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The Spinoff Members

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Anna Rawhiti-Connell reflects on the week that was.

The Weekend: Is Wellington really ‘gayer’ than Auckland?

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

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ThreeNews spent almost seven minutes focused on the former PM and his very relatable passion: helicopters.

Exclusive: John Key has a hobby 

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The Sisyphean struggle over capital gains tax returns, while Dunedin says we're not going to take this.

Gone By Lunchtime: The big hill and the tax boulder

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We're unlikely to meet our target by buying carbon credits or reducing our emissions. So will we just leave the Paris Agreement? 

Paris is burning: Will New Zealand abandon its climate change targets?

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The Casey Costello guide to the school holidays

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How a month has turned into six days, and six months have been compressed into one.

The government’s latest time warp

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The finance minister reckons a capital gains tax would discourage business investment. We went in search of someone who would back her innovative take.

Can we find an economist who backs Nicola Willis’s CGT stance? Not easily, no

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'This is the biggest crowd in the Octagon since Danyon Loader came through here in 92.'

‘National hates the south’: On the ground at the Ōtepoti hospital protest

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It's a calculated move to remove a significant barrier to the party's privatisation and deregulation agenda.

The real reason behind Act’s push to redefine the Treaty principles

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It’s mainly family violence, and mainly female victims.

Exclusive: Here’s what we weren’t told about the recent rise in violent crime 

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$3 billion for a new hospital? Unaffordable. $3 billion for a new motorway? Now we’re talking.

The things that are unaffordable and the things that aren’t

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The wobbles on the coalition seismograph. 

Twangs on the tripwire for Act and NZ First 

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The star of the prime ministerial press stand-ups is stepping down. Who will fill his angry shoes?

Huge opportunity: Could you be the guy standing behind the PM looking furious? 

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Tax reform of some sort is a given. But will they go modest or radical?

Here’s what’s at stake in the Labour tax debate

The boss of NZ’s biggest bank is not the only supporter of a broad CGT.  

A roll call of all the people championing a capital gains tax

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Benefit: Office romances will support Chris Luxon's mission to make Kiwis have more babies. Cost: Policy analysts will miss the high-risk eroticism of sexting on Microsoft Teams.

Revealed: A cost-benefit analysis for public servants returning to the office

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Winston Peters certainly thinks so, so we take a look at the evidence.

Is parliament in a state of decay?

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Nangs, nos or nitrous – no matter what you call it, it is now an unapproved psychoactive substance.

The crackdown on nangs, explained

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On the one hand, politicians love the idea. On the other, politicians love the idea.

MPs want a four-year term. Should we give it to them? An argument with myself

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'I was always part of a team. Some of the best work Campbell Live did, I was only fronting the show.'

‘I can’t believe we’re doing this’: John Campbell on his proudest TV moments

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A review of one of the most anticipated novels of the year. 

The breath out: Kataraina by Becky Manawatu, reviewed

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'The chorus melody is so heartbreaking but the lyrics are so encouraging, like woah … I am the dancing queen!'

‘I am the dancing queen!’: Matthew Young and Jared Frost’s perfect weekend playlist

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If we want to keep universal super in place, some tough decisions need to be made – and soon, says Treasury's chief economic adviser.

Podcast: Is our retirement system unsustainable?

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An elder scolded me for my inability to speak Cantonese: 'You must learn.' My father heard my elder’s words and said nothing. My shame was as much his as it was mine.

Missing metal: On language and identity

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Based on a true story, Joan is a colourful series about one woman’s dramatic – and unlawful – rags-to-riches transformation.

Review: Neon’s new British drama is a fun, feisty trip back to the 1980s

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The Friday Poem: ‘cabbage rolls’ by Jiaqiao Liu

The Spinoff’s editor Toby Manhire is back to review the last seven days in New Zealand news. Who’s popping open a cold one in celebration of a job well done, and who’s drinking hard spirits straight from the bottle to make it all go away?

Good Week, Bad Week: 17 August 2018 | The Spinoff TV

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The Spinoff's editor Toby Manhire is back to review the last seven days in New Zealand news. Who's popping open a cold one in celebration of a job well done, and who's drinking hard spirits straight from the bottle to make it all go away?

The Spinoff

PoliticsAugust 17, 2018

Good Week, Bad Week: 17 August 2018

The Spinoff TV, 10.45pm Fridays on THREE

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PoliticsAugust 17, 2018

Good Week, Bad Week: 17 August 2018

The Spinoff TV, 10.45pm Fridays on THREE

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