Share Story×Share StoryFacebookTwitterBlueskyRedditEmailLinkedinWhatsappMessengerFor the Shortland Street 25th anniversary week, we’re reissuing David Farrier’s phenomenal 2014 ‘Real Talk’ interview series with two of the soaps’ biggest stars and thinkers – Ben Mitchell and Cam Jones. Today, the trio discuss cyclists. “Get on the side, mate. You’re a bike.” Click here to watch the entire Real Talk series This content, like all television coverage we do at The Spinoff, is brought to you thanks to the excellent folk at Lightbox. Do us and yourself a favour by clicking here to start a FREE 30 day trial of this truly wonderful service. More Reading
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The whānau taking out loans and sleeping in cars to learn te reo MāoriThe desire to reclaim te reo is strong. But for some Māori, intensive language learning comes with a financial cost they simply can’t afford.By Meriana Johnsen | 20th September, 2026Guest writer
Wake me up: I tested 15 coffee alternatives so you don’t have toSurely there’s another way.By Emma Gleason | 19th September, 2026Staff writer
I was a door-to-door salesman for a ‘devilcorp’Our doorstep pitch gave the impression that buying a pin would support the cause, but it wasn’t clear to me where any of the money went.By Ben Fagan | 19th September, 2026Memberships Lead
Where to eat in Sandringham, Auckland – an insider’s guideFrom congee breakfasts, to midnight chaat, to tamarind-laced fried chicken.By Charlotte Muru-Lanning | 19th September, 2026Contributing writer
Waka Aroha: Hēmi Kelly rāua ko Atakohu Middleton kōreroI kōrero a Hēmi Kelly ki a Atakohu Middleton e pā ana ki tana pukapuka hou.By Hēmi KellyKaituhituhi & Atakohu Middleton | 19th September, 2026Guest writer
Gone By Lunchtime: 50 days out, the campaign ignites Will this cut through the blancmange like a Smeg blade through an Ooshie?By The Spinoff | 18th September, 2026Staff writers
OpinionEcho Chamber: I think I’m gonna die in this HouseIn the penultimate sitting week, the walls started closing in.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 18th September, 2026Politics reporter
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending September 18An explosion of new releases, from poetry to fiction to memoir.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 18th September, 2026⚖️
New to Streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this weekIncluding a local renovation black comedy and an all new season of Taskmaster NZ.By Thomas Giblin | 14th September, 2026Guest writer
‘I think this is the best one’: Rose Matafeo on coming home to join Taskmaster NZ'I feel sorry for all the other casts.'By Tara Ward | 14th September, 2026
Amit Ohdedar doesn’t regret a single moment living in New ZealandAppreciating the kindness in others and regretting drinking single malt whisky out of a steel tumbler.By Life Advice | 14th September, 2026
Pork & Poll Taxes reclaims New Zealand’s forgotten history on stageJihee Junn talks to the writer/director of a new play about the earliest Chinese New Zealanders – and the families they left behind.By Jihee Junn | 13th September, 2026
Robyn Malcolm wants us to change how we think about menopauseMalcolm is on a mission to find out more about menopause in New Zealand, and why she had such a brutal time of it.By Tara Ward | 8th September, 2026
