Business

Secondhand clothes at Ruby Says Recycle in Newmarket.

The rise of ‘recommerce’: NZ fashion brands are buying back their own clothes to resell

Is it a good business model, a worthy attempt at sustainability, or simply greenwashing?

By Gabi Lardies | 10th June, 2025

photo of a man reclining on a leather arm chair and photo of the same man with a cute bunny filter on

Meet the ‘silly’ fund manager turning finance guy stereotypes on their heads

'If you don't think differently, then you're not going to have differentiated results.'

By Gabi Lardies | 4th June, 2025

KiwiSaver just changed – what should I do with my money now?

With government KiwiSaver contributions set to halve, is there a better way to save for retirement?

By Frances Cook | 23rd May, 2025

Waipiro Bay is not your marina

A fast-tracked marina proposal at Waipiro Bay risks spreading invasive caulerpa and sidelining Māori-led economic solutions grounded in tikanga.

By Te Rina Ruka-Triponel | 13th May, 2025

Once again, workers pay the price in the fight against inflation

If prices start to rise, it's never the companies making excess profits that bear the burden of bringing them down again.

By Max Rashbrooke | 8th May, 2025

The best job I ever had was painting a house

The best job I ever had was painting a house

Most people would look at our house and decide painting it was a job for professionals. My mum and dad decided it was a job for their kids.

By Madeleine Chapman | 22nd March, 2025

Flooding caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in Awatoto, near Napier (Photo: Getty Images / Design: Archi Banal)

Without a database to track losses from weather disasters, we’re planning in the dark

How can we talk about disaster risk management and risk reduction when we have no idea what's going on?

By Ilan Noy | 20th March, 2025

Just don’t look

Hot tip: Don’t look at your KiwiSaver right now

With economic uncertainty comes investing jitters, but it can also be an opportunity.

By Frances Cook | 20th March, 2025

Design: The Spinoff

The Māori economy is more diverse and wealthier than ever

Once dominated by agriculture, forestry and fishing, the Māori economy is diversifying.

By Liam Rātana | 18th March, 2025

From dried sage to coveted olive oil and ceramics, Bayyāra supplies a range of Palestinian specialities. (Images: supplied, additional design by The Spinoff)

How (and why) to start a Palestinian boutique

Step one: find suppliers. Step two: get your shipment out of the West Bank.

By Shanti Mathias | 17th March, 2025

Contributing writer

Chris Luxon hopes his Infrastructure Investment Summit will help attract a much needed capital injection. (Design: Liam Rātana)

Iwi investors enter infrastructure summit with ‘eyes wide open’

Will Māori investors be treated as genuine investment partners, or simply stakeholders with interests to be managed?

By Liam Rātana | 13th March, 2025

Behind the wheel of a ‘political hot potato’: Meet New Zealand’s anti-Musk Tesla drivers

Behind the wheel of a ‘political hot potato’: Meet New Zealand’s anti-Musk Tesla drivers

As protests against Elon Musk's EV company ramp up here and abroad, many Tesla owners are at pains to distance themselves from the tarnished brand.

By Gabi Lardies | 12th March, 2025

Photo: Getty Images

We need to stop shadow-boxing on competition

How many times do supermarkets and banks have to be put 'on notice' before something actually changes?

By Max Rashbrooke | 27th February, 2025

Contributing writer

Image: Getty Images, additional design The Spinoff

The visa changes to lure rich investors to Aotearoa, explained

Migrants with money, come on over and boost our economy – just don't try to buy a house.

By Alice Neville | 11th February, 2025

Charli XCX says no 16 or 17-year-olds

Inside the decision to ban under-18s from Laneway

Sports events and other gigs allow for alcohol and young people to be in the same vicinity, so why not Laneway?

By Duncan Greive | 5th February, 2025

Some of the new housing developments proposed in Wellington.

Windbag: Wellington’s new housing boom

There’s been a spike in applications for townhouse and apartment developments since the city’s pro-density District Plan was approved.

By Joel MacManus | 4th February, 2025

Wellington editor