Share Story×Share StoryFacebookTwitterBlueskyRedditEmailLinkedinWhatsappMessengerThe Lions are here and the UK is counting votes in a momentous general election. This week, it’s got to be a quiz about Great Britain and Ireland. The best of British luck to you! Having trouble viewing the quiz? Take it here. More Reading
New to Streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this weekIncluding a local renovation black comedy and an all new season of Taskmaster NZ.By Thomas Giblin | 14th September, 2026Guest writer
‘I think this is the best one’: Rose Matafeo on coming home to join Taskmaster NZ'I feel sorry for all the other casts.'By Tara Ward | 14th September, 2026Staff writer
Amit Ohdedar doesn’t regret a single moment living in New ZealandAppreciating the kindness in others and regretting drinking single malt whisky out of a steel tumbler.By Life Advice | 14th September, 2026Guest writer
City Rail Link finally opens: A century in the making, a fire on day oneAuckland’s City Rail Link finally opened to passengers yesterday, after a decade of construction and more than a century of talk.By Henry Oliver | 14th September, 2026Bulletin editor
The Spinoff announces The Great Mt Albert DebateThere’s a fierce battle going on in The Spinoff’s backyard this election and we’ve decided to roll up our sleeves and step into the middle of it. By Veronica Schmidt | 14th September, 2026Editor
OpinionEverything about rugby right now favours the Springboks (yes, even the refs)It’s hard to believe there’s ever been a team whose rugby DNA and personnel are so perfectly aligned with the laws as they stand and the way the game is being officiated.By Paul Thomas | 14th September, 2026Guest writer
‘Tunnel, tunnel, tunnel’: on board the first train through the City Rail LinkMore than 400 people queued in the dark at Ōtāhuhu for the first passenger service through the City Rail Link. Joel MacManus was one of them.By Joel MacManus | 14th September, 2026Senior writer
Love, actually, at 53: ‘I resent the fact that he’s playing video games while I work two jobs’I expect my relationship to last until: I lose my shit and throw him out.By Love actually | 13th September, 2026Guest writer
Can you actually outsource your mental load? I desperately tried toInvisible labour is fiendishly difficult to outsource, because setting a reminder isn’t the whole picture. Much of the burden is noticing that you needed to make a reminder in the first place.By Rose Hirst | 13th September, 2026Guest writer
Help Me Hera: My workmate broke my heartSeeing her every day is pure agony.By Hera Lindsay Bird | 10th September, 2026Contributing writer
Dating Files: A ‘mostly straight’ 25-year-old looking for a ‘minimum 6’1” educated guy’Mostly I'm finding: bums.By Dating Files | 9th September, 2026
OpinionWhen a gambling ad played instead of Jai Arrow’s walkout, it felt personalMy grandfather died of the disease the league player has. But that’s not the only reason I winced when Sky cut away from his big moment.By Lachlan Woods-Davidson | 9th September, 2026
The cost of being: An ‘abundantly-minded but not abundantly pocketed’ receptionist'Unfortunately no trace of tightwad with me.'By The Cost of Being | 8th September, 2026
‘It was 10 years of work, all in one moment’: Wellington’s kiwi are now truly ‘free range’ The Capital Kiwi project has just marked a major milestone: the final monitoring transmitters have been removed from the 250 kiwi released in the hills around Wellington in recent years. By Shanti Mathias | 7th September, 2026