Capital Crime, Bic Runga, Prima Facie and more: The Spinoff event guideBic Runga is back.By Claire Mabey | 19th March, 2026Books editor
Linkin Park’s first New Zealand show without Chester Bennington, reviewedIs the band better or worse with new vocalist Emily Armstrong? In the end, it doesn’t even matter.By Joel MacManus | 19th March, 2026Senior writer
Should Chris Hipkins’ private life be the public’s business?The Hipkins-Paul story has put media principles under the spotlight – and made the rest of us question how much we're comfortable about knowing.By Catherine McGregor | 19th March, 2026Contributing writer
Help Me Hera: I’m an asexual woman, worried about my futureWill I be alone forever?By Hera Lindsay Bird | 19th March, 2026Contributing writer
OpinionThe fight for Te Pāti Māori voters has begunThe Greens may win the kaupapa. Labour may win the numbers. The real question is who wins enough.By Liam Rātana | 19th March, 2026Ātea editor
OpinionThe Jade Paul-Chris Hipkins story was messy for a reasonNo longer know what to think? Join the club.By Veronica Schmidt | 19th March, 2026Editor
‘That’s why I love New Zealand books’: Breton Dukes on his literary heroes'These three men have shifted my inner writing landscape.'By The Spinoff Review of Books | 18th March, 2026⚖️
Chris Hipkins, Tory Whanau and when private lives become political fodderThere's a belief that New Zealand media stays away from the personal lives of politicians. But have these boundaries ever really been applied consistently?By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 18th March, 2026Politics reporter
New poll offers solace for Luxon, but election hangs by a threadThe PM will be relieved after ‘near hysterical’ flurry, despite a new survey pointing to a hung parliament.By Toby Manhire | 18th March, 2026Editor-at-large
A little better every day: ‘Breaking down barriers for kids to get to school’KidsCan is providing kai, jackets, shoes and other essential items to over 1000 schools and 500 early childhood education centres across New Zealand.By The Spinoff | 16th February, 2026Staff writers
‘A perfect meeting point for our interests’: Thoughts on exploring Japan as a coupleFrom honeymoons to pre-breakup trips, here's what it's like to visit Japan with your significant other.By The Spinoff | 27th January, 2026Staff writers
Naoshima and Teshima: An ode to being alone and lost in JapanThese buzzy Japanese islands offer polka-dotted pumpkins, tiny fishing villages, and underground art unlike anything you've seen before.By Liv Sisson | 1st December, 2025Commercial editor
Scam stories: Five times we’ve been duped and defrauded'I accidentally reverse-scammed my own dad' and other tales of consumer woe.By The Spinoff | 17th November, 2025Staff writers
