Summer 2022

Hair Now: Omnibus edition

Hair Now: Omnibus edition

All six episodes of Hair Now in one handy tab.

By The Spinoff | 27th February, 2023

Photo: Alice Snedden’s Bad News

Alice Snedden’s Bad News: The omnibus

All six episodes from the latest season of Alice Snedden's Bad News together in a single tab.

By Alice Snedden's Bad News | 18th January, 2023

Waharoa: An (indigenous) hero’s journey into the world of publishing

Waharoa: An (indigenous) hero’s journey into the world of publishing

As writers, all we really need to defeat our inner-coloniser is someone to believe in us.

By Nadine Hura | 18th January, 2023

Contributing writer

The last living co-designer of the tino rangatiratanga flag, Linda Munn (Photo montage: supplied/Tina Tiller)

The enduring legacy of the tino rangatiratanga flag

The last living kaitiaki of the tino rangatiratanga flag only has one condition for its use: 'It has to go back into the community.'

By Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes | 17th January, 2023

Contributing writer

(Illustration: Naomii Seah)

Toasted buns: A first-timer on why you should go naked this summer

It's not as scary as you might think.

By Maisie Nhao | 17th January, 2023

Ivan (left) and Oliver Sutherland

Every New Zealander should know the Sutherlands

Father and son Ivan and Oliver Sutherland changed Aotearoa profoundly, and for the better.

By Jules Older | 13th January, 2023

A human effort (left) meets a well-briefed bot’s. (Images: supplied / Design: Toby Morris)

Could a bot do your creative job better and faster than you do?

Think you're too creative to be replaced by AI? We briefed the Dall-E 2 art generator to find out.

By Tim Gibson | 13th January, 2023

Image: Tina Tiller

All the fish and chip shop sides, ranked

The best things that are neither fish nor chips.

By Madeleine Chapman | 13th January, 2023

You can buy groceries from across the ditch – but should you? (Image: Archi Banal)

The pros and cons of getting your groceries delivered from Australia

The deals sound hard to resist, but are they too good to be true?

By Chris Schulz | 13th January, 2023

Illustration: Lena Lam

In memory of Waitākere City (1989-2010)

On growing up Westie in the '90s and early 2000s.

By Rebecca K Reilly | 12th January, 2023

OneTaste founder Nicole Daedone (Photo: Netflix. Additional design: The Spinoff)

My weekend at OneTaste, the ‘sex cult’ made famous by Netflix’s Orgasm Inc

What happened when Anke Richter got a hands-on lesson in 'orgasmic meditation' at OneTaste in San Francisco.

By Anke Richter | 12th January, 2023

Contributing writer

A smattering of classic Crown Lynn designs (Image: Tina Tiller)

The Crown Lynn craze: What’s behind the skyrocketing price of vintage ceramics?

The iconic New Zealand pottery brand is more popular – and valuable – than ever before.

By Stewart Sowman-Lund | 12th January, 2023

The Bulletin editor

The cast of Down for Love (Image: TVNZ/Tina Tiller)

Down For Love is transforming reality romance

Love love? You’ll love this.

By Alex Casey | 11th January, 2023

Electric cars can be great – but only if you’re being charged fairly for electricity. (Image: Getty / Additional design: Archi Banal)

Electric cars won’t save us

The EV revolution does precisely nothing to combat the motorways strangling our cities and encouraging urban sprawl.

By Hayden Donnell | 11th January, 2023

Contributing writer

Image: Getty / Tina Tiller

Nobody told me that new motherhood would be this strange and wild

Forget fluffy toys and little booties. Let's talk about the total headf**k of having a baby instead.

By Maddy Phillipps | 11th January, 2023

Image: Archi Banal

I was flashed at my local mall and it was no joke

The 'flasher in a raincoat' might be a punchline in the movies, but when it happens to you in real life it's anything but funny.

By Alex Casey | 10th January, 2023