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Global Book Crawl, A View from the Bridge, Queer Quarterly Reads: The Spinoff event guideReasons to leave the house this week.By Claire Mabey | 16th April, 2026Books editor
‘Undemocratic’ and ‘racist’? Here’s what’s going on with Far North District CouncilA local committee has become a national battleground over co-governance, democracy and te Tiriti.By Liam Rātana | 16th April, 2026Ātea editor
Alternative career prospects for the Crusaders horses, rankedA devastating blow for rugby fans across Christchurch could be a huge opportunity for six local horses to follow their dreams.By Alex Casey | 16th April, 2026Senior writer
The cost of being: A ‘dual income, no kids’ government worker'Leave my coffees alone!'By The Cost of Being | 16th April, 2026Guest writer
Help Me Hera: My perfect relationship turned out to be a fantasyHe moved on in the blink of an eye, and I'm still picking up the pieces.By Hera Lindsay Bird | 16th April, 2026Contributing writer
Why isn’t NZ copying Australia’s approach to the fuel crisis?Australia has halved its fuel tax, moved to level two of its response plan, and sent its prime minister on a fuel-security tour of Asia. New Zealand has done none of these things. Does that matter?By Catherine McGregor | 16th April, 2026Contributing writer
NZ teachers can legally have sex with students over 16. Is it time for change? 'There is quite a bad loophole here, and everybody else has fixed it.'By Alex Casey | 16th April, 2026Senior writer
OpinionWe should have known Charlisse Leger-Walker’s name before thisGet your Connecticut Sun merch because a New Zealander has made it into the WNBA! But you know why we'd never heard of her until this month, eh?By Zoe George | 15th April, 2026Guest writer
The City Rail Link at rush hour, reviewedWe’ve waited a decade for this railway. Here’s what it will actually be like.By Hayden Donnell | 15th April, 2026Senior writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending April 3Happy Easter, eggs.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 3rd April, 2026⚖️
‘Exiled to the op shop’: Mat Tait on the book he lied about reading'I got a fair way into before realising it was a grim and confusing slog I was only enduring because I thought I should.'By The Spinoff Review of Books | 1st April, 2026
The Magic Faraway Tree is the batshit film we need right nowThe new Enid Blyton adaptation is here to tickle the 'funny little child brain' in all of us.By Claire Mabey | 31st March, 2026
How to write with optimism when the waves are coming'At this exact moment in history it feels liberating, even radical, to imagine a better future.'By Darusha Wehm | 28th March, 2026
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending March 27Blink-182 fans have stormed the Auckland store, while it's all about walking in Wellington.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 27th March, 2026