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Gin Wigmore on living life at pace and the habit she’s not proud ofShe lives life at break-neck speed and thinks you should too.By The Spinoff | 7th May, 2026Staff writers
OpinionA blockade in the Taiwan Strait would hurt NZ much, much more than HormuzIf I were Nicola Willis, I'd be worrying about this.By Anna Fifield | 7th May, 2026Guest writer
Help Me Hera: Should I write a tell-all memoir?Why does the idea feel so gross to me – and is it a sign I shouldn't do it?By Hera Lindsay Bird | 7th May, 2026Contributing writer
The end of the BSA and what comes nextThe agency that upholds broadcasting standards is set to be disestablished.By Madeleine Chapman | 7th May, 2026Contributing editor
All the dust-ups in the Luxon-led coalition, ranked from least to most seismicFourteen flashpoints among National, NZ First and Act that have hit the surface since 2023. By Toby Manhire | 7th May, 2026Editor-at-large
The government’s scrapping of the Broadcasting Standards Authority, explainedFollowing the move, the internet will be riddled with conspiracies and misinformation. In other words, not much will change.By Hayden Donnell | 7th May, 2026Senior writer
Celebrity Treasure Island Power Rankings: No more (calf) tears left to cryA huge week for both celebrity tear ducts and celebrity calf tears. By Alex Casey | 6th May, 2026Senior writer
‘I’m cursed to forever be making a fool of myself’: Hannah Kent’s Atwood encountersThe acclaimed Australian writer is the author of Always Home, Aways Homesick... and the protagonist in a trilogy of awkward run-ins with Margaret Atwood.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 6th May, 2026⚖️
The National Party’s five-point comms plan to seize back the agendaA strategic reboot seeks to put Luxon above the fray and the party on the front foot. By Toby Manhire | 6th May, 2026Editor-at-large
Which book would you take to a deserted Celebrity Treasure Island? From Fifty Shades of Grey to Jacinda Ardern’s memoir, the cast of Celebrity Treasure Island choose their ride or die desert island reads. By Alex Casey | 25th April, 2026Senior writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending April 24Claude Megson top and tails the charts this week.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 24th April, 2026
Books to include in a post-apocalypse libraryThe owners of a remote $20m estate in Golden Bay want help curating a literary collection for the end times. Here are some suggestions.By Claire Mabey | 22nd April, 2026
Kelly Ana Morey’s final novel to be published on first anniversary of her deathThe acclaimed author promised Ordinary People Like Us would be 'the most bougie Māori novel ever written'.By Claire Mabey | 22nd April, 2026
‘Lyrical, important, educational, moreish’: Hugo Grrrl on a book everyone should read'My attention span has been scrambled by screens, same as everyone else. Getting absorbed in a novel makes me feel like my brain is actually working again.'By The Spinoff Review of Books | 21st April, 2026
