Society

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'Worrying about money all the time takes a toll on your mental health.'

The cost of being: A ‘disproportionately anxious’ postgrad student living at home

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Lockdowns, mandates and MIQ were all scrutinised in the commission's first report.

Covid-19 Royal Commission releases first report – what you need to know

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I work in the public service because I want to serve the public. But right now that just doesn't seem possible. 

Help Me Hera: Everything feels so hopeless

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Everything you need to know about the nationwide public transport system coming soon.

Tagging on with your debit card: Motu Move is (almost) here

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'There would be a monkey in the laundry, a camel in the front yard ... When you look back at it now, it was pretty incredible.'

The remarkable story of Willowbank, Christchurch’s first zoo

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What if the holiday didn't have to be a hellhole of unwanted expectation and obligation?

Why (and how) I’m not going to be a Christmas grinch this year

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'Wife pays the mortgage and food, I pay all other bills.'

The cost of being: An ebike-riding, vinyl-loving dad who ‘only spends what I have’

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At the outset, expectations were low – but even with considerable headwinds, progress was made.

Here’s what was – and wasn’t – achieved at the Cop29 climate talks

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Hundreds of thousands of New Zealand women are impacted by stalking and harassment, and they’re being failed by the official response. 

Zeni’s experience is extreme, but it isn’t rare

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Zeni Gibson has been stalked and gruesomely harassed for nearly nine years by a man in Wellington she rejected when she was 17. This is her story.

‘I need to make you suffer’: My near decade of violent harassment by a man I barely know 

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Wellington editor Joel MacManus pitches his big idea to save the capital: more statues on the waterfront. 

Windbag: If I were mayor for a day…

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'Five words to describe my financial personality? Bills paid, time to shop.'

The cost of being: A clothes-mad 20-something who walks everywhere

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Two new surveys show a dramatic shift in New Zealanders' drug use habits – and there has been a sharp discount in prices. 

Drugs are getting cheaper and easier to find in Aotearoa

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There are calls for New Zealand’s Family Violence Act to name economic harm as a standalone type of violence.

Financial forms of family violence affect one in seven of us – but the law is lagging

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My parents are finally getting divorced. So why do I feel like my stepdad's feelings are still my problem?

Help Me Hera: Should I cut contact with my ex-stepdad?

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But we have a solution within the current body of nursing students.

In a global nursing shortage, NZ’s reliance on overseas-trained staff is not sustainable

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'My mother became a single mother supporting two kids on her own and I started working at the age of 11 to help out.'

The cost of being: An ‘anti-capitalist’ barista and tutor renting in Wellington

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The bridge is a Wellington icon, but we must say goodbye. It's time to demolish it. 

Windbag: On the City to Sea Bridge and the power of letting go

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The sector is highly volatile, highly competitive and changing rapidly.

What can we really expect from an expanded mining industry?

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'We are counsellors, we are social workers, we are a lot of things to a lot of different people at different times'

Pacific profiles: Meet the Southside Aiga Midwives, who serve whānau in the heart of Māngere

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The Friday Poem: ‘Return Again’ by Lily Holloway

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Featuring the new Ali Smith, and a handbook for making the most of Wellington’s wilds.

The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending November 29

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Here's your chance to catch up on the best local shows you might have missed this year.

Where to watch all the big winners from the NZ TV Awards

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Spend $20 on public transport each week? Next year that could be $34.

The government wants public transport fares to go up. Why?

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Phase two of the Royal Commission into the Covid-19 response will look at broader issues including vaccine safety and economic ramifications.

A Covid inquiry ends and another begins

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From forgotten wastelands to gleaming towers of consumerism, this is the definitive list of malls in the Wellington region.

All six malls in Wellington ranked from worst to best

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High schools all over Aotearoa will receive an early Christmas gift this year. 

Anonymous donor buys Te Tiriti handbook for every secondary school in New Zealand

If you’re a New Zealand man who goes clubbing, chances are you’ve been denied entry at least once for not wearing leather shoes. But why? What’s wrong with sneakers? The Spinoff TV’s Ra Pomare investigates.

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What's the deal with 'town shoes'? with Ra Pomare | The Spinoff TV

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If you're a New Zealand man who goes clubbing, chances are you've been denied entry at least once for not wearing leather shoes. But why? What's wrong with sneakers? 

The Spinoff

SocietyAugust 9, 2018

What’s the deal with ‘town shoes’?

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SocietyAugust 9, 2018

What’s the deal with ‘town shoes’?

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