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The Spinoff Members

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Of course I wind down my window at the lights to profess my love to the strangers in the black De Tomaso Pantera. And of course they accommodate me with amused grins.

Confessions of an unlikely petrolhead

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Last week, Gymnastics New Zealand announced an overhaul of their competition attire rules. Now, let's make shorts the universal uniform.

Let everyone wear shorts for sports

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'I’d hate for somebody to come and watch a game I was playing and say to his kid: 'See that guy there, he used to be awesome'. That would grind my gears.'

Sam Whitelock hangs up his boots

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They're on a mission to return to the National League for the first time in two decades. But some believe they're on an uneven playing field in NZ's amateur club competition.

Tauranga City are top of the table. What’s stopping them from staying there?

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It's not the return of the Knights. Not quite.

Welcome to the Foleyverse: Name and kit unveiled for Auckland’s new A-League side

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The 'controversial' Hurricanes Poua haka didn't come out of nowhere. 

Women’s sport has always been political – it’s about time the CEOs embraced it

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The former White Ferns wicketkeeper always had plenty to say behind the stumps. Not much has changed now she's behind the microphone.

How Katey Martin became the new voice of summer

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It’s not often New Zealand produces a truly great cricketer. It's even rarer for their careers to overlap.

100 not out: Kane Williamson, Tim Southee and the end of summer

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'These days, yeah, you couldn’t call them anything like that...'

The Black what? How the New Zealand badminton team got sport’s worst nickname

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If you thought jigsaw puzzles were meant to be relaxing, think again.

Getting jiggy with it: Inside the wild world of competitive speed puzzling

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This Black Caps test series against a South African 'C team' might not be the walkover many expect – just look what happened at the Gabba last week.

Who are these cricketers and what have they done with the South African test side?

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A tribute to the cricket legend's nine off 19 balls in the 2024 T20 Black Clash.

The ballad of Brian Lara

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If no one runs on to the pitch with a jug of beer for the bowler to chug mid-over, is it really a celebrity cricket match?

Stupid fun celebrity cricket matches were better in the 90s

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Why 'Come on you Nix' is this year's 'Up the Wahs'.

It’s the perfect time to jump on the Wellington Phoenix bandwagon

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Exclusive: How Tutekawa Wyllie and his wife Margaret won their landmark battle and broke new ground for rugby-related head injury claims.

Inside the years-long fight to have a former All Black’s CTE recognised by ACC

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'Here we were in Taranaki, our home province, yet we were somehow lost in Toulon.'

The All Black, the ghost and the leaky bucket: Writing Carl Hayman’s memoir, Head On

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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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You know you’ve been in the water too long when you start seeing giant potato people.

Here’s what happens to your body when you swim for 33 hours straight

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We uncover the mysterious origins of the phrase that's sweeping the nation.

Where did ‘Up the Wahs’ come from? A Spinoff investigation

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Players are sending a clear and obvious message: there’s too much cricket and not enough of it matters.

International cricket is withering on the vine – why do we still play so much of it?

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Labour in opposition will be shocked to learn which party had six years in power but squandered any chance to make real change.

Labour has forgotten it was in government

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Review: Scotney's solo show is both sprawling and intimate, and a must-see.

Scattergun: After the Death of Rūaumoko reveals the frightening talent of Ana Scotney

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Is Olivia Rodrigo about to announce a New Zealand show? An investigation

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Welcome to the whirring wonders of one brain trying to align its actions with its beliefs in a system it thinks is evil.

Is it time for anti-capitalists to embrace shopping? An argument with myself

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TrueBliss react to their most iconic Y2K Popstars looks

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'My husband puts 10% into KiwiSaver and I put 8%. We also save about $500/$600 a month.'

The cost of being: A frugal charity director with two teens and two houses

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The associate justice minister Nicole McKee says changes to the regime will make it more workable.

Government chalks up ‘tough on crime’ point with resurrected three strikes law

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Rising membership has been cited as rationale for a crackdown, but this is what we actually know about gang numbers.

Have gang numbers really ‘skyrocketed’ in recent years?

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Why Restore Passenger Rail has set its sights on stopping cruise ships

It’s 2016 and Super Rugby is back! Ra Pomare tracks down coach for a yarn about the hard yakka the boys have been putting in to get ready so they can really take it up the guts!

“You guys gonna look to play traditional Kiwi rugby? Tries? Tackles? Turnovers?”

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It's 2016 and Super Rugby is back! Ra Pomare tracks down coach for a yarn about the hard yakka the boys have been putting in to get ready so they can really take it up the guts!

The Spinoff

SportsFebruary 26, 2016

Video: Holy haka! Ra Pomare previews the 2016 Super Rugby season

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SportsFebruary 26, 2016

Video: Holy haka! Ra Pomare previews the 2016 Super Rugby season

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