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OpinionThe Weekend: Did you grow up terrified of investing?Madeleine Chapman reflects on the week that was.By Madeleine Chapman | 24th May, 2025Editor
Reading the lost diary of the first indigenous woman to study at OxfordReading through her 1907 diary reveals just how alive, political and purposeful that life really was.By June Northcroft Grant | 24th May, 2025Guest writer
Le Vā and the legacy of Ladi6: A soulful reckoning with grief, growth and grooveLadi6 opens up about grief, growth and the making of Le Vā — her most personal and powerful album yet.By Liam Rātana | 24th May, 2025Ātea editor
‘Freaking obsessed’: Josh McKenzie on meeting his 90s child star crushThe star of The Hunting Party, Filthy Rich and La Brea shares his life in television.By My Life in TV | 24th May, 2025Guest writer
Allowing my wairua to pick up the pen'This overly-stretched brain sometimes bumps my wairua off course.'By Shelley Burne-Field | 24th May, 2025Guest writer
The Friday Poem: ‘Lots of Press-Ups’A new poem by Erik Kennedy.By Erik Kennedy | 23rd May, 2025Guest writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending May 23The Auckland Writers Festival effect is revealed in this week's Auckland chart.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 23rd May, 2025⚖️
The trouble with all the celebrity travel shows in New ZealandAre we destined to only see ourselves on screen through someone else’s lens? By Tara Ward | 23rd May, 2025Staff writer
Our reviews from week three of the NZ International Comedy FestivalA mixed bag (with some Billy T disappointments) in the final week of the comedy festival.By Group Think | 23rd May, 2025A bunch of people
Windbag: Why Wellington’s vibe shift is coming in 2026Things are about to change in the capital, and it has nothing to do with the mayoral race. By Joel MacManus | 20th May, 2025Wellington editor
Meet the kaiāwhina who volunteer to keep protesters safe'We want the police to not be needed.'By Gabi Lardies | 17th May, 2025
The cost of being: A home-brewing academic and dad with a ‘healthy nest egg’ invested'Five words to describe my financial personality? Always planning two steps ahead.'By The Cost of Being | 16th May, 2025
Help Me Hera: Am I wasting my potential?All my friends are writing books and leading organisations. Meanwhile I'm just pottering around.By Hera Lindsay Bird | 15th May, 2025
Bike racks are back on buses – but why did it take so long?And did they really have to be banned in the first place?By Shanti Mathias | 15th May, 2025