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Simon and the head of AUT talk about how students prepare for an ever-changing work environment 

Business Is Boring #30 – AUT Vice-Chancellor Derek McCormack on the changing nature of work and education

Our resident Blockaholic Jane Yee recaps the highs and lows from week seven of The Block NZ, including the return of everyone's favourite council inspector Glyn, more tradie tantrums than you can shake a broken old bit of gib at, and a steamy bedroom tryst.

Jane Yee on The Block: Love and loathing in Meadowbank

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Madeleine Chapman, her Aunty Henga and her Mum Pani assess the skills, builds, and tattoos in Game of Bros, Māori television's reality quest for the ultimate Polynesian warrior.

‘Wait, are they in Auckland?’ – Judging the uso of Game of Bros with Aunty Henga, Week Three

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Madeleine Chapman, her Aunty Henga and her Mum Pani assess the skills, builds, and tattoos in Game of Bros, a reality quest for the ultimate Polynesian warrior.

“Who’s mowing the lawn?” – Judging the uso of Game of Bros with Aunty Henga, Week Two

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Alex Casey recaps the second episode of Better Call Saul season two on Lightbox, featuring a piano, nacho cravings and an unspeakable act with an apple pie.

“You still morally flexible?” – Recapping Better Call Saul’s ‘Cobbler’

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How did TV news cover the anti-TPP protests? José Barbosa has a real good look and comes away bleeding from the eyes.

Video – The Spinoff watches news coverage of the TPP protests and is sorely disappointed

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John Key was once just another electorate MP, wading through constituents' sewage. We look back at his time on the magical local docu-drama Neighbours at War, and get a comment from the PM himself.

Television: Throwback Thursday – John Key Gets Called a Racist on Neighbours at War

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"What the f*** is Drew doing dropping off his one-night stand at a horse stable? Is the Auckland housing market THAT bad?"

Television: Shortland Street Power Rankings – Doctor Drew Goes Hoarse With Bad Puns

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"Ed Sheeran walks along the beach, the palest man to ever be seen not only in Summer Bay, but all of Australia. Luckily, he's wrapped up from head to toe in black clothing just to fit in"

Recap: Ed Sheeran Gets Washed Up on Home and Away’s Summer Bay

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Bringing together the TV moments on the week, including Masterchef shockers, Sunday night monsters and Ed Sheeran at the beach. Contributions by Alex Casey and Calum Henderson.

The Spinoff’s TV Week: Brave Blockheads, Kitchen Quitters and Sunkissed Sheeran

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"A muffled but familiar voice begins addressing the crowd. It’s none other than Dominic Bowden, an actual wedding celebrant who has done 'about 25' weddings."

Television: A Match Made in Survey Heaven – Watching The Edge Wedding

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"Her stress levels have reduced and (gasp!) even her lower back pain has eased. God bless that magical turd stone." – Alex Casey follows week three of Rachel Hunter's Tour of Beauty.

Recap: Rachel Hunter’s Tour of Beauty, Week Three – Borrowing Art Green’s Face Mask

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"White has been crafting his telly persona for years, making cooks shake and cry and shout 'YES MARCO' and accept treatment unfit for prisoners of war - just because he's good at making dinner."

Recap: Masterchef NZ, Week Seven – Deconstructing the Onscreen Villainy of Marco Pierre White

"Ben Mitchell proves that having a bung arm only enhances a powerful actor. In fact, his performance is on par with Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot. Just with one right thumb." 

Recap: Shortland Street Power Rankings – TK’s Right Thumb Hitchhikes a Ride Into the Spotlight

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"You’d think they were giving tips on using voice commands to control a dysfunctional Furby, not ways to communicate with another equal adult human." 

Recap: The Men’s Panel on Good Morning Tackle Grumpy Women Once and For All

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"Full of questions, she heads to a plastic surgeon to get her supermodel appearance ripped to shreds by an old man wearing a surgical cap covered in jovial peace signs."

Recap: Rachel Hunter’s Tour of Beauty, Week Two – Rachel Mends Her Feverish Heart

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"Yeah, you could put a crumb on it, Hayley. It's Masterchef NZ, there's only one rule: when in doubt, add a crumb. Don't think too hard; just crisp something up, sprinkle it on top, and say it's for 'textural contrast'"

Recap: Masterchef, Week Six – From an Ugly Baby Bird to a Beautiful Cream Puff Swan

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"Sometimes I got really worried that, through some freak natural disaster, all of mankind is destroyed and all that remains of our existence are radio broadcasts from survey week"

A Week of It: Abseiling, Cow Milking and Chip Chomping Through a Week of The Ladies of ZM

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Alex Casey recaps episode one of Rachel Hunter's Tour of Beauty, and unlocks the secrets of the French including skunk perfume and wine-based massages. 

Recap: Rachel Hunter’s Tour of Beauty – A Skunk By Any Other Name Would Still Smell As Sweet

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"If you want to fit in on Days of Our Lives, just chuck on a funky Ezibuy tunic and pour yourself a vino mate." – Alex Casey watches a week of the baffling soap.

A Week of It: Getting Horribly Lost Through the Hourglass – A Week of Days of Our Lives

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The Friday Poem: ‘Boyhood’ by Art Nahill

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Dolly-mania, new Murakami, and a brilliant local debut. 

The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending November 22

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A cat and mouse thriller that's worth putting your phone down for. 

Review: The Day of the Jackal is a riveting and ridiculous ride

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Treasury says the recession will be deeper and last longer than predicted.

Hold the roosters, no economic dawn yet

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Can a united front hold through to election time?

This week three parties stood together – can they withstand the storm to come?

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'Five words to describe my financial personality? Bills paid, time to shop.'

The cost of being: A clothes-mad 20-something who walks everywhere

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An interview with the acclaimed journalist ahead of his appearance in Aotearoa.

‘Everything is becoming a culture war’: Jon Ronson on conspiracies and cycleways

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'The best TV performance of the year is by an actor most British viewers won’t recognise, in a production that most won’t see.'

‘Deserves a Bafta’: After the Party premieres in the UK to five-star reviews 

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Two new surveys show a dramatic shift in New Zealanders' drug use habits – and there has been a sharp discount in prices. 

Drugs are getting cheaper and easier to find in Aotearoa

Locked in the media bunker (actually The Spinoff’s shed) José Barbosa watched days of tapes to bring you this examination of the way TV news covered the recent anti-TPP protests in Auckland.

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RecapsFebruary 5, 2016

Video – The Spinoff watches news coverage of the TPP protests and is sorely disappointed

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RecapsFebruary 5, 2016

Video – The Spinoff watches news coverage of the TPP protests and is sorely disappointed

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