The Side Eye

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This is how you do it. A new comic on the incredible group bringing kiwi back to the wilds of Wellington.

The Side Eye: Anahera, our neighbour

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New 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?

The Side Eye: Case of the missing dads

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In 1995, Otago and All Blacks flanker Josh Kronfeld used his head – literally – to make a unique protest.

The Side Eye: Sticking your neck out

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The final instalment of The Side Eye investigates a small town mystery and uncovers a hidden gem: 82-year-old Errol Johnstone, a master of his craft.

The Side Eye: Signs of life

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After Cyclone Gabrielle, Tairāwhiti faces a universal question: when it comes to the environment, have we got the guts to choose long-term solutions over short-term fixes?<br />
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The Side Eye: Deeper roots

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In times of difficulty, people have always found less powerful groups on whom to blame all of society's problems. 

The Side Eye: The trans tipping point

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Lifestyle tweaks and good intentions aren't enough. The events of the last few weeks are a reality check, and we need serious change now.

The Side Eye: A climate change reality check

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Once you notice them, you'll start seeing them everywhere. The Side Eye zooms in on a tiny but telling detail: the glitchy macron.

The Side Eye: The Stink A

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Your landlord might expect you to leave their rental spotless before they give your bond back, but the law says otherwise.

The Side Eye: Reasonably clean and tidy

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When it comes to public health, why do the same people keep getting left behind?

The Side Eye’s Two New Zealands: The left behind

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Most young people will have seen porn well before they start actually having sex. Here's what you need to know about the difference between the two.

The Side Eye: Porn sex and real sex

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A comic about Tāmaki Makaurau's volcanoes and reckoning with the past.

The Side Eye: We destroyed mountains

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We've all got teeth, so why can only some of us afford to look after them? 

The Side Eye: The high price of bad teeth

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Why are we so bad at talking about wealth inequality?

The Side Eye’s Two New Zealands: The Table

Cows In Farm Against Sky

A poem by Tessa Keenan, from AUP New Poets 10.

The Friday Poem: ‘Mātou’ by Tessa Keenan

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Wellington street art, the story of a spy, the joys of foraging and more.

The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending May 3

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First Kerekere, then Ghahraman, then Tana and now Genter. The Greens' uncompromising posture creates an awful pressure, one that recent events suggest is untenable. 

Can the Green Party’s holy mission survive its fallible disciples?

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What's to blame for the coalition's choppy start?

Gone By Lunchtime: Mojo machine misfires, honeymoon cancelled

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Its simple and forceful articulations of what Te Tiriti means, and of the Crown's obligations as Treaty partner, should have far-reaching impacts.

The Waitangi Tribunal’s latest report is about far more than just child protection

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What’s more wasteful than spending $315k on syrup and machine maintenance? Trying to drum up a controversy about it.

The prison slushy story is back, baby, and it’s less nutritious than ever

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Winston Peters is facing legal action from Bob Carr and Julie Anne Genter is facing a second allegation of bullying.

Legal action and bullying allegations: Peters and Genter knock government agenda off its perch

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Please rise for the national anthem (Bic Runga 'Sway' in American Pie).

Knocked Up, American Pie, the Bean movie: A brief history of NZ music in Hollywood 

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People trust other people more than institutions. So how can the media gain that trust through journalists without losing what's important about the institution?

Why I told a cop about my lasagne and what it’s got to do with the media

Summer reissue: For the first time in at least 150 years, the sound of wild kiwi can be heard at night in the wild west of Wellington. The Side Eye investigates a community-led project showing how to nurture kiwi the right way.

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

The Spinoff

The Side EyeJanuary 13, 2024

The Side Eye: Anahera, our neighbour

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