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I'm sick of the damn moon vs what is wrong with you, you joyless sadsackTonight, New Zealanders will be able to observe a rare total lunar eclipse. The Spinoff’s resident moon hater and moon enthusiast ask, what’s the point?By Hayden DonnellSenior writer & Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 3rd March, 2026Politics reporter
Vale Jim Wilson: poster baron, poetry advocate and all-round colourful characterRemembering the man behind Phantom Billstickers with a typically lively excerpt from his 2022 memoir.By The Spinoff | 3rd March, 2026Staff writers
OpinionI got to listen to the private thoughts and feelings of David LangeGreg Bruce is one of the few to have ever listened to David Lange's diaries. He came away angry that we have stopped recording diaries with prime ministers.By Greg Bruce | 3rd March, 2026Guest writer
Auckland’s Queens Arcade is closing for a luxury makeover. Where will the stores go?With the historic shopping spot getting a high-end revamp, we find out what's happening to the current tenants. By Emma Gleason | 3rd March, 2026Contributing writer
The cost of being: a London-based New Zealander ‘slumming it on terrible espressos’'A decent flat white costs $9-10 here, and even then is but a pale memory of Coffee Supreme or People’s.'By The Cost of Being | 3rd March, 2026Guest writer
NZ braces for higher petrol prices – and lower market returns – as Iran conflict bitesFuel prices, airfares and stock market returns are all at risk amid the Middle East upheaval, threatening New Zealand’s fragile economic recovery.By Catherine McGregor | 3rd March, 2026Contributing writer
New Zealand affirms its commitment to being noncommittal in Iran responseThe best way to think of our position on the US military strikes is as the closest you can get to not having a position while still saying words.By Hayden Donnell | 3rd March, 2026Senior writer
New To Streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this weekPrepare to farewell Jamie Fraser in the eighth and final season of Outlander. By Thomas Giblin | 2nd March, 2026Guest writer
Survey points to cost-of-living election 2.0 – and an intriguing immigration resultSeven points of interest from the new Ipsos Issues Monitor.By Toby Manhire | 2nd March, 2026Editor-at-large
Good week/bad week: Huge profits for energy gentailers are probably bad, right? It was a good week for the major gentailers, which posted a combined profit of $1.85 billion. That’s good for the New Zealand public, which owns 51% of the four companies, and is bad for the New Zealand public, which makes up 100% of their customers. By Joel MacManus | 27th February, 2026Senior writer
I swam in the shitty seas of Wellington’s south coast and lived to tell the taleIf it’s good enough for the mayor, it’s good enough for me.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 27th February, 2026
The cost of being: A ‘healthcare-adjacent’ worker who hates to waste'I also despise paying for free services. My partner took over my Spotify one day to get rid of the ads because I was determined not to pay.'By The Cost of Being | 27th February, 2026
He was filmed without consent during sex. Then he turned it into a theatre showBefore We Begin relies on audience participation to create theatre that is silly and playful, but the show is underpinned by a 'really shitty' experience.By Tara Ward | 26th February, 2026
Help Me Hera: Someone in my niche creative community hates me for no reasonAll I want is an apology for his rude behaviour. Is that too much to ask? By Hera Lindsay Bird | 26th February, 2026
