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Five reasons to wave your preconceptions goodbye and watch this smart, funny and very accessible new show.

Review: Don’t let ‘based on a video game’ put you off Fallout

Don't let ‘based on a video game’ put you off Fallout

Alex Casey

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From the Jono and Ellie bombshell to the return of Collins, we look at back at two incredible nights of television.

The best moments from the outrageous final episodes of MAFS AU

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'Seeing these children, and their little bright shiny faces, really hit home how young they were.'

How The Lost Boys of Dilworth brought a ‘horrendous nightmare’ to life

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An impressive new HBO spy thriller, a charming new romantic reality series, the return of My Life is Murder and more.

New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week

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'People always joke that they hope I never contact them. Because for blokes, it's probably the child they never knew about. And for women, it’s probably the child they’ve never spoken about.'

‘One hell of a shock’: Why not everyone wants flowers from David Lomas

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Only read this if you've also had John o' Groats, Fray Bentos and the sword of Damocles stuck in your head since 2002.

A complete list of things I only know about because of The Office

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Netflix's retelling of the events surrounding Prince Andrew's infamous TV interview has the sheen of a high-prestige drama, but it pays to keep your expectations low.

Review: Prince Andrew drama Scoop hits a lot of bum notes, but Billie Piper isn’t one

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'Some people might take the news elegantly … not running around the house like I did.'

‘Several hours screaming’: Jess Hong on being cast in Netflix’s most-watched series

Tara Ward

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'It's the end of something very special in New Zealand that may not happen anywhere else in the world.'

‘The end of something very special’: A look back at nearly half a century of Fair Go

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Three’s sharp new local drama follows two best friends and a surrogacy pact that goes wrong.

The aftershocks keep coming in gripping new psychological drama Friends Like Her

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Subways, palaces, gold heists, rockets on trains and luxury nightlife? You Bollywood in Wellington.

When Wellington starred in a Bollywood spy thriller: a scene-by-scene breakdown

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Today it was confirmed that both Newshub and Sunday would be gone by the middle of the year. Here’s how the networks covered the news.  

‘The end of news as we know it’: How the news reported the end of the news, again 

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Please tell me that is not your facial hair.

Important: Chris Warner has a beard now

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Including one contestant who's taking his third bite of the reality TV cherry. 

Who are the home cooks heading to My Kitchen Rules NZ this year?

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A dark new local drama, the next big series based on a popular video game, Michael Douglas hooning around 18th century France and more.

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Sins and sinners abound in the big budget drama, but does the show deliver?

Can we keep the faith with TVNZ’s new local drama Testify?

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'It's big, it's intense... but at the same time, it's still just a set.'

‘Look at all the food’: Vinnie Bennett on going from What Now to Hollywood

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Anyone who's been made to feel small and stupid by faceless bureaucracy will relate.

Review: Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office is an enraging drama about righteous hope

Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office is an enraging drama about righteous hope

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'We say to our kids every dinner time, you have no idea how lucky you are that we have all our own food here. And they just go ‘yeah yeah whatever mum'.'

‘We’d never move back’: Nadia Lim and Carlos Bagrie on swapping the hustle for the harvest

Nadia Lim and Carlos Bagrie on swapping the hustle for the harvest

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Chris Luxon has weighed in, and now so are we. 

Aotearoa was first in the world to hear Cowboy Carter – here’s what we thought

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A big lipped, dark eyed, slimy limp fish. A juicy, elongated orb with 16 little legs, four bouncing from its topside and a mouth pouting with stubby tentacles. A pale, ghost-like squid with maroon markings. Many new friends for you.

Introducing some of our 100 new sea friends

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Melissa Lee ‘really, really happy’ about deal to keep the news on Three

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This common respiratory virus hospitalises hundreds of New Zealand babies a year, but preventative drugs used overseas aren't funded here.

Why aren’t vulnerable babies being protected from RSV in Aotearoa?

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Everything you need to know about the biggest media deal in years.

14 (!) crucial questions about Stuff replacing Newshub, asked and (mostly) answered

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In the final months of Pukekohe Park Raceway raceway, the father and daughter duo running it want to give everyone one last chance to go fast.

The last days of motorsport at Pukekohe Park Raceway

Watch: The last days of motorsport at Pukekohe Park Raceway

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The print news giant has beaten out NZME to create a 6pm bulletin to replace Newshub at Three, with 'limited' roles for laid-off Newshub staff.

‘Some’ Newshub staff to be taken on by Stuff for new 6pm bulletin

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What effects will climate change have on inflation, housing and monetary policy?

Jeepers creepers: the climbing cost of climate change compounds

Cartoonist Toby Morris joins The Beths in the studio as they record ‘Just Shy of Sure’ off their 2020 album Jump Rope Gazers.

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Spotify Embed: Just Shy of Sure

The Side Eye is a monthly non-fiction comic by Toby Morris, supported by NZ On Air. Read the rest of the series 

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Spinoff cartoonist Toby Morris spent a session in the recording studio with The Beths and got an intimate view of the beloved band at work.

The Spinoff

Pop CultureJuly 10, 2020

The Side Eye: In the studio with The Beths

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