A day on the ocean with the Sea Cleaners crew: ‘Ideally, we want to be out of a job’They spend their days pulling rubbish out of Auckland's waterways. Just when they were getting on top of things, Cyclone Gabrielle came along. By Chris Schulz | 13th January, 2024Guest writer
The Side Eye: Case of the missing dadsNew Zealand is among the worst in the world at offering parental leave for partners. Why do we expect one parent to do it all alone?By Toby Morris | 8th January, 2024Comic artist
I’m a chocolate judge – this is what I doYes, it's as fun as it sounds, but it's also harder than you might think.By Luke Owen Smith | 1st May, 2023Guest writer
I am a polar oceanographer – this is what I doGoing to Antarctica is cool. I study how it's getting warmer.By Guest Writer | 19th March, 2023Guest Post
The Sunday Essay: The machine of progressAbout half of your 500,000 precious hours alive are spent sleeping, or working. The remaining 250,000 are yours, so it’s vital you spend most of them thinking about work.By Matt Suddain | 19th March, 2023Guest writer
Why the South Auckland rubbish collectors of the 1990s are my heroesThese razzle dazzle dusties made an artform out of emptying the neighbourhood bins.By Charlotte Muru-Lanning | 19th March, 2023Contributing writer
I am a publishing assistant – this is what I doChatGPT hasn’t run me out of a job just yet.By Lauren Donald | 18th March, 2023Guest writer
Where should we meet? The metaverseDo we want virtual reality to be the future of work?By Shanti Mathias | 18th March, 2023Contributing writer
I am a full-time Twitch streamer – this is what I doOne of the other biggest misconceptions as a woman in gaming is that your job is to just sit there, look pretty, and get paid.By Guest Writer | 18th March, 2023Guest Post
I am a KFC worker – this is what I doMy job as a cook at the world's biggest fried chicken chain is... Kinda Fuckin' Crappy.By Guest Writer | 17th March, 2023Guest Post
Addressing the lack of intergenerational wealth among Pasifika familiesPasifika elders migrated to Aotearoa for a better life and greater work opportunities. But that hasn't always translated into intergenerational wealth. By Sela Jane Hopgood | 17th March, 2023Pacific communities editor
The workplace robots of New Zealand, ranked and reviewedFrom a cyborg waiter to a wisecracking digital squirrel to the loneliest supermarket worker in the world – the best bots to take over your workplace, as decided by a human.By Tara Ward | 17th March, 2023Staff writer
Should you disclose your disability to an employer?Disabled people are under-employed – that much is clear. So should we take that fine print about diversity acceptance in job ads at face value?By Joshua McKenzie-Brown | 17th March, 2023Guest writer
I am a high school teacher – this is what I’m not doing todayWhy I'm joining thousands of other teachers on strike today.By Guest Writer | 16th March, 2023Guest Post
OpinionIt shouldn’t be this hard to return to work after maternity leaveThe skills you learn as a full-time parent are invaluable in the workplace – but they are rarely recognised.By Suzanne Green | 16th March, 2023Guest writer
The Side Eye: Case of the missing dadsNew Zealand is among the worst in the world at offering parental leave for partners. Why do we expect one parent to do it all alone?By Toby Morris | 16th March, 2023Comic artist
What it’s like to be a rainbow tradie in AotearoaMeet four tradies changing the face of the industry in Aotearoa.By Emma Kaniuk | 15th March, 2023Guest writer
I am a stay-at-home mum – this is what I doThe job is a constant grind and can move at a glacial pace – but I’ve never been so happy. By Aimie Cronin | 15th March, 2023Guest writer
Three years and 300 rejection letters: The reality of finding work with a disability'We’re not asking for special treatment, we're not asking for pity. We are asking for the opportunity to let our work ethic and talent speak for itself.' By Joshua McKenzie-Brown | 15th March, 2023Guest writer
When two worlds collide: Returning to the workplace after parental leaveThe newest parents at The Spinoff reflect on making the tricky transition from parental leave back to work.By Emily Simpson | 14th March, 2023Guest writer
