Last year, there was a lot of swearing deployed to sum up the year. And then came 2020.
Just over two months ago, Simon Bridges was rolled as the leader of the opposition. This week he opened up about his tenure, the state of politics in New Zealand and, of course, the baby yaks.
Summer reissue: Relive the 53-day reign of Todd Muller as National Party leader.
The day the wheels fell off the Judith Collins BMW
If there's one lesson to take from our widely praised Covid-19 response, it's that real societal change is possible – as long as the political will is there.
Our experts nominate entries for our mechanism to literally encapsulate (and bury) the year 2020.
Coffee habits. Waiheke ferries. Hair straighteners. The scoops were served up faster than a midsummer beachside dairy.
Nobody comes out of this looking good.
Last year, there was a lot of swearing deployed to sum up the year. And then came 2020.
The woman who started it all on how they defied the odds and the doubters.
All this week we're looking back on some of the best videos published on The Spinoff in 2020. Today, Youth Wings introduces Jay McLaren-Harris, chairman of Young NZ First.
A pantheon of politics watchers appraise the 12 months past and cast a gaze ahead at the year to come.
Fresh from the Press Gallery Christmas Party, Annabelle Lee-Mather, Toby Manhire and Ben Thomas convene to recap the year in NZ politics.
Many young people feel increasingly anxious about the future yet the world expects them to do the work of pressuring governments to act. That isn’t sustainable or fair.
The NZ Herald's Claire Trevett talks to politicians and staff about the clashes and controversies that characterised the coalition government.
In August it came to light that most border workers weren't being tested, and an urgent review was ordered. So where is it?
The shadow minister for multicultural affairs has made a statement to the Australian parliament calling for reflection and action.
After 24 years in business the storied, parliament-adjacent Astoria cafe is to close. Danyl Mclauchlan pays tribute to a hotbed of political intrigue that was ultimately too beautiful for this world.
'But an apology would be hollow without action.'
And it's not the only existing provision the Inland Revenue could look at enforcing in the face of runaway house prices and wealth inequality.
Sorry, but you can’t go in front of a court after an election (or referendum) and simply say, 'I don’t like how things were done – so let’s have another go'.
Three years after its debut, Chris McDowall releases an updated version of his epic graph view of our national political history.
The Queen is expected to receive her Covid jab in the coming weeks, but New Zealand is giving medical regulators time to study the vaccines
The declaration of a climate emergency tells the people of New Zealand, and the international community, that this is who we are and this is where we are going.