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Music should be about cultural enrichment, but unfortunately that doesn’t pay your rent.

A night at the Silver Scrolls – a beacon through uncertain terrain

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Ladies and gentlemen… this is really, really, bad.

What has The Warehouse done to my favourite song? 

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As we head into the competition's final week, which of the six remaining castaways stand the best chance?

Celebrity Treasure Island power rankings: The mad king’s destiny

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Does the maligned Folie à Deux at least deserve a little credit for daring to try something different?

Review: The new Joker movie isn’t great, but is it really as bad as people are saying?

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John Campbell doesn’t solve a crime in his new series – instead he uncovers how long you can ask a question before someone finally listens to you.

Review: John Campbell, true crime and a taste of TVNZ’s new era

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The brat green billboards were right, the Chappell Roan rumours were wrong. 

Our quickfire reckons on the Laneway 2025 lineup

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If punters, police and PR people don’t want to acknowledge what’s going on, who’s left to give a shit?

The crowd at Listen In sucked – why are New Zealand fans so unruly?

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Including a new local teen drama, a Cate Blanchett thriller, and a murderous take on Fleabag.

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

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'It obviously spoke to the children,' says the woman responsible for promoting fish and chips at breakfast, lunch and tea.

Meet the unsung icon behind the primary school hit ‘Fish and Chips’

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Meet the Southland principal who wrote and directed a feature length fantasy epic starring the whole school.

‘Primary school LOTR’: The principal giving Peter Jackson a run for his money

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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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'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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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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Featuring a merge, a mercy card, and many margaritas mostly consumed by Christian Cullen.

Celebrity Treasure Island power rankings: What in the nacho libre is this?

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If we’re after a tonic for what ails us, Live and Let Dai is a compulsory first dose.

Review: In confronting death, Dai Henwood is teaching us how to live

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Including John Campbell's latest crime special, the return of Ahikāroa, and Dai Henwood as you've never seen him before. 

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The actor and writer looks back on a life filled with terrifying children’s TV, deliciously unforgettable ads and a newfound love for Formula One.

‘Real trouble’: Michelle Langstone on the most chaotic CTI player of all time

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A property show in the middle of a housing crisis – whatever could go wrong?

Location Location Location NZ is a bleak reminder of how much a home costs

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'I’ve no idea how John Lennon wrote such an achingly nostalgic song at only 25 years of age.'

‘I’m a complete sucker for a French horn’: Zed’s perfect weekend playlist

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The show's second season picks up the drama where it left off – in a flat where, if walls could talk, they’d have a lot of shit to say.

Review: Not Even is probably the realest reflection of life as a Gen Z in Aotearoa

Not Even is probably the realest reflection of life as a Gen Z in Aotearoa

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Our new columnist, the Insider Insider, takes a peek inside the insiderest media operation of all time. 

Insider Insider: inside the NZ Herald’s insider empire 

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Reflections on homeschooling, 15 years later.

What I learned (and didn’t learn) from four years of home education

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Last time, not even 10% of voters could be bothered.

The Auckland election on right now that almost nobody can be arsed with

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I'm sorry, but I can't stop apologising. 

Help me Hera: I’m so apologetic I’m annoying everyone around me

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The Reserve Bank followed through on a widely predicted double rates cut. It's just the beginning.

The sun peeks through the economic clouds, but when will it fully emerge?

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Toheroa were so good, we ate them all. But one group is working hard to restore them along one of Aotearoa's most famous beaches.

The fight for the toheroa of Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe

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From healthcare to schools to roads, are core public services becoming the preserve of those who can afford them?

The slow drift towards ‘user pays’ risks turning New Zealand into a two-tier society

In the latest episode of their Spinoff TV segment looking at stuff white people inexplicably like, comedy group Frickin Dangerous Bro – Jame Roque, Jamaine Ross and Pax Assadi – investigate white people’s love for the colonialist hexagonal fantasy board game.

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Frickin Dangerous Bro: what is it with white people and Settlers of Catan? | The Spinoff TV

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What is it with white people's love for the colonialist hexagonal fantasy board game Settlers of Catan?

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Pop CultureAugust 14, 2018

Frickin Dangerous Bro review white people things: Settlers of Catan

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Frickin Dangerous Bro review white people things: Settlers of Catan

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