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Gossip Week

What history can teach us about the future of gossip 

What history can teach us about the future of gossip 

Alex Casey chats to Jennifer Frost, who has spent decades studying the function of gossip from Hedda Hopper to Donald Trump. 
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By Alex Casey | 20th June, 2021
Senior writer
When the tea flows. Photo: Getty

Confessions of a gossip super-spreader

The hospitality industry is driven by gossip, but one bar owner says there are strict rules.
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By Anonymous | 20th June, 2021
Guest writer
An MNZM with a dame. (Photo: Supplied, Image: Tina Tiller).

‘The glamour is gone’: NZ’s greatest gossip on celebrities then and now

Legendary New Zealand gossip writer David Hartnell MNZM talks celebrity friends, men in makeup, and the importance of reinvention. 
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By Sam Brooks | 19th June, 2021
Contributing writer
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A force so powerful we may have learned to talk to be able to do it

Did humans develop language so we could gossip about each other?
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By Danyl Mclauchlan | 19th June, 2021
Contributing writer
Celebrities reveal the best gossip they’ve heard about themselves

Celebrities reveal the best gossip they’ve heard about themselves

VIDEO | In this special episode of FIRST, we asked our celebrities to share their favourite pieces of completely unfounded gossip about themselves.
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By FIRST | 18th June, 2021
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Exclusive: We found out what nature is gossiping about

Exclusive: We found out what nature is gossiping about

What's the forest goss? We have our ear to the ground (and the skies).
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By Josie Adams | 18th June, 2021
Contributing writer
Remember these? (Image: Alice Webb-Liddall)

The best and very, very worst schoolyard gossip, ranked

Po from the Teletubbies and Steve from Blue's Clues were just the tip of the school gossip iceberg.
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By Alice Webb-Liddall | 18th June, 2021
Contributing writer
How New Zealand plugged the leak on insider trading

How New Zealand plugged the leak on insider trading

Insider trading is not all that common in New Zealand. But has this always been the case?
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By Michael Andrew | 18th June, 2021
Guest writer
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Remembering New Zealand’s gossipiest newspaper

Redmer Yska remembers when the government banished divorce-court gossip from New Zealand's newspapers.
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By Redmer Yska | 17th June, 2021
Guest writer
What does ‘off the record’ actually mean?

What does ‘off the record’ actually mean?

The use of off the record conversations is a staple of journalism, but what does it actually involve? Alex Braae asks around.
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By Alex Braae | 17th June, 2021
Staff Writer
Jambo: First Blood. Illustration: Tina Webb Morris

Jamboree is back! The triumphant return of The Spinoff’s gossip column

Six years ago, The Spinoff launched its gossip column. A few weeks later The Spinoff buried its gossip column forever. And now ...
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By Our Cub Reporter | 16th June, 2021
Guest writer
How a year of lockdown in London turned me into a gossip fiend

How a year of lockdown in London turned me into a gossip fiend

After spending a year padding around her London flat and communicating only through screens, Elle Hunt is more than ready for a good gossip. 
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By Elle Hunt | 16th June, 2021
Contributing writer
Gossip found a new power in the #MeToo era. Here’s what needs to happen next

Gossip found a new power in the #MeToo era. Here’s what needs to happen next

Three years ago, Zoe Lawton started a blog for people in the legal profession to share their stories of sexual harassment. And she isn't finished yet.
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By Zoe Lawton | 16th June, 2021
Guest writer
The greatest early-noughties hits of Metro’s Felicity Ferret

The greatest early-noughties hits of Metro’s Felicity Ferret

It's been over 10 years since Metro's iconic gossip columnist Felicity Ferret got the chop. We revisit some of her greatest gossip from the celeb scene of the early 2000s. . 
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By The Spinoff | 15th June, 2021
Staff writers
Our current name suppression laws aren’t perfect, writes Robert Stewart, but they’re a vast improvement what existed previously

Why some people get name suppression – and others don’t

A lawyer who knows a thing or two about media law explains how our name suppression laws work.
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By Robert Stewart | 15th June, 2021
Guest writer
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Ali Mau on being harassed and outed by the gossip pages

Ali Mau talks to The Spinoff about the impact gossip mags have had on her life, and how they've helped her career
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By Alice Webb-Liddall | 15th June, 2021
Contributing writer
Illustration: Toby Morris

10 x 100: What do followers of celebrity culture think about the world of gossip?

We ask a hundred people how they gossip, what they hear, and whether gossip is good or evil.
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By Toby Manhire | 14th June, 2021
Editor-at-large
A glossary of New Zealand gossip

A glossary of New Zealand gossip

Need a refresher on the who, what and why of local gossip? We're here to help.
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By The Spinoff | 14th June, 2021
Staff writers
Why we’re talking about gossip all week on The Spinoff

Why we’re talking about gossip all week on The Spinoff

Alex Casey introduces Gossip Week, a week-long series exploring the role of gossip in Aotearoa’s past, present and future. 
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By Alex Casey | 14th June, 2021
Senior writer
Gossip Girl trapped me on the Upper East Side for two terrible months

Gossip Girl trapped me on the Upper East Side for two terrible months

For about two months in 2014, Elle Hunt watched nothing but Gossip Girl. On the 10th anniversary of the show's premiere, she reflects on the legacy of the Upper East Side snark-fest – and why sometimes it's OK to give up on a mediocre TV show.
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By Elle Hunt | 20th September, 2017
Contributing writer

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