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OpinionWhy does hardly anyone ever buy a house on Location Location Location NZ? For a show about buying houses, there's not a lot of house buying going on. By Tara Ward | 13th December, 2025Staff writer
NZ racism hits different: ‘I’m not even going to try to pronounce the next name’After swapping Wellington for London, Preyanka Gothanayagi was surprised to find people treated her like an actual person. By Preyanka Gothanayagi | 13th December, 2025Contributor
I still don’t know what Synthony is and at this point I’m too afraid to askWhat is it, who are they and what do they want from millennials? By Alex Casey | 13th December, 2025Senior writer
The art of Camp A Low Hum: 2007 – 2027A dazzling visual journey through 20 years of posters.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 13th December, 2025⚖️
Ko wai tēnei: Hospitality leader Marisa Bidois'When you’re clear on what matters most, you stop being swayed by every wave that comes your way.'By Liam Rātana | 13th December, 2025Ātea editor
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending December 12That book about the hare is back.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 12th December, 2025⚖️
The Friday Poem: ‘The Ancestral Call’ by Ari PrakashThe new moon spins into the distance in this week's poem.By Ari Prakash | 12th December, 2025Guest writer
Echo Chamber: The week parliament pushed away the publicDog, hog or whoever's breakfast it is, it's hard to not feel like a mess after a week of urgency.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 12th December, 2025Politics reporter
Sophie Barker haunted Dunedin’s Larnach Castle – now she’s running the city'People think living in a castle would be glamorous – but it was just cold.'By Tara Ward | 12th December, 2025Staff writer
The Side Eye: Deeper rootsAfter 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? By Toby Morris | 28th July, 2023Comic artist
The Side Eye: Sticking your neck outIn 1995, Otago and All Blacks flanker Josh Kronfeld used his head – literally – to make a unique protest.By Toby Morris | 29th June, 2023Comic artist
The Side Eye: Anahera, our neighbourThis is how you do it. A new comic on the incredible group bringing kiwi back to the wilds of Wellington.By Toby Morris | 26th May, 2023Comic artist
The Side Eye: The trans tipping pointIn times of difficulty, people have always found less powerful groups on whom to blame all of society's problems. By Toby Morris | 2nd May, 2023Comic artist
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
