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So what are the kids up to for New Year’s these days? 'I'd rather take ketamine than drink a box of beers.'By Alex Casey | 23rd December, 2025Senior writer
Splore could have been savedWhy did a single Linkin Park concert receive government funding but Aotearoa's longest-running music festival didn't?By Chris Schulz | 23rd December, 2025Guest writer
Our 10 wild political predictions for 2025, revisitedOur wildest dreams failed to come true in 2025, but who's to say they never will?By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 23rd December, 2025Politics reporter
New To Streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more over the holidaysIf you have a stressful holiday period incoming, just know it still can't be worse than The Pitt season two. By Thomas Giblin | 22nd December, 2025Guest writer
The Ōtāhuhu cake institution that’s been creating edible masterpieces for 60 yearsFor Tāmaki Makaurau's most fantastical cakes, head southside.By Charlotte Muru-Lanning | 22nd December, 2025Contributing writer
From Bondi, we must learn Jewish and Palestinian safety and liberation are intertwinedAntisemitic violence is wrong in the way all forms of racist violence are wrong.By Nadia Abu-Shanab and Justine Sachs | 22nd December, 2025Guest writers
What it was like to have Fred Dagg as a dad'We always felt like we shared him.'By Alex Casey | 22nd December, 2025Senior writer
The Spinoff’s biggest stories of 2025Retail embarrassment, great walks, the c-word and more – fill your browser tabs with this year's most popular reads.By The Spinoff | 22nd December, 2025Staff writers
Disappointed authors, dead-end addresses and the .co.nz book publishing website with no NZ staffbookpublishers.co.nz has an 09-phone number and claims it’s one of the top publishers in New Zealand, but its digital trail leads to the UK and Pakistan.By Claire Mabey | 22nd December, 2025Books editor
Help Me Hera: A festive miscellany of adviceA smorgasbord of wisdom for almost every possible situation.By Hera Lindsay Bird | 18th December, 2025Contributing writer
The cost of being: A self-employed couple ‘getting very close to retirement’'Three words to describe my financial situation: Secure for now. However, retirement could be another question.'By The Cost of Being | 16th December, 2025
What NZ can learn from Australia’s under-16s social media banWhat’s worked, what’s gone madly wrong and what’s now brewing in Aotearoa.By Emma Gleason | 16th December, 2025
A plea from house-price hell: don’t let the nimbys winA visiting US town planner has a cautionary tale for New Zealand.By Hayden Donnell | 16th December, 2025
How many phones will stop working after New Zealand’s 3G shutdown?From the end of March 2026, we'll no longer have a 3G network. What does that mean for all the people who have yet to upgrade their devices?By Shanti Mathias | 13th December, 2025
