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New To Streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this weekIncluding the much-anticipated return of Peaky Blinders, and an early frontrunner for funniest movie of the year. By Thomas Giblin | 16th March, 2026Guest writer
OpinionYou might think I’d back NZ’s specialist schools plan. Well, I don’tAttending a specialist school isn't a silver bullet. By Jai Breitnauer | 16th March, 2026Guest writer
How car parks became a new frontline in the intensification warAn obscure regulation that makes a surprisingly big difference to the future of New Zealand cities is now under review.By Joel MacManus | 16th March, 2026Senior writer
The legal challenge to New Zealand’s ‘incoherent’ climate plan, explainedA group of lawyers has taken the government to court, alleging its scrapping of climate policies was unlawful and its new plan is inadequate.By Shanti Mathias | 16th March, 2026Contributing writer
What finally broke Wattie’s – and what it means for the supermarket shelvesWho is to blame for the Heinz Wattie's closures – and is this another nail in the coffin of NZ manufacturing? By Catherine McGregor | 16th March, 2026Contributing writer
OpinionAre Luxon’s struggles special, or is he a victim of a global incumbency curse?Do we really hate them all? By Toby Manhire | 16th March, 2026Editor-at-large
From ‘4UHOES’ to ‘PCOOK’: A decade of nixed naughty number platesThe 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, 2026Deputy editor
Eight things we loved about Pasifika Festival 2026From 'otai to Cook Islands drumming, the festival went off and the sun even came out. By Aaron Ryan | 16th March, 2026Guest writer
March 15 taught me how to read the worldThe 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, 2026Guest writer
I was made redundant. This is how I hung onto some self-worthWith New Zealand awash with redundancies, what's happening to our collective self esteem?By Gráinne Patterson | 14th March, 2026Guest writer
OpinionNew Zealanders are terrified of complaining – but only about some thingsWe’ll take back clothing that comes apart, maybe. But when it comes to restaurants and accommodation, we are a nation terrified.By Kate Langdon | 14th March, 2026
Who invented the word ‘skux’? A Spinoff investigationThe word is much older than you think, and has a famous inventor.By Madeleine Chapman | 13th March, 2026
Help me Hera: My best friend is trying to sabotage my relationshipIs it 'man-centred' to choose my boyfriend over her?By Hera Lindsay Bird | 12th March, 2026
The ninth wave of Covid: What you need to knowThere are new sub-variants circulating, and hospital admissions are up.By Shanti Mathias | 11th March, 2026