The Side Eye

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This is how you do it. A new comic on the incredible group bringing kiwi back to the wilds of Wellington.

The Side Eye: Anahera, our neighbour

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New Zealand is among the worst in the world at offering parental leave for partners. Why do we expect one parent to do it all alone?

The Side Eye: Case of the missing dads

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In 1995, Otago and All Blacks flanker Josh Kronfeld used his head – literally – to make a unique protest.

The Side Eye: Sticking your neck out

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The final instalment of The Side Eye investigates a small town mystery and uncovers a hidden gem: 82-year-old Errol Johnstone, a master of his craft.

The Side Eye: Signs of life

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After Cyclone Gabrielle, Tairāwhiti faces a universal question: when it comes to the environment, have we got the guts to choose long-term solutions over short-term fixes?<br />
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The Side Eye: Deeper roots

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In times of difficulty, people have always found less powerful groups on whom to blame all of society's problems. 

The Side Eye: The trans tipping point

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Lifestyle tweaks and good intentions aren't enough. The events of the last few weeks are a reality check, and we need serious change now.

The Side Eye: A climate change reality check

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Once you notice them, you'll start seeing them everywhere. The Side Eye zooms in on a tiny but telling detail: the glitchy macron.

The Side Eye: The Stink A

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Your landlord might expect you to leave their rental spotless before they give your bond back, but the law says otherwise.

The Side Eye: Reasonably clean and tidy

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When it comes to public health, why do the same people keep getting left behind?

The Side Eye’s Two New Zealands: The left behind

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Most young people will have seen porn well before they start actually having sex. Here's what you need to know about the difference between the two.

The Side Eye: Porn sex and real sex

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A comic about Tāmaki Makaurau's volcanoes and reckoning with the past.

The Side Eye: We destroyed mountains

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We've all got teeth, so why can only some of us afford to look after them? 

The Side Eye: The high price of bad teeth

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Why are we so bad at talking about wealth inequality?

The Side Eye’s Two New Zealands: The Table

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From Eden Park stepping up to rappers stepping each other out, we look back at the best of music this year.

The Spinoff’s favourite music of 2024

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In six hours, everything changed: Watching Korea’s political turmoil from afar

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The iconic 'No left turn except access to KFC' road sign has vanished. Joel MacManus investigates.

What happened to the Queenstown KFC road sign?

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Treasury's latest update showed only small glimmers of light at the end of the tunnel.

The very long road to fiscal recovery

Ben McKay

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The return of the glitteriest rubber gongs of New Zealand politics.

The 2024 Golden Jandals for conspicuous contributions to NZ politics

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Did anyone make an accurate call? Let's find out.

Our outlandish political predictions for 2024, revisited

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The results of our reader survey of the best books of the year.

The best books of 2024: The people’s choice

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The Spinoff’s favourite TV shows of 2024

Kohanga reo

At the heart of the issue is a system struggling to balance cultural preservation with operational realities.

Empty classrooms, silent language: Kōhanga reo faces a crisis

At the end of last century, New Zealand was preparing for apocalypse. The Side Eye looks back at the Y2K bug phenomenon and asks: was it all a scam?

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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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This time 20 years ago, New Zealand was preparing for apocalypse. The Side Eye looks back at the Y2K bug phenomenon 20 years later and asks if it was all a scam. 

The Spinoff

The Side EyeDecember 19, 2019

The Side Eye: Bugged Out

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The Side EyeDecember 19, 2019

The Side Eye: Bugged Out

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