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'It was pretty ugly, but when my life fell apart was actually when it all started.'

The rebuilding of Fazerdaze

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Christchurch does not swing, apparently, but it does dance. 

Review: Crowded House gets Ōtautahi breaking the rules

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Review: Everything happens all at once at Coldplay's sold-out show.

Coldplay and 57,000 babies at Eden Park

Stewart Sowman-Lund

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Two buzzing sceptics review the three-hour spectacle at Auckland’s Civic Theatre. 

The Lord of the Rings musical is better than you’re probably expecting

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Chris Parker, Tom Sainsbury, Kura Forrester and Brynley Stent are resurrecting Camping, the 2016 Comedy Fest hit.

The four funniest New Zealanders are ready for their holiday orgy

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Moving Houses has a new host, and he's immediately up to his armpits in slow-paced, high-intensity drama. 

Great news: New Zealand’s favourite TV show about trucks driving very slowly is back

Great news: NZ’s favourite TV show about trucks driving very slowly is back

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The mystery being an $89 electronic music festival that reveals only half of its lineup before you arrive.

Review: Inside Mystery Festival, Auckland’s most secretive concert

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Including a groundbreaking new local documentary, and compelling true crime series with a former Napier city councillor at the centre. 

New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week

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'We hope it offers comfort to rangatahi navigating their own gender journeys, while also educating whānau and allies alike.'

Why I made a ‘punk rock’ documentary about gender in Aotearoa

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'I was obsessed… her outfits were phenomenal.'

‘Such a thrill’: Chelsie Preston Crayford on seeing a sitcom legend in the flesh

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'Like, do you not feel FILLED WITH HOPE AND EUPHORIA when you listen to it?'

‘So simple, so sweet, so pure’: Rita Mae’s perfect weekend playlist

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TVNZ's stylish new Queenstown-set murder mystery series plays things remarkably safe.

The many mysteries of A Remarkable Place to Die

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Longtime fans were surprised to hear a new Elemeno P song that sounded unlike anything they’d ever made. 

Elemeno P just released a song for the first time in 13 years – but is it real?

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Local cult comedy horror Black Sheep confirmed for a sequel 

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Pets of The Spinoff tuned in to RNZ Concert last night to catch its special programme designed to chill them out. Did it work?

The great Spinoff pet review of RNZ Concert’s Guy Fawkes programme

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Including a new local murder mystery, a dating show for regular folk and the best coming-of-age film in years.

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The Q+A host reflects on his career in broadcasting, and the moment he realised it was all worth it.

‘I’ve never lived it down’: The Breakfast live cross that still haunts Jack Tame

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'I consider myself lucky if I’ve only managed to make the same mistake twice.'

‘So subtle, yet so chaotic’: Wiri Donna’s perfect weekend playlist

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Home Education follows six different whānau around Aotearoa who have embraced learning at home.

This new docuseries shows us another world of learning

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 Eager viewers have been waiting for years, and now Max is finally here.

Explainer: What is Max, and where can I watch it? 

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Since taking part in growing kai from seed to harvest, my appreciation for every vegetable I eat has deepened.

Where does kai come from? Learning in the māra

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'Most regrettable purchase in the last year? A cricket bat at a charity auction – I was drunk and it seemed like a great idea at the time.'

The cost of being: A lawyer with two kids, a mortgage and a love of good meat

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And why one former MP says John Key would never have allowed this to happen.

How the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill played out

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All 14 malls in Christchurch ranked from worst to best

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The climate and human rights crises are indelibly intertwined

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Spectators in the public gallery joined in.

House suspended as haka interrupts first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill

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Winnie-the-Pooh's little T-shirt represents a moral 'grey area', according to the man in charge of Gloriavale's lengthy banned books list. 'What do we gain from it?'

The case for reading books about animals wearing clothes

The ‘psychics make up stuff’ TV show is back on New Zealand screens, and it’s just as terrible as ever. In the latest in his series on New Zealand’s most questionable pop culture, James Mustapic looks back on 

‘s early years, and what has and hasn’t changed since.

Repressed Memories: Sensing Murder 2018 | The Spinoff TV

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The 'psychics make up stuff' TV show is back on New Zealand screens, and it's just as terrible as ever.

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Pop CultureAugust 21, 2018

Repressed Memories: Sensing Murder, the show that refuses to die

The Spinoff TV, 10.45pm Fridays on THREE

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Pop CultureAugust 21, 2018

Repressed Memories: Sensing Murder, the show that refuses to die

The Spinoff TV, 10.45pm Fridays on THREE

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