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The one skill that every mayor needs

The one skill that every mayor needs

A collage of newspaper clippings of children's book pages.

‘One little corner for the children’: New Zealand’s lost children’s book pages

A group of people dressed as creepy characters and monsters pose outdoors around a large pile of bones and props, with fake blood dripping from the top of the image. The scene is spooky and theatrical.

‘Don’t scare me, I’m just coming back for my jandals’: Tales from the haunted horror maze

‘People were appalled’: Jackie van Beek’s Taskmaster NZ confession

A group of children reach forward with empty pots and pans, their faces showing distress and urgency, as they crowd together in hopes of receiving food aid.

The Weekend: We’re all going to be ashamed of this

Madeleine Chapman

The Beths in the backseat of a car against an orange background

Straight Line Was a Lie: Liz Stokes on writing The Beths’ most personal album yet

A smiling person wearing glasses and a white shirt stands in front of a colorful mural. Text on the image reads "Hana Mereraiha" and "Ko wai tēnei?" with decorative flowers and arrows on a textured background.

Ko wai tēnei: Hana Mereraiha Skerrett-White

The Friday Poem: ‘Farewell’ by Yvette Thomas

A background of New Zealand bush with Grant Robertson's memoir, Bird of the Year and Noho Tahi in the foreground

The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending August 29

The Spinoff Review of Books

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Big celebrities on the Shotover Jet, ranked from least to most shit-scared