Meet the people keeping the magic of DVDs alive in the streaming age
#TheSpinoff
Some of the government’s earliest decisions are coming back to bite it
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-10-2025/hindsight-is-2020-and-that-was-five-years-ago
"... I used to study medicine, I was training to be a doctor. But I couldn't actually afford my rent because it was London, so I had to work in marketing on the side. Then I started to really get into marketing to the point where I actually left medicine ..."
#AndrewTindall, System1, 2025
https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/02-09-2025/the-fold-myths-and-truths-in-modern-advertising
His job could have been saving people's lives, but instead it's persuading them they want stuff. That's heartbreaking.
(1/2)
Fonterra’s sale of Anchor, Mainland and Kāpiti to a French dairy giant, explained
This is the piece of journalism on the Fonterra sale I have been waiting for.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/kai/04-09-2025/fonterras-sale-of-anchor-mainland-and-kapiti-to-a-french-dairy-giant-explained
#TheSpinoff #NZ #Fonterra #Lactalis #Dairy #Food
Why the Labour-National stalemate is leaving voters looking elsewhere
<<Campbell jokes that there have been “more sightings of Elvis than of significant new Labour Party policy”>>
I would also like to apologise for Ray Chung. As I'm sure would many of you.
I'm very sorry and I'll try much harder in future to avoid Ray Chungs and anything like him.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/15-07-2025/ray-chung-gets-a-woman-to-apologise-for-him
The shocking truth behind the death of Jaffas – a Spinoff investigation
This is such a good piece:
#Rate rises are due to people voting against rates rises | #TheSpinoff
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/10-07-2025/rates-rises-are-due-to-people-voting-against-rates-rises
#nzpol #wellington #localgovt
Meet the kaiāwhina who volunteer to keep protesters safe
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/17-05-2025/meet-the-kaiawhina-who-volunteer-to-keep-protesters-safe
The mystery of the Goldie AI reproductions hanging in a Christchurch restaurant / Liam Rātana
April 27 is Moehanga Day, the anniversary of the day in 1806 when Ngāpuhi warrior Moehanga became the first Māori to visit England.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/26-04-2025/the-maori-who-discovered-europe
Happy Moehanga Day. 219 years ago Europe was discovered by the Maori.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/26-04-2025/the-maori-who-discovered-europe
How a Nerf gun and a ceramic fish helped bring to life the lost call of the moa
Every chocolate milk in New Zealand, ranked from worst to best
‘I enjoy playing in the dark’: Inside director James Ashcroft’s latest nightmare
I love this essay. I miss swimming.
Why I won’t write about swimming / Kate Camp
https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-03-2025/why-i-wont-write-about-swimming
"It’s always the margins of the swimming experience that come to mind. I’m like one of those people in an art gallery, going on about the frames instead of the pictures. "
The Spinoff still needs another 4,500 members to remain viable.
You can read their open letter here: https://thespinoff.co.nz/open-letter-2024?mc_cid=852cf77865&mc_eid=0b3559fd66
Those sweet and sour days: Life behind the counter of Queensgate mall’s first Chinese takeaway by Chris Tse
Just catching up with Bernard Hickey's Dec 6 episode on the iwi building papa kāinga housing on a Motueka marae;
https://thespinoff.co.nz/podcasts/when-the-facts-change
(The Spinoff's podcast pages seem custom designed to make it impossible to link to specific episodes 🤷♂️)
This episode includes multiple examples of what iwi can do for their people, when they get their land back, and the funding they need to make use of it.
#podcasts #TheSpinoff #WhenTheFactsChange #housing #marae #PapaKāinga
What are ‘winged wētā’ and are they taking over?
https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/31-01-2025/what-are-winged-weta-and-are-they-taking-over
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