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The Spinoff Members

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Coups, councils, canines and constitutional crises: our pundits roll out their most outlandish prophecies for another year. 

Ten wild political predictions for 2025

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Making a splash: Is this the most impressive select committee submission ever?

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I was one of hundreds of people who lost my government job this week. Here's exactly how it played out.

What it’s like to be made redundant by the Ministry of Education

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Why do those Lange-Douglas years cast such a long shadow 40 years on?

Juggernaut: The ghosts of 1984

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It would be a more wonderful time of year if I knew there was no exploitation under the Christmas tree.

All I want for Christmas is modern day slavery legislation

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Looking back at the events that made headlines around the globe in 2024. 

A world on fire: the World Bulletin year in review

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In six hours, everything changed: Watching Korea’s political turmoil from afar

Ben McKay

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The return of the glitteriest rubber gongs of New Zealand politics.

The 2024 Golden Jandals for conspicuous contributions to NZ politics

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Did anyone make an accurate call? Let's find out.

Our outlandish political predictions for 2024, revisited

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ICYMI: that festive pileup of opinion polling, in one snapshot.

All those recent political polls: a quick recap

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Immigration NZ could have made any decision on the controversial speaker's visa and it would've been better than a minister intervening. 

What we should have done with Candace Owens is nothing

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Ready the lifeboats: the coalition boat appears to be listing. 

Gone By Lunchtime: A plan to have a plan about some ferries

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From 'testing' to 'tiring', there's a clear theme.

The world in 2024, in one sentence

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The government says it's a 'technology-led approach'. Critics say it's an 'abject failure'. 

The finalised second Emissions Reduction Plan is out – what’s in it and what’s not?

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Believe it or not, this is not a joke headline.

Auckland Council opposes new housing because motorists won’t be able to see a hill

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The roadmap for a peaceful transition to a democratic future in Syria already exists and it’s ready to be actioned.

The Al-Assad dynasty is over and a new day dawns in Syria

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The rising star MP on chairing the committee that will attract untold heat, his own path to politics, and whether haka are welcome at the hearings. 

Meet James Meager, the man left holding the treaty principles bill

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What are Marsden grants, and why have this week's changes to them caused such a stir?

The changes to research funding in Aotearoa, explained

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There’s plastic everywhere, and efforts to reduce it are limited by the power of big oil.

Is New Zealand – and the world – doing enough to tackle the plastic problem?

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Public consultation is currently open on further restricting the use of puberty blockers in young people experiencing gender dysphoria. Jennifer Shields argues why the process has been flawed from the beginning.

Gender-affirming care affects a small minority – so why the public consultation?

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A new generation is leading the hīkoi for tino rangatiratanga and Māori self-determination.

Ka tuku te rākau: Handing over the baton of protest to a new generation

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A soul-to-soul with Married At First Sight's spiritual star, who doesn't own a TV and thinks the show is 'trash'.

A drink with Lucinda Light, the greatest MAFS participant of all time

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It’s 25 years since a dog said ‘bugger’ on TV... and changed the nation forever.

‘It was just the right word’: When ‘bugger’ took New Zealand by storm

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Narrative Muse was awarded $500,000 to boost sales of New Zealand books. It has reportedly had little, if any, impact. What went wrong?

The half-a-million-dollar decision that still haunts the book industry 

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If you thought jigsaw puzzles were meant to be relaxing, think again.

Getting jiggy with it: Inside the wild world of competitive speed puzzling

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The rankers become the ranked: Hera Lindsay Bird tackles the most meta ranking of them all.

All 85 of The Spinoff’s rankings, ranked from worst to best

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Mina Foley was a formidable talent dogged by wild rumours about her mental breakdown. What is the truth?

The NZ ‘voice of the century’ who wound up in a psych hospital for 16 years

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How Mukpuddy conjured up a bold new vision of Badjelly the Witch

From 7pm on Saturday, the election results will ooze from the pores of democracy. Toast the franchise with our election night drinking game. It works with Raro, kombucha or something stronger. Repurpose as bingo if that’s what you’re into.

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Toast the franchise with our exclusive election night drinking game. It works with Raro, kombucha or something stronger.

The Spinoff

PoliticsOctober 14, 2023

The epic Spinoff election night drinking game 2023

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