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The guilt of finding the US comic the funniest at Joe Daymond's Comedy MixtapeOur reviews from the NZ International Comedy Festival.By Group Think | 20th May, 2026A bunch of people
Jane Wrightson on superannuation, KiwiSaver, and retiring as retirement commissionerWhat better farewell present than a fresh crop of political argy-bargy over NZ Super? By Toby Manhire | 20th May, 2026Editor-at-large
Wellington prepares for another public sector shockThe government is planning to shrink the public service to its smallest level in nearly a decade – and the capital is bracing for impact.By Catherine McGregor | 20th May, 2026Contributing writer
The latest step in the quest to ‘de-extinct’ the moa? Hatching chicks from fake eggsIt couldn't find a big enough surrogate bird, so the Peter Jackson-backed biotech firm trying to resurrect the moa has developed an artificial egg to do the job.By Mirjam Guesgen | 20th May, 2026Contributing writer
Nicola Willis cuts jobs, loves AI, hates NZ FirstThe finance minister announced public service layoffs, celebrated AI, and took swipes at Labour and NZ First in her pre-budget speech. By Joel MacManus | 20th May, 2026Senior writer
I tried to buy the BNZ. It wasn’t as easy as Winston Peters made it soundThere are legal hurdles, financial hurdles, political hurdles, hurdles embedded in the fabric of the universe.By Hayden Donnell | 20th May, 2026Senior writer
One MP, One Pint: Parmjeet Parmar on Cliff Richard and the joy of McDonald’s coffeeThe Act Party MP is the only Indian politician in government, but she doesn't want her ethnicity to define her. By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 19th May, 2026Politics reporter
Distasteful, unnecessary, offensive: RNZ board member on David Seymour attacksOf course the board is appointed ‘with purpose’, the deputy PM says in response.By Toby Manhire | 19th May, 2026Editor-at-large
Why you probably want a mortgage brokerGetting a mortgage is complicated enough without having to go it alone – which is why two thirds of Kiwi borrowers now use an adviser.By Dan Brunskill | 19th May, 2026Guest writer
‘Graphic novels deserve a lot more love’: Rachel Smythe’s books confessionalThe creator of cult hit Lore Olympus on AI crimes, favourite books and the beauty of graphic novels.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 13th May, 2026⚖️
Is this the most important NZ book of 2026?Asher Emanuel lifts the lid on the reality of the criminal justice system, by telling the stories of a small group within it.By Toby Manhire | 13th May, 2026
Ten things I learned at Featherston Booktown 2026Four days at one of New Zealand's largest book festivals in one of New Zealand's smallest towns.By Claire Mabey | 11th May, 2026
In search of mothersYou would think books would be full of wise mothers to learn from. Actually, they're a library of missteps, aberrations and eccentricities.By Michelle Langstone | 10th May, 2026
‘The past sings’: The Other Catherine by Lauren Keenan, reviewedA new novel is an ode to our women ancestors and their stories of survival.By Claire Mabey | 9th May, 2026