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OpinionWarriors fans, we lost fair and square. Stop blaming the refsWhether you agree with the calls or not, pelting match officials with projectiles is never a good look.By Liam Rātana | 21st September, 2026Ātea editor
New to Streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this weekIncluding the return of Jon Hamm to the small screen and a post-divorce sex comedy from HBO.By Thomas Giblin | 21st September, 2026Guest writer
Buyer beware: New pineapple Fruju found cosplaying as grapefruitLadies and gentlemen, we have a doppelgänger in our midst. By Alex Casey | 21st September, 2026Senior writer
Boycott over: David Seymour returns to Morning ReportThe Act leader ended his appearances on the flagship RNZ show in 2020 after feeling 'belittled' and 'abused' by 'snarky' hosts.By Veronica Schmidt | 21st September, 2026Editor
‘I can’t wait to put them in a play’: Dave Armstrong on the benefits of meeting insufferable peopleThe award-winning playwright, with a new political satire out next month, shares his hot takes about the world.By Life Advice | 21st September, 2026Guest writer
Policy round-up: Supermarkets, screens, farming fun, and a ‘bold shift’ in healthFour parties now want to reshape the grocery sector, National wants screens out of early childhood centres, NZ First has unveiled a prevention-focused health plan, ACT wants farming to be “fun again” and the Greens want councils to auction empty shop leases.By Henry Oliver | 21st September, 2026Bulletin editor
Louise Upston was advised not to invest in concerts. She did it anywayWhat 300 pages of documents released under the Official Information Act tells us about the government’s $40 million concert fund.By Chris Schulz | 21st September, 2026Guest writer
The secret life of election hoardingsFrom pallet-ply reinforcements to midnight torch-lit installs: the builders, rules, collaborations and rivalries behind New Zealand’s election hoardings.By Henry Oliver | 21st September, 2026Bulletin editor
Love, actually, at 25: ‘We actually only just recently started to have sex’'She was a virgin and wanted to be sure we were in this for the long run before committing.'By Love actually | 20th September, 2026Guest writer
OpinionIt’s just a camping trip! With their dad! Marokopa inquiry reveals state of NZ child protectionOranga Tamariki closed a report of concern while the children were still missing. By Michelle Duff | 16th September, 2026Guest writer
The cost of being: A single mum ‘stuck between a rock and a hard place’'I'm really proud of getting by... but I know the long term outcome for me is not good unless something changes.'By The Cost of Being | 15th September, 2026
I knelt in Jason Palmer’s blood – his death still haunts me 16 years laterJason Palmer is the only New Zealand corrections officer to die at work. The first nurse on the scene remembers that fateful day and the meaning of Palmer's death.By Cathy van Miert | 15th September, 2026
‘Tunnel, tunnel, tunnel’: on board the first train through the City Rail LinkMore than 400 people queued in the dark at Ōtāhuhu for the first passenger service through the City Rail Link. Joel MacManus was one of them.By Joel MacManus | 14th September, 2026
Love, actually, at 53: ‘I resent the fact that he’s playing video games while I work two jobs’I expect my relationship to last until: I lose my shit and throw him out.By Love actually | 13th September, 2026