Frame

The best of The Spinoff’s video series

The best of The Spinoff’s video series

Need something else to watch this week? Try these.

By The Spinoff | 4th March, 2021

Photo: Inez

Frame: Every day I put things in the right place

VIDEO: Inez is a funny, kind, smart 11-year-old kid. But life for her has been very difficult in a way that will resonate with many families.

By The Spinoff | 30th January, 2021

Photo: Into Darkness

Frame: Standing up to kauri dieback

VIDEO: Visitors travel from far and wide to Northland’s Waipoua Forest. Are they putting Tāne Mahuta and his brothers and sisters at risk?

By The Spinoff | 29th January, 2021

Photo: Whaea Michelle

Frame: The life-changing work of Whaea Michelle

VIDEO: 'If we fix families, then the rest of the courts will be redundant. Our mokopuna will be safer, our grandparents will be safer – we will all be safer.'

By The Spinoff | 28th January, 2021

(Photo: Ace of Hearts)

Frame: Finding a home on the asexual spectrum

VIDEO: Members of New Zealand’s asexual community talk about the challenges and misconceptions of identifying as ace.

By The Spinoff | 27th January, 2021

Chlöe Swarbrick campaigning in Auckland Central (Photo: Three Ticks Chlöe)

Frame: Behind the scenes of Chlöe Swarbrick’s historic Auckland Central campaign

VIDEO: Here's how they turned Auckland Central green.

By The Spinoff | 26th January, 2021

Laurel, one of the Mataura residents fighting to have toxic ouvea premix removed from the town’s paper mill (Photo: The Paper Mill)

Frame: Who owns the toxic waste in Mataura’s paper mill?

WATCH: On the edge of the Mataura River, a disused paper mill is filled with thousands of bags of toxic waste. Locals want to find out who’s responsible for it – and they want it gone before disaster strikes.

By The Spinoff | 25th January, 2021

Photo: Inez

Frame: Every day I put things in the right place

Inez is a funny, kind, smart 11-year-old kid. But life for her has been very difficult in a way that will resonate with many families.

By The Spinoff | 10th December, 2020

Photo: Inez

How do you save a child from falling off the edge of the world?

Inez is a funny, kind, smart, quirky 11-year-old kid. But life for her has been very, very difficult, in a way that will resonate with many.

By Sonia Gray | 8th December, 2020

Contributing writer

Image: Tina Tiller

What we can learn from the stories of Kauri, Tohorā and Tiwaiwaka

Once plentiful, Kauri and Tohorā now face the threat of extinction. To save them we need to listen to the message of Tiwaiwaka, writes Donna Kerridge.

By Donna Kerridge | 3rd December, 2020

Contributing writer

Photo: Into Darkness

Frame: Standing up to kauri dieback

Visitors travel from far and wide to Northland’s Waipoua Forest. Are they putting Tāne Mahuta and his brothers and sisters at risk?

By The Spinoff | 1st December, 2020

Photo: Whaea Michelle

Frame: The life-changing work of Whaea Michelle

'If we fix families, then the rest of the courts will be redundant. Our mokopuna will be safer, our grandparents will be safer – we will all be safer.'

By The Spinoff | 26th November, 2020

Michelle Kidd in her office at Auckland District Court

Whaea Michelle, navigator of the Family Violence Court

New Zealand has some of the worst rates of family violence and abuse. Addressing those, especially in the courtroom, is about more than punishment.

By Teuila Fuatai | 24th November, 2020

Contributing writer

Photo: Ace of Hearts

Ace of Hearts shows what it really means to identify as asexual

Endless misconceptions exist about people who identify as ‘ace’, and filmmaker Julie Zhu wants to clear some of them up in Frame documentary Ace of Hearts.

By Julie Zhu | 19th November, 2020

(Photo: Ace of Hearts)

Frame: Finding a home on the asexual spectrum

Just as sexuality is a spectrum, so too is asexuality.

By The Spinoff | 17th November, 2020

Chlöe Swarbrick campaigning in Auckland Central (Photo: Three Ticks Chlöe)

Frame: Behind the scenes of Chlöe Swarbrick’s historic Auckland Central campaign

Here's how they turned Auckland Central green.

By The Spinoff | 12th November, 2020

Laurel, one of the Mataura residents fighting to have toxic ouvea premix removed from the town’s paper mill (Photo: The Paper Mill)

Frame: Who owns the toxic waste in Mataura’s paper mill?

On the edge of the Mataura River, a disused paper mill is filled with thousands of bags of toxic waste. Locals want to find out who’s responsible for it – and they want it gone before disaster strikes.

By The Spinoff | 11th November, 2020

Grass Roots: the wāhine of Hikurangi Enterprises

Grass Roots: the wāhine of Hikurangi Enterprises

In the latest in the Frame documentary series produced for The Spinoff by Wrestler and funded by NZ on Air, we meet the wāhine behind Hikurangi Enterprises, a cannabis co-op looking to revitalise Ruatoria.

By Don Rowe | 25th March, 2019

Contributing writer

Capital Royalty: inside Wellington’s gloriously chaotic drag scene

Capital Royalty: inside Wellington’s gloriously chaotic drag scene

WATCH: Meet the people who have made drag such a big part of Wellington's popular culture

By The Spinoff | 14th January, 2019

Matariki is a good time to gather together over kai, even if you can’t put down a traditional hangi (Image: File)

Common ground: Behind the scenes of the hāngī

In the latest in the Frame documentary series produced for The Spinoff by Wrestler and funded by NZ on Air, we follow chef Luke Adams as he prepares a hāngī for his children's school fundraiser.

By Alice Neville | 17th December, 2018