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Event noticeboard: traffic-inspired theatre, kōkōwai and experimental jewelsTop picks of talent from around the motu across music, visual art, comedy, theatre and dance.By Gabi Lardies | 24th April, 2025Staff writer
An ode to Shihad’s Killjoy, the best album by the greatest band in the world It’s the record that unites genuine, hardcore Shihad fans. And it's my favourite record – not just by a Kiwi artist, but of all time.By Chris Bishop | 24th April, 2025Guest writer
Why protesters spent Easter weekend suspended in coal cartsClimate activists say this is only the first step in resisting the fast-tracked mining expansion.By Shanti Mathias | 24th April, 2025Contributing writer
How Letterboxd’s ‘Four Favourites’ took over the internetWe talk to the New Zealander behind the viral interview format adored by movie fans worldwide. By Alex Casey | 24th April, 2025Senior writer
Help Me Hera: How do I cope with ‘that one person’ in my friend group?I've just realised that I dislike one of my friends. What do I do?By Hera Lindsay Bird | 24th April, 2025Contributing writer
Seymour rewrites ECE rulebook in bid to cut costs and ease complianceAll 15 recommendations from a review of ECE regulations have been accepted, with the government promising a simpler, cheaper system for providers. By Catherine McGregor | 24th April, 2025Contributing writer
Anzac Day boycott: why official services tomorrow will be missing some veteransWhy a grassroots veteran group is urging a boycott of Anzac Day ceremonies and what it says about a broken system. By Liam Rātana | 24th April, 2025Ātea editor
OpinionA stocktake of all the policies rolling back workers’ rights in New ZealandThe government is subtly chipping away at pay, conditions and many of the other things that make work life-giving.By Max Rashbrooke | 24th April, 2025Contributing writer
Gone By Lunchtime: Christopher, champion of the free trade worldAs the PM talks trade with Keir Starmer, his deputy is busy, busy, busy.By The Spinoff | 23rd April, 2025Staff writers
The cost of being: A full-time student, part-time nanny flatting in Wellington'What would I love to have more money for? More than two-ply toilet paper.'By The Cost of Being | 22nd April, 2025Guest writer
The legal loophole that allows certain streets to trade on EasterWhy are shops on Parnell Road allowed to open on Easter Sunday? It’s all thanks to an obsolete rule from the 1970s that's been 'frozen in time'.By Stewart Sowman-Lund | 19th April, 2025
How to spend four days stuck in your own home with childrenSome practical tips and solidarity.By Group Think | 17th April, 2025
Help Me Hera: How do I come out as a ‘Disney Millennial’?I'm sick of feeling ashamed of something that brings me so much joy. By Hera Lindsay Bird | 17th April, 2025
The tiniest rebuild in Ōtautahi is finally completeA new exhibition renders big memories at an impressively small scale. By Alex Casey | 16th April, 2025
