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'Australian drama could learn a thing or two.'

A ‘blistering’ ‘tour de force’: Australia loves After the Party too

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Melanie Lynskey, Joel Edgerton and Barbie herself are all coming to a small screen near you.

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

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Featuring old mate John Aiken, a very familiar beard, and New Zealand's own version of Lucinda Light.

Meet the cast of Married at First Sight NZ for 2024

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'It's so good and so bad at the same time... I never watch it in front of anyone.'

‘Everybody rolls their eyes’: Dame Susan Devoy’s guilty TV pleasure

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If you love a Scandi-noir drama, you’ll enjoy High Country.

Review: High Country is the ideal crime drama for a cold winter night

New crime drama High Country is the ideal show for a cold winter night

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Please rise for the national anthem (Bic Runga 'Sway' in American Pie).

Knocked Up, American Pie, the Bean movie: A brief history of NZ music in Hollywood 

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This 'existential cathartic dramedy' from Eagle vs Shark's Loren Taylor is unlike anything this country has ever produced.

The star-studded New Zealand movie you need to see as soon as possible

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What to say when pesky journalists ask gotcha questions like 'can you name a single book you’ve ever read?' and 'did you read it, or did you just see the movie?'

A handy primer for arts spokespeople who know nothing about New Zealand art

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Above the Fold: Yesterday the biggest Māori screen production company faced down the biggest funder of Māori content at the High Court. 

How a High Court showdown between two Māori culture giants flared and faded in a day

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A new season of one of TV's best comedies, Troy Kingi goes to Joshua Tree and Jerry Seinfeld's bonkers new movie about breakfast.

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If you think you don't remember Montana Sunday Theatre, try hitting play on one very particular piece of classical music.

‘Apologies to Dvořák’: How a serenade for strings cemented one of New Zealand TV’s strongest partnerships

‘Apologies to Dvořák’: How one piece of classical music became shorthand for prestige drama

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'After you’ve chopped up that carrot, who cares what it looked like?'

Waste not, want not: New series Food Rescue Kitchen turns food trash into treasure

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‘I know reality TV is one of those things people love to hate and hate to love, but it’s something New Zealand should be proud of.’

‘I don’t know if we were brave or stupid’: Megan Alatini on changing reality TV

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It's more than just a kids' cartoon about talking dogs, OK?

I saw ‘The Sign’, and it opened up my eyes: All the fuss around Bluey, explained

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The 'Wicked Game' heartthrob is in his late 60s now. That didn't stop him putting on a lively, goofy and very sparkly show.

‘A hell of a lot of fun’: Our reviews of Chris Isaak’s dazzling Auckland show

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Hear me out: All I want is a TrueBliss T-shirt

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Never mind the scoreboard – in the 2000 Bledisloe Cup decider, the real trans-Tasman battle was won before kickoff.

Remembering the great TrueBliss vs Bardot national anthem sing-off

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'I just remember seeing them live for the first time and thinking to myself: This is it. This is the reason. This is what life is all about.'

‘It was my Eras tour’: Meet the world’s biggest TrueBliss fans

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Review: Scotney's solo show is both sprawling and intimate, and a must-see.

Scattergun: After the Death of Rūaumoko reveals the frightening talent of Ana Scotney

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Is Olivia Rodrigo about to announce a New Zealand show? An investigation

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And why there is growing concern around the world.

How the lessons from Covid-19 could help us prepare for bird flu

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Stories from the tenancy trenches, featuring spider infestations, cupboard rats and same-sex discrimination.

Rules for property managers are scrapped. But what’s the worst that could happen?

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Double votes, missing ballot boxes, tired tech and stressed staff: how tick-tallying went astray at last year’s election. 

Six telling tidbits from the review of vote-counting errors at the 2023 election

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An ode to The Wicker Man with plenty of twists.

‘Uncanny notes that plague this place’: Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson, reviewed

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Game recognises game after a press conference from Christopher Luxon and Mark Mitchell.

Luxon and Mitchell weren’t mixed up, they were using girl maths

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It would simply make the implicit explicit, but it's suddenly controversial.

Adding gender to the Human Rights Act – what’s the big deal?

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The last time my Eftpos card declined? Last year trying to buy a scone on campus – a man behind me paid for it.

The cost of being: A flatting student who’s saving for more tattoos

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It took a post-post-cabinet statement to confirm that 810 new beds will be built at Waikeria.

Messy press conference prompts correction over Corrections funding

Think you know the difference between King Charles III and Celebrity Treasure Island star Mike King? Test yourself, your friends and family with our brand new King quiz. 

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Last night, as Mike King abdicated his seat of power on Celebrity Treasure Island NZ, King Charles III was preparing to farewell his mother Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey. On opposite ends of the world, two Kings shared historic tearful moments in front of huge TV audiences. But what if that’s not all that King Charles III and Mike King have in common? Differentiating between the two might be harder than you might think…

Quiz - QUIZ: Whose King is it anyway?&nbsp;

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As one King abdicates his power, another takes the throne – but which one said what?

The Spinoff

Pop CultureSeptember 20, 2022

Quiz: Whose King is it anyway?

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