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'I just remember seeing them live for the first time and thinking to myself: This is it. This is the reason. This is what life is all about.'

‘It was my Eras tour’: Meet the world’s biggest TrueBliss fans

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Review: Scotney's solo show is both sprawling and intimate, and a must-see.

Scattergun: After the Death of Rūaumoko reveals the frightening talent of Ana Scotney

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Is Olivia Rodrigo about to announce a New Zealand show? An investigation

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TrueBliss react to their most iconic Y2K Popstars looks

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A weepy Paul Mescal movie, an inspiring new series about food waste and a whole lot of 80s rock'n'roll mullets.

New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week

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Our tortured critics department reviews the new Taylor Swift album.

What do we make of The Tortured Poets Department?

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'You’d sit at home watching American Idol or X Factor or whatever and just pinch yourself thinking about how we were the first.'

How Popstars and TrueBliss changed reality television forever

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'Who's ready to see their parents do some pashing?'

Five reasons why you should watch new reality series My Mum, Your Dad NZ

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'I looked over and saw Dai Henwood just shaking his head.'

‘The room went dead quiet’: Josh Thomson on his worst 7 Days moment

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'This Ripley is not charming, he doesn’t have the gift of the gab ... instead his criminal competence seems to come from an immunity to what other people think of him.'

Netflix’s Ripley is the most controversial adaptation yet – it’s also the best

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Five reasons to wave your preconceptions goodbye and watch this smart, funny and very accessible new show.

Review: Don’t let ‘based on a video game’ put you off Fallout

Don't let ‘based on a video game’ put you off Fallout

Alex Casey

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From the Jono and Ellie bombshell to the return of Collins, we look at back at two incredible nights of television.

The best moments from the outrageous final episodes of MAFS AU

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'Seeing these children, and their little bright shiny faces, really hit home how young they were.'

How The Lost Boys of Dilworth brought a ‘horrendous nightmare’ to life

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An impressive new HBO spy thriller, a charming new romantic reality series, the return of My Life is Murder and more.<br />


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'People always joke that they hope I never contact them. Because for blokes, it's probably the child they never knew about. And for women, it’s probably the child they’ve never spoken about.'

‘One hell of a shock’: Why not everyone wants flowers from David Lomas

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Only read this if you've also had John o' Groats, Fray Bentos and the sword of Damocles stuck in your head since 2002.

A complete list of things I only know about because of The Office

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Netflix's retelling of the events surrounding Prince Andrew's infamous TV interview has the sheen of a high-prestige drama, but it pays to keep your expectations low.

Review: Prince Andrew drama Scoop hits a lot of bum notes, but Billie Piper isn’t one

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'Some people might take the news elegantly … not running around the house like I did.'

‘Several hours screaming’: Jess Hong on being cast in Netflix’s most-watched series

Tara Ward

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'It's the end of something very special in New Zealand that may not happen anywhere else in the world.'

‘The end of something very special’: A look back at nearly half a century of Fair Go

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Three’s sharp new local drama follows two best friends and a surrogacy pact that goes wrong.

The aftershocks keep coming in gripping new psychological drama Friends Like Her

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How will the recent wave of job cuts impact ethnic diversity in the media? 

The voices that vanish in a decimated newsroom 

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The first round changes to the RMA delight farmers and depress environmentalists

Gloomy vibe from infrastructure sector as RMA changes unveiled

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A look at the state of the last government’s affordable housing scheme, and what could come next.

Is KiwiBuild finally on its last legs?

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Labour in opposition will be shocked to learn which party had six years in power but squandered any chance to make real change.

Labour has forgotten it was in government

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Welcome to the whirring wonders of one brain trying to align its actions with its beliefs in a system it thinks is evil.

Is it time for anti-capitalists to embrace shopping? An argument with myself

The Spinoff’s gaming journalist morbid_angel_69 

 tear himself away from RDR2. In this video he goes on a not-at-all stressful fishing trip into the hills to hunt for the Legendary Rock Bass.

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(NB: This video contains end story SPOILERS)

Hiking and fishing Legendary Rock Bass in Red Dead Redemption 2 | The Spinoff

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The Spinoff’s gaming journalist morbid_angel_69 goes on a not-at-all stressful fishing trip into the hills to hunt for the Legendary Rock Bass.

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Pop CultureFebruary 14, 2019

The worst ever Red Dead Redemption 2 fishing trip

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The worst ever Red Dead Redemption 2 fishing trip

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