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The Side Eye is a monthly non-fiction comic by Toby Morris, supported by NZ On Air. Read more comics here

Be prepared this summer. (Design: The Spinoff).

The Spinoff guide to life: How to return home like a pro this summer

Heading back to small-town Aotearoa over Christmas? Not being a dick will get you a long way.

By The Spinoff guide to life | 20th December, 2025

It was certainly a year.

Sorry, but 2025 wasn’t actually cursed

By Henry Oliver | 20th December, 2025

Jiaqiao Liu’s debut poetry collection was taken out of Ockhams contention due to the use of a now defunct AI model in three of the poems.

AI got my poetry collection disqualified from the book awards – here’s my side of the story

"Personally, I am more interested in the artistic reasoning behind a writer's choice to use generative AI."

By Jiaqiao Liu | 20th December, 2025

The Spinoff’s favourite music moments of 2025

From West End Girl to Te Whare Tīwekaweka, these are the music moments that stopped us in our tracks this year.

By Group Think | 20th December, 2025

A bunch of people

Three of the biggest local bestsellers for 2025

The Unity Books bestseller chart for 2025

The top selling titles of the year at Unity's Auckland and Wellington stores.

By The Spinoff Review of Books | 19th December, 2025

The Friday Poem: ‘I DON’T THINK ABOUT IT’ by Lily Wright

The Friday Poem: ‘I DON’T THINK ABOUT IT’ by Lily Wright

A new poem by Lily Wright.

By Lily Wright | 19th December, 2025

David Seymour, Chris Bishop, Gerry Brownlee and Winston Peters.

Echo Chamber: School’s out for summer

The last day of school for parliament saw the usual farewells to the 'Marxists', the bar staff and Don McGlashan.

By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 19th December, 2025

Politics reporter

The Spinoff’s favourite movies of 2025

The Spinoff’s favourite movies of 2025

From vampires to demon hunters, these are the movies we loved this year.

By Group Think | 19th December, 2025

A bunch of people

So many suburbs, so many songs. (Images: YouTube, Discogs, Flying Nun, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Map 5000)

Sounds like Tāmaki Makaurau: The 27 best songs about Auckland

A subjective list, just in time for summer.

By Emma Gleason | 19th December, 2025

Contributing writer

The Best Of

We asked tech consultancy director Ben Reid, minister of finance Nicola Willis and economist Shamubeel Eaqub to peer into the future.

The impact on NZ if the AI bubble bursts

There will be financial and technological implications for us if the whole thing blows up.

By Duncan Greive | 11th December, 2025

Just some of the titles that have made it into this year’s best-of list.

An A to Z of The Spinoff’s best books of 2025

The year's best reads, as chosen by our panel of experts.

By The Spinoff Review of Books | 10th December, 2025

Every hydroslide at Christchurch’s record-breaking new aquatic centre, ranked

Every hydroslide at Christchurch’s record-breaking new aquatic centre, ranked

The Parakiore hydroslides are a very late contender for 2025’s best thing.

By Alex Casey | 10th December, 2025