor-at-large
Horror poll for National and Luxon: which big beasts would be out of a job?Because nothing concentrates the mind quite like the sight of your career evaporating.By Toby Manhire | 6th March, 2026Editor-at-large
As National hits 28% in new poll, is Christopher Luxon’s leadership at risk? Will the prime minister be rolled, will he decide to bow out, or will National's memories of the 2020 election stop any change at all?By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 6th March, 2026Politics reporter
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending March 6Award nominees galore.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 6th March, 2026⚖️
Good week/bad week: It was a bad week for the worldIn an unexpected twist, the US war in Iran may trigger regime change in New Zealand.By Joel MacManus | 6th March, 2026Senior writer
‘A grand national cause’: How France is keeping books and reading aliveIt's one thing to protect the book industry. It's another to ensure people keep reading. By Daniella Blake | 28th February, 2026Guest writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending February 27Beach reads for the dying days of summer.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 27th February, 2026
The National Library still hasn’t paid hundreds of authors. It has ‘no definitive timeframe’ for a fixIn what's being referred to as ‘a fucking saga’, 318 writers have been told they won’t receive public lending right money, even though they were told they'd successfully registered for the annual payment.By Henry Oliver | 26th February, 2026
‘I want my young readers to feel empowered’: David Hill’s life in books'Usually my protagonists makes some of the mistakes I made, but ends up doing something better than I ever did. Yes, writing as wish fulfilment.'By The Spinoff Review of Books | 25th February, 2026
Leather & Chains: excerpts from Kate Camp’s 1986 diary'In the pantheon of bad teenage writing, this surely rates among the greats.'By Kate Camp | 21st February, 2026
