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'We found a home in each other and realised the huge need for many more brown people living in Ōtautahi to have something like this.'

Pacific profiles: Meet the three friends behind Ōtautahi collective Brown Town

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'My childhood and adolescent years were strict, sensible, and often sad... I decided to give our son a better, happier childhood.'

The cost of being: A ‘conscious and curious’ mum who works in insurance

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The reasons people commit crime are often the same, whether they're rich or poor.

Golriz, I think I get it — I shoplifted too

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The agreement will ease Palestinians’ suffering, but international agencies will struggle to meet the massive need for humanitarian relief.

World celebrates Gaza ceasefire deal

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Our prized tracks are frequently listed among the best in the world. They’re also, sorry to report, dusty, boring mountains with no gift shops, hobbits or TikTok.

The worst Google reviews of New Zealand’s best tramps

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I can’t help but feel that my 2025 is cursed already. Should I start over, or give up and wait for 2026?

Help Me Hera: I’ve already broken four of my five new year resolutions

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A cautionary tale of how writing a quick news banger can leave you with a guilty conscience.

How a $1.50 coffee became a priceless lesson in ethical journalism

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Over 10,000 school students in New Zealand learn outside of school, but that doesn’t mean they’re always at home.

Goodbye to the classroom: Where and how home-educated students learn

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Google Maps navigation now lets you report police sightings while driving. But should you do it?

Is it OK to nark on the cops? An argument with myself

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Despite making net-zero commitments, big banks have lent fossil fuel companies billions of dollars.

How banks can make climate pledges – then keep funding fossil fuels

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Shortsightedness in kids is skyrocketing overseas. Is New Zealand next?

Staring down the ‘silent epidemic’ of myopia in children

Tara Ward

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The dream of a winter Christmas is well and truly alive in some parts of New Zealand this summer.

Cruel summer: A whinge from those who didn’t get a sunny holiday

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Five years ago, we voted against legalising cannabis. But what if the referendum had gone the other way?

Here’s what Aotearoa might have looked like today if we legalised weed in 2020

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'I'm known to be pretty terrible at buying fun things just for me.'

The cost of being: A high-earning 30-something who avoids impulse spending

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Despite fewer machines, pokies are raking in more than $1bn a year. So are restrictions working?

Sinking lids and rising profits: The problem with pokies

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The tide is turning on Insta-therapy. Good riddance, but actual therapy is still good and worth doing. 

Don’t let the backlash to therapy culture stop you from doing therapy

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When is it too late to say ‘Happy New Year’? An official ruling

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For all the spectacle of WoW, Alex Casey couldn't tear her eyes off Christopher Luxon in the front row. 

I watched Christopher Luxon watch the World of Wearable Art

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An in-depth examination of the causes, implications and potential cures for homelessness across the country.

Inside the urgent race to solve homelessness in Aotearoa

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New Zealand used to be a country of vibrant synthetic striped polyprop. What happened?

Rainbow warmth and garish colours: When did stripy polyprop disappear?

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Madeleine Chapman reflects on the week that was.

The Weekend: Is 2025 the year we all slow down?

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'Shortland Street fans still come up and are like ‘Desi! Where's Damo?’ and I’m like ‘I don't know… Christchurch?’'

‘You belong to the people’: Kura Forrester on becoming Ferndale famous

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They're filling Facebook feeds, sucking people in and ripping them off. So why won't Meta do anything about it?

A soul-destroying attempt to report scam Facebook ads

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The Friday Poem: ‘Field-notes: Midsummer, 9pm, walking barefoot in the reserve after a storm, the sky still light, the city strung out across backs of the hills’ by Niamh Hollis-Locke

The Friday Poem: 'Field-notes: Midsummer, 9pm...' by Niamh Hollis-Locke

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'Like a clearing in the woods, it had shown me, in the oddest of ways, that there was life out there and one day I would get to join it.'

What Twin Peaks meant to 10-year-old me

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A selection of the best shows, movies, podcasts and playlists that kept us entertained over the holidays.

The best things we watched (and listened to) over summer

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A frothing primer for season two of Severance.

Move fast: The best TV show of the century so far returns today

A Christchurch racing club is offering ‘kiddie picks’, where children bet on the horses and get lollies if they pick a winner. Inspired, The Spinoff TV’s Hayden Donnell got to work on his own R18 product for kids.

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A Christchurch racing club is offering 'kiddie picks', where children bet on the horses for lollies. Inspired, The Spinoff TV's Hayden Donnell got to work on his own R18 product for kids.<br />


The Spinoff

SocietyJuly 11, 2018

The Spinoff TV: Kiddie Booze!

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SocietyJuly 11, 2018

The Spinoff TV: Kiddie Booze!

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