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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
Pork & Poll Taxes reclaims New Zealand’s forgotten history on stageJihee Junn talks to the writer/director of a new play about the earliest Chinese New Zealanders – and the families they left behind.By Jihee Junn | 13th September, 2026Contributing writer
Are Vogel’s sandwich slices getting thicker? A Spinoff investigationOne woman’s journey to the heart of a shrinkflation conspiracy.By Alex Casey | 12th September, 2026Senior writer
Where to eat in Hamilton East – an insider’s guideNot-to-be-missed Thai curries, quiche, sundaes and more.By Charlotte Muru-Lanning | 12th September, 2026Contributing writer
It’s the year of the horse bookA year’s worth of good – neigh, great – horsey reads.By Claire Mabey | 12th September, 2026Books editor
Needling for change: the surprisingly political history of knittingWhen Deborah Russell was spotted knitting in question time last week, she was joining a rich and meaningful political tradition.By Stephen John Taylor | 12th September, 2026Guest writer
Are we becoming less willing to call out bad behaviour?People standing back and watching racist abuse on Auckland’s Queen St, Winston Peters telling Lawrence Xu-Nan to go back to his own country. What’s happening?By Kate Langdon | 12th September, 2026Guest writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending September 11Flies, horses, food ... this week's lists have it all.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 11th September, 2026⚖️
Phil Gould spent one year at the Warriors. Six years later, his fingerprints are all over their successThe Warriors owe a large part of their current success to one man.By Liam Rātana | 11th September, 2026Ātea editor
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, 2026Guest writer
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
She was assaulted in the rocket lift, now she’s fighting for more security in dilapidated Sky WorldIs the entertainment hub on Auckland's Queen Street a dangerous building? The victim of a late-night sexual assault says yes. By Chris Schulz | 7th September, 2026