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The Black Ferns’ Portia Woodman-Wickliffe and Canada’s Sophie de Goede (Photo: Alex Davidson – World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images; Design: The Spinoff)
Opinion

Doing the bare minimum for women’s rugby is no longer enough to win World Cups

For a long time the Black Ferns' immense talent has papered over shortcomings in how we run the women's game. But talent alone is no longer enough.
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By Alice Soper | 27th September, 2025
Guest writer
Braxton Sorensen-McGee scores during the Black Ferns’ third-round match against Ireland (Photo: David Rogers/Getty Images)
Opinion

The many complex truths in the lack of Black Ferns coverage

Is a lack of mainstream media coverage for the Black Ferns simply because newsrooms don't care, or are there many other bleak factors at play?
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By Madeleine Chapman | 13th September, 2025
Editor
True or false: the All Blacks and Warriors never win on the same weekend

True or false: the All Blacks and Warriors never win on the same weekend

Investigating a potential hex ahead of a big weekend of code.
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By Calum Henderson | 12th September, 2025
Production editor
Why can’t I just be happy for Auckland FC?

Why can’t I just be happy for Auckland FC?

A Wellington Phoenix supporter watches the new Auckland FC documentary.
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By Calum Henderson | 29th August, 2025
Production editor
Design: The Spinoff

New Zealand women’s rugby league has never been stronger

The women's game goes from strength to strength in Aotearoa, but protection is needed to ensure its longevity.
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By Miriama Aoake | 16th August, 2025
Contributing writer
Design: The Spinoff.

‘Rugby league, you undefeated beautiful thing!’: Vossy strikes commentary gold again

The Warriors’ last-minute win prompted another instant classic one-liner from one of the sport's greatest orators.
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By Liam Rātana | 22nd July, 2025
Ātea editor
Corbin Strong cycling for Israel-Premier Tech and representing New Zealand at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

The New Zealand cyclist, the Israeli team and a geopolitical storm

A New Zealand Olympian is racing under Israel’s banner – and critics say it’s time to choose sides.
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By Timothy O'Farrell | 2nd July, 2025
Guest writer
Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar at the 1995 World Cup (Photos: Getty Images / Design: The Spinoff)

The ghost of 1995: that Rugby World Cup final, 30 years on

Where were you, and what do you remember?
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By James Borrowdale | 24th June, 2025
Guest writer
Watch live: the 2025 NZ Scrabble Nationals

Watch live: the 2025 NZ Scrabble Nationals

Welcome to the biggest event on the New Zealand Scrabble calendar.
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By Calum Henderson | 31st May, 2025
Production editor
Ben Hildred rode 3048 vertical metres a day for 100 days. He achieved his goal – now what? (Image: Callum Wood Photos)

Meet the man and mind that biked a million vertical feet in 100 days

Ben Hildred spent three months riding uphill. Now he's learning to stop.
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By Shanti Mathias | 29th April, 2025
Contributing writer
Watch live: the 2025 NZ Scrabble Masters

Watch live: the 2025 NZ Scrabble Masters

The top-rated Scrabble players in the country go head-to-head this Easter weekend.
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By Calum Henderson | 17th April, 2025
Production editor
Lots on (Photos: Getty Images)

All the sport on at Eden Park this weekend, ranked

Get ready for a lunar eclipse of live sport.
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By Calum Henderson | 20th March, 2025
Production editor
Wellington-based unicyclist Ken Looi.

One wheel drive: the Ken Looi story

Nearing the end of his career, the world’s greatest unicycle racer chases the sport's most elusive record.
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By Joel MacManus | 11th February, 2025
Wellington editor
Shane Bond sends the Eden Park crowd into a bowl-out frenzy (Photo: DEAN TREML/AFP via Getty Images)
Opinion

Bring back the bowl-out, cricket’s version of going to penalties

We're one of the only nations to experience this thrilling tiebreak method, and have suffered more than anyone from its demise. Who better to bring it back?
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By Calum Henderson | 31st January, 2025
Production editor
In petrolhead heaven filming Checkered Flag (Photo: Supplied)

Confessions of an unlikely petrolhead

I wind down my window at the lights to profess my love to the strangers in the black De Tomaso Pantera. They accommodate me with amused grins.
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By Natalie Wilson | 8th January, 2025
Guest writer
Speed puzzling at the 2024 Masters Games (Design: Tina Tiller)

Getting jiggy with it: Inside the wild world of competitive speed puzzling

If you thought jigsaw puzzles were meant to be relaxing, think again.
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By Tara Ward | 1st January, 2025
Staff writer
Image: Tina Tiller

The need for speed: What I learnt competing in an online jigsaw puzzle competition

Speed puzzling is like a marathon for the mind – intense, demanding, surprisingly exhausting. But does turning it into a sport destroy it as a relaxing pastime?
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By Calum Henderson | 25th December, 2024
Production editor
How was Maddi Wesche’s final shot put throw not over 20m? A Spinoff investigation

How was Maddi Wesche’s final shot put throw not over 20m? A Spinoff investigation

Was it a false measurement, a full-blown conspiracy or just some mild incompetence?
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By Madeleine Chapman | 23rd December, 2024
Editor
Gambling events are now designed to photograph well for Instagram. (Image: Screenshots/The Spinoff)

How the gambling industry is using influencers to appeal to a new generation

Party holes, paid partnerships and podcast appearances – it's all part of a concerted effort to attract young people to gambling.
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By Shanti Mathias | 20th December, 2024
Contributing writer
Action shots from Premier House. Image: Joel MacManus

A ball-by-ball analysis of backyard cricket at the prime minister’s house

A detailed summary of everything we were allowed to report from the PM's cricket party at Premier House.
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By Joel MacManus | 5th December, 2024
Wellington editor

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