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New Zealand's own Serial takes on the Bain slayings
Stuff today released Black Hands, their first podcast, in which leading David Bain authority and occasional terrible column writer Martin van Beynen draws on ten years of experience following the case. Don Rowe speaks to van Beynen about switching medium and the danger of journalists writing columns.
Announcing The Spinoff Longform Fund
Want us to do more investigative journalism? Now you can help make that happen, writes Duncan Greive.
A play-by-play of Kim Hill's weekend knockout match with Scott Brown
Over the weekend, US Ambassador Scott Brown had what he probably thought was an interview scheduled with Kim Hill. What actually ensued was a brilliantly shady media boxing match. Sam Brooks gives his play-by-play.
The Figure-Friday quiz: on doctors and The Doctor
Jodie Whittaker will play the 13th Doctor on Doctor Who. Here's a quiz that uses the word doctor in its many forms.
Amazing deal: Complete our reader survey and be in to win an ultra-rare Spinoff mug!
Our War for Auckland Veteran's Association memorial mugs - complete with collector's edition spelling mistake – are a covetable momento of last year's War for Auckland campaign, and we have 10 of them up for grabs. Just complete our super-quick reader survey and you're in the draw.
I had an eating disorder, and To The Bone gets it almost completely wrong
The new Netflix movie is a remarkably tone-deaf and insight-free depiction of anorexia nervosa, writes Lucy Kelly.
It’s not a fad: what TVNZ must learn from Netflix
A TVNZ exec made headlines last week for calling Netflix a fad. But after another big budget failure, Duncan Greive asks if it’s time the state broadcaster tried to learn from the streaming giant, rather than embarrassing itself by dismissing it.
The best of The Spinoff this week: public transport, Winston Peters and New Zealand’s most dangerous councillor
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The Spinoff reviews New Zealand #40: The man ad for a man house for men
We review the entire country and culture of New Zealand, one thing at a time. Today, in this men-only post, we salute a man ad for a man house.
