Society

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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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A new campaign is targeting ASB due to its Kiwisaver funds having investments into Motorola, a company that supplies Israel's military.  

Public pressure mounts for Kiwisaver funds to invest ethically 

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When the Toitū te Tiriti hīkoi hit Auckland, Aotearoa's most multicultural and (arguably) fashionable city rose to the occasion.

Toitū te Tiriti hīkoi fits: Savage style for seasoned steezers

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Dog of the month: Georgie, who would like The Spinoff to rank peanut butters

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New Zealander Tasha Black relays what it's like in post-revolution Bangladesh from an eight-hour traffic jam in Dhaka.

The slowest city in the world is on the brink of change

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On the most extraordinary human achievements you’ll never, ever notice, and possibly shouldn’t celebrate. 

The Nobel Prize in Not Beating Up Your Kids

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'Most regrettable purchase in the last year? A cricket bat at a charity auction – I was drunk and it seemed like a great idea at the time.'

The cost of being: A lawyer with two kids, a mortgage and a love of good meat

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The climate and human rights crises are indelibly intertwined

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How do I end this cycle of misery, once and for all? 

Help Me Hera: Why do I only befriend people nobody else can stand?

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'A couple months ago my card got refused because I was 12 cents short on a sub-$3 microwave mini pizza – that was pretty embarrassing.'

The cost of being: A disabled beneficiary who often has to spend bus money on food

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A public apology may be imminent, but redress and accountability still look to be a long way off.

For abuse in care survivors, an apology without action means nothing

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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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The Friday Poem: ‘Boyhood’ by Art Nahill

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Dolly-mania, new Murakami, and a brilliant local debut. 

The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending November 22

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A cat and mouse thriller that's worth putting your phone down for. 

Review: The Day of the Jackal is a riveting and ridiculous ride

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Treasury says the recession will be deeper and last longer than predicted.

Hold the roosters, no economic dawn yet

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Can a united front hold through to election time?

This week three parties stood together – can they withstand the storm to come?

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An interview with the acclaimed journalist ahead of his appearance in Aotearoa.

‘Everything is becoming a culture war’: Jon Ronson on conspiracies and cycleways

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'The best TV performance of the year is by an actor most British viewers won’t recognise, in a production that most won’t see.'

The Spinoff

SocietyJuly 22, 2022

Quiz: How well do you know periods?

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