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Watch live: the 2026 New Zealand Scrabble NationalsWho's ready to spend the long weekend watching Scrabble?By Calum Henderson | 30th May, 2026Production editor
Summer has come at last! Unfortunately it is nearly winterNew Zealand just experienced some of its longest stretches of dry weather on record. For some reason they came in mid-to-late autumn.By Hayden Donnell | 30th May, 2026Senior writer
OpinionFa’afetai lava, Moana PasfikaThe team leaves behind a lesson in resilience for the next generation of brown excellence.By Elijah Fa'afiu | 30th May, 2026Guest writer
Young, dumb love: Pax Assadi on his first heartbreak'The shame I felt was unlike anything I’d experienced before.'By Pax Assadi | 30th May, 2026Guest writer
Where to eat in Lyttelton – an insider’s guideThe top food spots in Lyttelton, from marvellous margaritas to perfect woodfired pizza to a goat curry that’s got the town talking.By Charlotte Muru-Lanning | 30th May, 2026Contributing writer
OpinionGod no longer defend Peter Thiel, please, for he is forsaking New ZealandA once-great Kiwi and enthusiast for Antichrist chat seems to be falling for a rival bolt-hole paradise, Argentina.By Toby Manhire | 29th May, 2026Editor-at-large
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending May 29Auckland and Wellington agree on the top three.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 29th May, 2026⚖️
Five things Tim Payne fans should know about their new football hero¡Hola! to my million or so fellow Payniacs.By Calum Henderson | 29th May, 2026Production editor
OpinionChristopher Luxon sees himself as CEO of NZ and it shows in the budgetIt almost reads like a McKinsey-esque corporate turnaround plan to fix a profit-and-loss problem. By Dan Brunskill | 29th May, 2026Guest writer
The cost of being: An advertising creative committed to retail therapy'I have a very committed relationship with retail therapy. I love shopping and don’t see that changing anytime soon.'By The Cost of Being | 26th May, 2026Guest writer
Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or a horse-sized duck? We asked the expertsWe got everyone from professional boxers to horse trainers to weigh in. By Alex Casey | 26th May, 2026
CNZ funding is monumentally changing – here’s what you need to knowIn plain terms, this is huge.By Claire Mabey | 25th May, 2026
Love, actually: ‘There are times when we can’t stand the sight of each other’A septuagenarian estranged from her children reflects on her 'chalk and cheese' relationship.By Love actually | 24th May, 2026
An InterCity bus ride taught me NZ egalitarianism is a fairy taleKiwi Battlers, a hooded hoiker and a 40-year-old with three teeth show me how much my life has narrowed.By David Hill | 24th May, 2026