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SocietyJuly 22, 2022

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Bloody clued up or need to pad out your knowledge? Only one way to find out…

All week we are examining our relationship with menstruation in Aotearoa. Read more Bleed Week content here.

The (non-alcoholic) ginger beers of New Zealand, ranked

The (non-alcoholic) ginger beers of New Zealand, ranked

It turns out we have heaps of them.

By Emma Gleason | 20th March, 2026

Contributing writer

Storytelling/theatre show SELENE is touring Aotearoa in March-April and hits Christchurch this week.

Capital Crime, Bic Runga, Prima Facie and more: The Spinoff event guide

Bic Runga is back.

By Claire Mabey | 19th March, 2026

Linkin Park co-lead vocalists Emily Armstrong and Mike Shinoda at Spark Arena in Auckland. Photo: Chontalle Musson

Linkin Park’s first New Zealand show without Chester Bennington, reviewed

Is the band better or worse with new vocalist Emily Armstrong? In the end, it doesn’t even matter.

By Joel MacManus | 19th March, 2026

Act MP Nicole McKee (Photo: Lyric Waiwiri-Smith)

One MP, One Pint: Act’s Nicole McKee is the ‘guns, booze and dirty money’ minister

The Act minister on being the aunty of her caucus, and the Green MP she'd share a drink with.

By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 19th March, 2026

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Labour leader Chris Hipkins, photographed on February 23 2026.(Photo: Michael Craig/New Zealand Herald via Getty Images)

Should Chris Hipkins’ private life be the public’s business?

The Hipkins-Paul story has put media principles under the spotlight – and made the rest of us question how much we're comfortable about knowing.

By Catherine McGregor | 19th March, 2026

Contributing writer

Help Me Hera: I’m an asexual woman, worried about my future

Help Me Hera: I’m an asexual woman, worried about my future

Will I be alone forever?

By Hera Lindsay Bird | 19th March, 2026

Contributing writer

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The fight for Te Pāti Māori voters has begun

The Greens may win the kaupapa. Labour may win the numbers. The real question is who wins enough.

By Liam Rātana | 19th March, 2026

Chris Hipkins (Image: Tina Tiller)

The Jade Paul-Chris Hipkins story was messy for a reason

No longer know what to think? Join the club.

By Veronica Schmidt | 19th March, 2026

Breton Dukes, author of Party Boy, pays homage to some good blokes in his confessional.

‘That’s why I love New Zealand books’: Breton Dukes on his literary heroes

'These three men have shifted my inner writing landscape.'

By The Spinoff Review of Books | 18th March, 2026

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Jai Breitnauer once thought specialist schools were the answer. She doesn’t anymore. (Photo: supplied)

You might think I’d back NZ’s specialist schools plan. Well, I don’t

Attending a specialist school isn't a silver bullet.

By Jai Breitnauer | 16th March, 2026

A car viewed from the front with a pixelated license plate and three red X marks indicating areas of interest on the plate and bumper. The background is rendered in shades of red.

From ‘4UHOES’ to ‘PCOOK’: A decade of nixed naughty number plates

The Spinoff has delved into 10 years of NZTA data to bring you the rudest, creepiest and most B4TSHT rejected plate requests.

By Alice Neville | 16th March, 2026

Eight things we loved about Pasifika Festival 2026

From 'otai to Cook Islands drumming, the festival went off and the sun even came out.

By Aaron Ryan | 16th March, 2026

March 15 taught me how to read the world

The day of March 15 never ended for Sara Qasem, who lost her father in the Christchurch mosque attacks. On the seventh anniversary, she writes about how that day changed the way she reads the world.

By Sara Qasem | 15th March, 2026

Brain drain solution: New Zealand needs to fast-track its own Uniqlo

How many of the New Zealanders fleeing to Australia every year are doing it for the unfettered access to capacious cross-body bags?

By Alex Casey | 14th March, 2026