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Peering through a New Zealand lens at Trump’s AmericaNew Zealand photographer Craig Wright had a front row seat as conservative Americans wrestled with the war on Iran.By Craig Wright | 2nd May, 2026Guest writer
Dating Files: ‘There’s a lot of old men in my DMs’In the first of a new series looking at dating in New Zealand, a 24-year-old on Grindr isn’t keen to intertwine lives.By Dating Files | 2nd May, 2026Guest writer
Where to eat in Whangārei – an insider’s guideCo-owner of Local Talent Taverna Girish Karkera shares his favourite stop for sourdough and the casual Filipino restaurant that would make a marvellous setting for a group dinner. By Charlotte Muru-Lanning | 2nd May, 2026Contributing writer
What is ‘weird girl lit’ – and why is it trending right now?Lost appetites, human-to-animal transformations, bears ... there’s a lot going on in the so-called ‘weird girl lit’ genre. So what’s it all about?By Claire Mabey | 2nd May, 2026Books editor
It was a good week for… cancel cultureThe right-wing media ecosystem was outraged by a reporter using an offensive word at a private social event. Welcome to Woke 2: conservative boogaloo. By Joel MacManus | 1st May, 2026Senior writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending May 1Auckland readers are boning up ahead of the Writers Festival, while Wellingtonians are up to their elbows in press gallery tea.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 1st May, 2026⚖️
Echo Chamber: Agreeing to disagree about IndiaIt sucks when the person you get into bed with turns out to be exactly who you suspected they always were.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 1st May, 2026Politics reporter
A nuclear arms race is brewing in the PacificDon't panic, but countries in our region are increasingly considering nuclear weapons.By Anna Fifield | 1st May, 2026Guest writer
Review: New Zealand Spy leaves us shaken, if not stirredIt’s hard to know what the point of Paul Williams' new spy-parody comedy is – but does that even matter?By Tara Ward | 1st May, 2026Staff writer
The cost of being: A teacher attempting to go a year without buying clothes'I don’t shop a lot in New Zealand, but when I go overseas all bets are off and I can go a little wild.'By The Cost of Being | 28th April, 2026Guest writer
OpinionButter chicken tsunami? Don’t threaten me with a good timeIf critics want to put people off the India FTA, they should stop making it sound so delicious.By Hayden Donnell | 27th April, 2026
I saw a dermatologist for a growth. He wanted to give me BotoxI never asked for his opinion on my appearance, but he gave it to me anyway.By Anonymous | 25th April, 2026
The official history of DadA daughter's history of Corporal George Sinton – enlisted soldier and prisoner of war during World War II.By Maureen Sinton | 25th April, 2026
OpinionThe cost of proving you’re poor enoughOn paper, the system had worked. In reality, the quiet erosion of dignity had taken a toll.By Claire Jewitt | 24th April, 2026