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His brother is standing for Opportunity in his electorate, but he’ll be voting NationalOwen Huang doesn't want a citizen's income, he wants Simeon Brown representing him.By Characters of the Campaign Trail | 18th August, 2026Guest writer
New and approved: Matchbox, AucklandLate-night snacks are taken up a notch at this new Ponsonby bar that's taken over the space of an old favourite.By Sophie Albornett | 18th August, 2026Guest writer
New Zealand’s later-than-usual 2026 influenza spike, explained Flu season has arrived late this year, and EDs are chocka. Here's what you need to know. By Emma Gleason | 18th August, 2026Staff writer
Think Hot: how supercritical geothermal could change everythingDeep in the flesh of the Taupō volcanic zone, they’re digging for fire. And there’s a lot riding on it.By Toby Manhire | 18th August, 2026Editor-at-large
The cost of being: A software developer dreaming of a four-day work week'I grew up in a very well off part of the US... as a child I thought we were poor because we didn't have a vacation house.'By The Cost of Being | 18th August, 2026Guest writer
One battle after another for a second harbour crossingTransport Minister Chris Bishop has offered to study Wayne Brown's beloved Meola Reef bridge — but only if the council pays half.By Henry Oliver | 18th August, 2026Bulletin editor
National and Labour just achieved something unprecedented across 50 years of pollingThough it's hardly a record to boast about.By Toby Manhire | 18th August, 2026Editor-at-large
New to Streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this weekIncluding a new crime thriller from the DC universe and a weepy Oscar winner. By Thomas Giblin | 17th August, 2026Guest writer
‘I’m grossly imperfect’: Luxon in reflective mode for Monday morning media round In his first check-in with Hosking and Campbell since last week's sort-of-almost coup, the PM admitted he’d made some errors. By Tara Ward | 17th August, 2026Staff writer
Kiri Allan: The call that changed my life‘I didn’t really know what a cervix was, let alone what it meant to have cancer in it.’By Kiri Allan | 8th August, 2026Guest writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending August 7Alan and Allan top the charts this week.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 7th August, 2026
‘Slow is my favourite speed’: Trish Harris on the genius of Eric Carle'...Not just for walking, but for completing any task – including writing a book!'By The Spinoff Review of Books | 5th August, 2026
Kiri Allan is open about her mental health and a closed book on other parts of her lifeWhen your public life is as recent as Allan’s and you decide to leave out well-known people or events, you’re asking readers to pretend their own memories – and the internet – don’t exist.By Veronica Schmidt | 4th August, 2026
The most comforting books to get us through the rest of winter'It's the literary equivalent of sitting by a crackling fire while an icy southerly whistles outside.'By Group Think | 1st August, 2026