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The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending July 11A fabulous new picture book starring the pūkeko stalks into the charts.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 11th July, 2025⚖️
The Friday Poem: ‘Concrete’ by Jonny Mahon-HeapA new poem by Jonny Mahon-Heap.By Jonny Mahon-Heap | 11th July, 2025Guest writer
Twenty years on, Outrageous Fortune remains as relevant as everDo yourself a favour and enjoy a West family reunion this weekend.By Tara Ward | 11th July, 2025Staff writer
OpinionWe shouldn’t have to fight this hard to prove our mana in TāmakiThe Environment Court decision over Westhaven Marina affirms the mana of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei in central Tāmaki – but exposes the pain of a broken Treaty claims process.By Ngarimu Blair | 11th July, 2025Guest writer
How do you follow up a Wellington icon like KC Cafe?For owner and chef Michael Chan, the answer is Hei – the restaurant he always dreamed of opening.By Nick Iles | 11th July, 2025Contributing writer
The cost of being: A lawyer and solo mum paying off the mortgage as fast as possible'Having no job when my marriage broke up was scary and overwhelming. I’m lucky to have a very supportive family.'By The Cost of Being | 11th July, 2025Guest writer
Winston Peters finds his sweet spot as NZ First enjoys polling surgeThe party has leapfrogged the Greens for the first time in years, buoyed by a weakened opposition and a newfound sense of stability in government. By Catherine McGregor | 11th July, 2025Contributing writer
Regulatory Standards Bill hearing, day four: The grand finaleHere we are: four days, 30 hours of hearings and 208 submitters (and yet not a single MP actually being in the room) later.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 11th July, 2025Politics reporter
The best needle drops in Outrageous Fortune, ranked'Gutter Black' is just the beginningBy Gareth Shute | 11th July, 2025Contributing Writer
The cost of being: A tourism operator paying back their Covid-19 business loan'Five words to describe my financial personality: Got lucky but worked hard.'By The Cost of Being | 8th July, 2025Guest writer
An open letter to Jacinda Ardern on open letters to Jacinda ArdernJacinda Ardern, I have a problem: people keep writing open letters to Jacinda Ardern.By Hayden Donnell | 8th July, 2025
What it’s like to go blind at 25My father and I share the same experience of retinitis pigmentosa: we knew something was wrong when we could no longer see stars.By Oscar Zambuto | 7th July, 2025
The golf war: rival golf power plots regime changeThe company behind Auckland's largest yellow cuboid box has a plan to end the conflict over Takapuna Golf Course.By Hayden Donnell | 7th July, 2025
The cost of being: A nurse working two jobs who ‘can’t wait’ to get their KiwiSaver'Five words to describe my financial personality: Do you really need that?'By The Cost of Being | 4th July, 2025