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Donald Trump

A new episode of The Fold explores the breaking down of walls between on and offline worlds

The Fold: Charlie Kirk, Tom Phillips and how the chaos of digital worlds is impacting the one we physically live in

Both stories galvanise around the lack of barrier between the online and physical worlds.
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By The Spinoff | 16th September, 2025
Staff writers
Donald Trump greets Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House for a meeting on April 7, 2025 (Photo by Chen Mengtong via Getty Images)
Opinion

Appeasing Trump in the Middle East is not cost-free for New Zealand

The government’s responses to recent events in the Middle East indicate that its desire not to offend the Trump administration has compromised New Zealand’s commitment to uphold an international rules-based order.
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By Robert Patman | 7th July, 2025
Guest writer
Clockwise from top left, a fire burns in the mountains of Shiraz, Iran, following an Israeli strike; a protest against the US attacks in New York; a building in ruins following an Iranian strike on Tel Aviv; an RNZAF plane departing for the Middle East (Photos: Getty Images; Supplied)

How has New Zealand responded to the escalating conflict in the Middle East?

The government isn't rushing to make judgment because 'going off half-cocked can be very costly for a small nation', said the deputy PM.
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By Shanti Mathias | 24th June, 2025
Contributing writer
Donald Trump addresses the nation, alongside vice president JD Vance, secretary of state Marco Rubio and secretary of defense Pete Hegseth. Trump was speaking from the White House in Washington, DC on June 21, 2025, following the announcement that the US bombed nuclear sites in Iran. (Photo: CARLOS BARRIA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

NZDF rescue aircraft on standby as Middle East crisis deepens

New Zealand is preparing for a possible evacuation of citizens from Iran and Israel, while government ministers call for restraint.
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By Catherine McGregor | 23rd June, 2025
Contributing writer
Photo: Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Images. Additional Design: The Spinoff.
Opinion

‘We will not go quietly’: The Māori Harvard student fighting for his future

A New Zealander at Harvard speaks out as a US visa ban threatens the future of international students – and the freedom of education itself.
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By Samuel Taylor | 27th May, 2025
Guest writer
Peter Dutton’s Trump-style campaign was roundly rejected by the Australian electorate (Image: Getty / The Spinoff)

Does Dutton’s downfall offer a warning to NZ’s right?

Australia’s election result shows the limits of culture-war campaigning and the power of the political centre – with lessons for both National and Labour.
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By Catherine McGregor | 6th May, 2025
Contributing writer
Christopher Luxon (Photo: Getty Images; additional design The Spinoff)
Opinion

Having a CEO for a PM during a global trade meltdown could be a good thing

After struggling to connect with voters, Luxon may find his spark as global trade fires burn.
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By Anna Rawhiti-Connell | 11th April, 2025
Senior writer
US President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order after announcing his global tariff programme in the White House rose garden. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

NZ counts the cost of Trump tariffs

We may have got off comparatively lightly, but the global blast radius will impact NZ exporters and investors alike.
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By Catherine McGregor | 4th April, 2025
Contributing writer
Donald Trump holds up a chart at his ‘Make America Wealthy Again’ global tariff announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s ‘declaration of economic independence’ spells global chaos

The sweeping programme of global tariffs will hit every country abroad, including New Zealand, and dramatically raise prices at home. 
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By Catherine McGregor | 3rd April, 2025
Contributing writer
Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg feature heavily in Wynn-Williams’s book about working at Meta

When Zuck snubbed Key: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, reviewed

Key moments from the explosive new book from the ex-Meta employee and shark attack survivor.
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By Julie Hill | 24th March, 2025
Guest writer
Donald Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images.

The Trump lads are abundant in New Zealand

The difference between young men and young women is jawdropping.
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By Toby Manhire | 24th March, 2025
Editor-at-large
NZ’s political pendulum has become a ‘wrecking ball’, says Andrea Vance, smashing through “’he written and unwritten codes that once held together democracy’. (Photo of Donald Trump: Getty Images / The Spinoff)

What Trump’s trade war could mean for New Zealand

In pursuit of 'fairness' for the US, the president could send his country into recession – and throw New Zealand's hoped-for recovery into reverse.
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By Catherine McGregor | 14th March, 2025
Contributing writer
Winston Peters and Marco Rubio are scheduled to meet in Washington next week. Photos: Getty Images

Who is Marco Rubio and what can Winston Peters expect from their DC meeting?

The man Trump used to mock is now driving his America First foreign policy (and locking horns with Elon Musk).
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By Toby Manhire | 13th March, 2025
Editor-at-large
Trump and Zelenskyy’s meeting at the White House on February 28 (Photo: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Opinion

America or Europe? Why Trump’s Ukraine U-turn is a fork in the road for New Zealand

If Zelenskyy is forced to the negotiating table against his will, and Europe continues supporting him to fight on, New Zealand will have to take sides.
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By Alexander Gillespie
Guest writer
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 & Robert Patman | 6th March, 2025
Guest writer
Donald Trump speaking in the Roosevelt Room of the White House this week (Photo: ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)

Trump has reignited the tariff war – why? And what does it mean for New Zealand?

‘Dumb idea’ or not, the reverberations are keenly felt as far away as the South Pacific.
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By Toby Manhire | 5th March, 2025
Editor-at-large
US president Donald Trump berates Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

World reacts in horror to Trump and Zelenskyy’s Oval Office showdown

The confrontation made clear the Trump administration’s increasing contempt for the Ukraine war effort. Will Europe step up?
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By Catherine McGregor | 3rd March, 2025
Contributing writer
Tributes are placed beneath the covered seal of USAID at its headquarters in Washington DC on February 7, 2025 (Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Opinion

Who does the shutdown of USAID really hurt?

International aid serves a number of purposes beyond helping the world’s poor and vulnerable, and there will be implications for every one of us.
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By Glenn Banks
Guest writer
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, Gerard Prinsen
Guest writer
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 & Regina Scheyvens | 24th February, 2025
Guest writer
The Donald Trump abides. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Dear Donald, here’s why you should cut NZ a break in the tariff torrent

Ten irrefutable reasons for the incoming president to exempt plucky little New Zealand from import tax hikes.
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By Toby Manhire | 14th November, 2024
Editor-at-large
Donald Trump, accompanied by his wife Melania, declares victory at his election night event in West Palm Beach. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Democrats left reeling as Trump claims decisive victory

Few could have predicted the size and scale of his success last night.
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By Catherine McGregor | 7th November, 2024
Contributing writer
Donald Trump gestures after speaking at the West Palm Beach Convention on November 6 (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

The morning after the night before: Trump returns to the White House

The 45th president will become the 47th, with Republicans winning the Senate and on track to control the House too.
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By Stewart Sowman-Lund | 7th November, 2024
The Bulletin editor

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