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The Side Eye is a monthly non-fiction comic by Toby Morris, supported by NZ On Air. Read more comics here.

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Stuart Nash and a recreation of his text to Chris Finlayson (Photo: Getty, Design: The Spinoff)

Stuart Nash resigns after ‘sexist’ text

The controversial former-Labour minister resigns as NZ First candidate after calling new mother the ‘laziest MP’ he’d ever seen.

By Henry Oliver | 23rd July, 2026

Bulletin editor

Friday will mark two years since the release of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State Care. (Image: Supplied)

Abuse in care survivor: Two years on from the inquiry, I’m despondent

'I don’t see meaningful compensation ever being made with this government, but that doesn’t mean to say that it can’t happen in the future.'

By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 23rd July, 2026

Politics reporter

Stuart Nash in 2023. Image: Getty

Breaking: Stuart Nash needs to be told off by his wife again

There’s still one crucial voice who needs to weigh in on his latest blunder.

By Alex Casey | 22nd July, 2026

$It was fractious but in the end a plan passed.$

After six years of housing delay, a call for more housing delay

At Auckland Council, compromise only really comes from one side of the housing debate.

By Hayden Donnell | 22nd July, 2026

Dating Files: A 40-year-old divorcee enjoying ‘really good dates with my current situationship’

Dating Files: A 40-year-old divorcee enjoying ‘really good dates with my current situationship’

'Mostly I’m finding: Men wanting me to be their mum.'

By Dating Files | 22nd July, 2026

Sophie Rogers is a former bookseller and librarian turned author.

‘Such a cool piece of history’: Sophie Rogers’ most inspirational reads

The former bookseller and librarian turned author on the books that have shaped her.

By The Spinoff Review of Books | 22nd July, 2026

RMA reform minister Chris Bishop holds the Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill.

Are Chris Bishop’s RMA reforms on shaky ground?

The latest controversial changes to the Resource Management Act risk make the legislative package even more politically toxic.

By Joel MacManus | 22nd July, 2026

How much sport is too much sport? And which sports matter the most?

How much sport is too much sport? And which sports matter the most?

There’s so much sport in the news, we're fighting over it.

By Henry Oliver | 22nd July, 2026

Bulletin editor

Watch out threshold. They’re coming for you.

The little parties coiling their springs for election 2026

Watch out threshold. They're coming for you.

By Toby Manhire | 22nd July, 2026

Editor-at-large

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Sam Neill’s life in TV.

Sam Neill’s extraordinary life on our screens, in his own words

New Zealand actor Sam Neill has died at the age of 78. In 2024, he spoke with Alex Casey about his extraordinary life on our screens.

By Alex Casey | 13th July, 2026

Voting isn’t a privilege; it’s our foundational democratic right.

Idea: We should let people vote

Winston Peters called voting a 'privilege' that should be reserved for citizens. Counterpoint: it’s actually our foundational democratic right.

By Hayden Donnell | 8th July, 2026

Left: Gay Liberation Movement demonstrates in Wellington in 1974 (Evening Post/Alexander Turnbull Library). Right: Transgender rights rally, Wellington, 2021 (Getty)

From anti-gay to anti-trans: rhetoric’s the same, 40 years after homosexual law reform

It's 40 years since gay sex was decriminalised, but the scare tactics used in the 1980s are still being deployed now.

By Quentin Allan | 7th July, 2026