Share Story×Share StoryFacebookTwitterBlueskyRedditEmailLinkedinWhatsappMessengerThere’s no denying it now: autumn is here, and with it shorter days and cooler temperatures. But then again, feijoas! Test your knowledge of all things autumn below. Having trouble viewing the quiz? Take it here. More Reading
Is a cardless future in sight for New Zealand?Wallets stuffed full of plastic are becoming an endangered species. By Shanti Mathias | 15th December, 2025Contributing writer
No one had a bigger year than New Zealand’s road conesWe made art about cones and snitched on people who used too many of them, but there was a twist coming. By Greg Bruce | 15th December, 2025Guest writer
Would you hand over five years of social media posts to visit the US?The Trump administration plans to make NZ visitors submit sweeping personal data, including social media, family details and even DNA. By Catherine McGregor | 15th December, 2025Contributing writer
OpinionNew Zealand will fail its Paris Agreement climate change targetsThe government won't admit it yet, but The Spinoff is calling it: New Zealand has no viable path to reach its 2030 emissions targets.By Joel MacManus | 15th December, 2025Senior writer
OpinionRIP special character protections, I always hated youUh, did anyone else notice the new RMA gets rid of the rules we’ve been using to ban dense housing in places like Ponsonby, Thorndon and Herne Bay?By Hayden Donnell | 15th December, 2025Senior writer
How many phones will stop working after New Zealand’s 3G shutdown?From the end of March 2026, we'll no longer have a 3G network. What does that mean for all the people who have yet to upgrade their devices?By Shanti Mathias | 13th December, 2025Contributing writer
OpinionWhy does hardly anyone ever buy a house on Location Location Location NZ? For a show about buying houses, there's not a lot of house buying going on. By Tara Ward | 13th December, 2025Staff writer
NZ racism hits different: ‘I’m not even going to try to pronounce the next name’After swapping Wellington for London, Preyanka Gothanayagi was surprised to find people treated her like an actual person. By Preyanka Gothanayagi | 13th December, 2025Contributor
I still don’t know what Synthony is and at this point I’m too afraid to askWhat is it, who are they and what do they want from millennials? By Alex Casey | 13th December, 2025Senior writer
Help Me Hera: My closest friends don’t read my blogDo they all hate me? Or am I just a narcissist? By Hera Lindsay Bird | 11th December, 2025Contributing writer
The 'brown Karen’ who keeps taking Apple to the Disputes Tribunal – and winningThirty hours on the phone, four pairs of headphones, two laptops, three Disputes Tribunal hearings, and one giant victory for consumers everywhere. By Alex Casey | 11th December, 2025
The Clarke Gayford and Christopher Luxon guide to festive fashionMismatched couple fits are a Kiwi tradition, and what better time to embrace tradition than Christmas?By Emma Gleason | 10th December, 2025
Every hydroslide at Christchurch’s record-breaking new aquatic centre, rankedThe Parakiore hydroslides are a very late contender for 2025’s best thing.By Alex Casey | 10th December, 2025
The cost of being: A screen industry worker saving for their ‘unemployment fund’'Work can be incredibly unstable so I make sure I'm always prepared in case I have to go weeks (or even months) without any income.'By The Cost of Being | 9th December, 2025