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200 years: How the gender gap is putting women centuries behind (WATCH)

200 years: How the gender gap is putting women centuries behind (WATCH)

Turns out, we're still TWO HUNDRED YEARS from fully closing the economic gender gap. So we asked some of our Spinoff colleagues to cast their minds into the future.

By The Spinoff | 8th March, 2018

Tayyaba Khan. Photo: Mark Fa’amaoni/The Big Mark Creative Group

Is Donald Trump infecting New Zealand with his awfulness? A Kiwi Muslim’s verdict

Donald Trump may be enveloping the US in his godforsaken embrace, but is he also ruining New Zealand? Hayden Donnell talks to Tayyaba Khan about being a Muslim in the age of Trump.

By Hayden Donnell | 28th October, 2016

What’s the deal with denial? A NZ Chinese woman on ‘Kiwi-ness’ and casual racism

What’s the deal with denial? A NZ Chinese woman on ‘Kiwi-ness’ and casual racism

The first step in tackling racism in New Zealand: stop telling people to 'get over it' and start actually acknowledging their experiences, says Ally McCrow-Young.

By Ally McCrow-Young | 26th October, 2016

Michelle Blanchard (image: Screengrab)

‘She doesn’t want to own what came out of her mouth’: Michelle Blanchard on the Real Housewives racism scandal

This morning, an hour after news of a Real Housewives racism scandal broke, Duncan Greive spoke with Michelle Blanchard on the phone from the US about the episode.

By Duncan Greive | 18th September, 2016