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‘It’s dated quite badly, but…’: Max Harris’s life in booksThe Labour candidate for Tāmaki on the novel he'd like to see adapted for the big screen and more.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 20th May, 2026⚖️
Jane Wrightson on superannuation, KiwiSaver, and retiring as retirement commissionerWhat better farewell present than a fresh crop of political argy-bargy over NZ Super? By Toby Manhire | 20th May, 2026Editor-at-large
Wellington prepares for another public sector shockThe government is planning to shrink the public service to its smallest level in nearly a decade – and the capital is bracing for impact.By Catherine McGregor | 20th May, 2026Contributing writer
The guilt of finding the US comic the funniest at Joe Daymond's Comedy MixtapeOur reviews from the NZ International Comedy Festival.By Group Think | 20th May, 2026A bunch of people
The latest step in the quest to ‘de-extinct’ the moa? Hatching chicks from fake eggsIt couldn't find a big enough surrogate bird, so the Peter Jackson-backed biotech firm trying to resurrect the moa has developed an artificial egg to do the job.By Mirjam Guesgen | 20th May, 2026Contributing writer
I tried to buy the BNZ. It wasn’t as easy as Winston Peters made it soundThere are legal hurdles, financial hurdles, political hurdles, hurdles embedded in the fabric of the universe.By Hayden Donnell | 20th May, 2026Senior writer
Nicola Willis cuts jobs, loves AI, hates NZ FirstThe finance minister announced public service layoffs, celebrated AI, and took swipes at Labour and NZ First in her pre-budget speech. By Joel MacManus | 20th May, 2026Senior writer
One MP, One Pint: Parmjeet Parmar on Cliff Richard and the joy of McDonald’s coffeeThe Act Party MP is the only Indian politician in government, but she doesn't want her ethnicity to define her. By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 19th May, 2026Politics reporter
Distasteful, unnecessary, offensive: RNZ board member on David Seymour attacksOf course the board is appointed ‘with purpose’, the deputy PM says in response.By Toby Manhire | 19th May, 2026Editor-at-large
Love, actually: ‘Buy some flowers for god’s sake!’A 31-year-old man wants to hang out with his best friend 'until I die'.By Love actually | 17th May, 2026Guest writer
The sausage sizzle was invented in NZ, not Australia. We have the evidenceThat’s right, we're doing the pavlova thing but with snags. By Joel MacManus | 17th May, 2026
‘Who’s your real mum?’ A love letter to growing up with two mothersNo two parents are alike, including when they're both women.By Tessa Rogers | 16th May, 2026
Dating Files: ‘I would never expect a man to pay for me on a date’For a new series looking at dating in New Zealand, a 42-year-old has given up on dating apps after 10 years of swiping.By Dating Files | 16th May, 2026
The movie theatres of Wellington, ranked and reviewedThe capital has a passionate relationship with the movies, and a small but mighty collection of cinemas to match.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 15th May, 2026