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The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending March 20'My Bourgeois Apocalypse' is going down as one of the great titles of the year. By The Spinoff Review of Books | 20th March, 2026⚖️
OpinionThe aborted Nelson rape trial revealed uncomfortable truthsThe jury asked questions about the complainant’s underwear and sexual history.By Ruben Miller | 20th March, 2026Guest writer
The music played at the Christchurch bus interchange, reviewedWe asked local musicians – and people waiting for the bus – their thoughts on the playlist of opera, classical music and easy-listening jazz. By Shanti Mathias | 20th March, 2026Contributing writer
Review: Rugby doco No Tears on the Field is a love letter to TaranakiThere might not be crying on the field, but there’s no shortage of emotion in this heartwarming documentary. By Tara Ward | 20th March, 2026Staff writer
‘Hope is not a plan’: the week the economic outlook turned grimmerThursday’s GDP figures were disappointing enough on their own. Against the backdrop of an escalating fuel crisis, they could be the calm before the storm.By Catherine McGregor | 20th March, 2026Contributing writer
The (non-alcoholic) ginger beers of New Zealand, rankedIt turns out we have heaps of them.By Emma Gleason | 20th March, 2026Contributing writer
Worst summer ever? Where 2025/26 sits in the annals of assAfter a tough year, we crawled to the brink of some sunshine, only to be smacked in the face by unseasonal hail.By Hayden Donnell | 20th March, 2026Senior writer
Capital Crime, Bic Runga, Prima Facie and more: The Spinoff event guideBic Runga is back.By Claire Mabey | 19th March, 2026Books editor
Linkin Park’s first New Zealand show without Chester Bennington, reviewedIs the band better or worse with new vocalist Emily Armstrong? In the end, it doesn’t even matter.By Joel MacManus | 19th March, 2026Senior writer
From ‘4UHOES’ to ‘PCOOK’: A decade of nixed naughty number platesThe Spinoff has delved into 10 years of NZTA data to bring you the rudest, creepiest and most B4TSHT rejected plate requests.By Alice Neville | 16th March, 2026Deputy editor
OpinionChristopher Luxon’s refusal to go is yet more evidence of our culture of noNational is polling at 28.4% but its leader won’t leave. Where is the ambition for outcomes? The growth mindset?By Hayden Donnell | 13th March, 2026Senior writer
Who invented the word ‘skux’? A Spinoff investigationThe word is much older than you think, and has a famous inventor.By Madeleine Chapman | 13th March, 2026Special correspondent
Attention New Zealand: No one else calls it a ‘peaknuckle war’The rest of the world rightly calls it a 'thumb war'. What is going on here?By Rebecca Shaw | 10th March, 2026Guest writer