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The terrorist attacks that tore through the Muslim community in Christchurch also exposed ugly truths about New Zealand. By Toby Morris

May I remind you to balance your despair?

May I remind you to balance your despair?

Gabi Lardies reflects on the week that was.

By Gabi Lardies | 29th March, 2025

Image: Getty

Do you want your two-year-old to be hot?

A story about you, your two-year-old daughter, and hot girls everywhere.

By Madeleine Holden | 29th March, 2025

It’s Indira Stewart’s life in TV (Photo: TVNZ / Design: The Spinoff)

‘Filled my heart’: Indira Stewart on celebrating 50 years of Polyfest

'It's given me such a profound gratitude for just what the power of community can do.'

By My Life in TV | 29th March, 2025

A new book explores the farmer behind the unrivalled collection of 70s and 80s couture in the Māniototo.

‘Cattleman, Fashion Fancier’: Central Otago Couture, reviewed

A stunning new book explores the life of high country farmer Eden Hore, and his unrivalled fashion collection.

By Jessie Bray Sharpin | 29th March, 2025

The Friday Poem: ‘discharge notes (ii)’ by Amy Marguerite

The Friday Poem: ‘discharge notes (ii)’ by Amy Marguerite

A new poem from Amy Marguerite's debut collection, over under fed.

By Amy Marguerite | 28th March, 2025

Two stunning new collections of poetry and a mesmerising collaboration between Whiti Hereaka and Peata Larkin have made the charts this week.

The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending March 28

Poetry, post-apocalypse, and Panem.

By The Spinoff Review of Books | 28th March, 2025

Lewis Raharuhi de Jong, Tūranga Porowini Morgan-Edmonds and Henry Te Reiwhati de Jong are Alien Weaponry. (Photo: Frances Carter)

‘A community effort’: Alien Weaponry on their most complex Māori metal album yet

'Like many things Māori, Alien Weaponry is a community effort. When the album comes out, take a look at that thank you list.'

By Troy Rawhiti-Connell | 28th March, 2025

Shay Williamson is one of ten people competing in the new season of Alone Australia (Photo: TVNZ)

Meet the brave New Zealander on the new season of Alone Australia

'You’ve got to be willing to eat what's available…You're not necessarily going to get a nice T-bone steak.'

By Tara Ward | 28th March, 2025

Anish Kapoor’s Dismemberment, Site 1 at Gibbs Farm. Giraffe added. (Photo: Gabi Lardies)

Corrugated iron, exotic animals and big name artists: A visit to Gibbs Farm

A rare chance to see one millionaire's vision of exotic animals coexisting with monumental contemporary art.

By Gabi Lardies | 28th March, 2025

Society

The actual photo of the actual house from the actual real estate listing. Not the actual buyers.

My crummy old flat, with my crummy old furniture, just sold for $1,980,000

No insulation, flaking paint, questionable pipes and all my old furniture and artwork. At the auction, bidding was competitive.

By Gabi Lardies | 26th March, 2025

a photo of some cars and cyclists at a traffic light with a green strive of paint showing simplified bike icons like cycle lanes have

What has Christchurch done right to get so many people on bikes?

Yes, it's flat, but there's another crucial reason why so many Christchurch residents ride.

By Shanti Mathias | 26th March, 2025

The cost of being: A ‘secure but spontaneous’ 40-something public servant

'I'm frivolous with the small stuff, stingy and considered with anything that has 00 or more on the end.'

By The Cost of Being | 25th March, 2025

‘If a village has children, it has a future’: The Ukrainians returning home during war

The village of Partyzanske, like so many others, has been devastated by war. Tasha Black meets the women determined to rebuild it.

By Tasha Black | 25th March, 2025

Remember this? A collection of warm and cursed memories from the first lockdown

Hectic Zoom parties, distanced neighbourly singalongs and wearing rubber gloves to pat dogs: it was all weirdly normal five years ago.

By Group Think | 25th March, 2025