The Spinoff Weekly: A bizarre afternoon at a central Auckland auction house
May 31 - June 7
Hinemoa Elder’s book is getting the Oprah effect
A mention from Oprah’s Book Club is manna from publishing heaven. It can burst a book onto the mainstream and shoot sales sky-high. Last week, the first book by Dr Hinemoa Elder, Aroha, was included on one of the club’s lists.
Our dog is not a human, no matter what we like to think
Many people have a tendency to excessively fuss over their dogs as if they were children. But, writes Linda Burgess, it’s time to end the absurdity and start seeing dogs as the animals they truly are.
A bizarre afternoon at a central Auckland auction house
Eager to see if the housing market was actually cooling, Michael Andrew went along to a major property auction house in the big city. What he observed wasn’t encouraging.
Steve Arnott’s greatest waistcoats in Line of Duty – ranked
Line of Duty is known for its tense drama and incredible cliffhangers, but we’ve been overlooking something equally incredible: DS Arnott’s waistcoats.
They’ve cut down the tree from which I controlled the world
Author David Hill celebrates the infinite universes of every child climbing a tree.
Nostalgic and delicious: how to make 1970s date loaf
Cold? Bored? Looking for a reason to wear fat socks and sit in front of a roaring fan heater putting butter on things? Make this.
NZ rightly decries Australia’s deportation policy. But let’s face up to our cruelty, too
If we’re to condemn Australia’s approach, we must also demand a change to NZ’s treatment of so-called ‘returning offenders’, writes Claudia McHardy.
The book launch
A year ago, Lil O’Brien released her memoir, Not that I’d Kiss a Girl – a story of coming out in the face of reproachful parents. This is what happened next.
First complacency crept in, then so did Covid
Along with New Zealand and a handful of other places across Asia-Pacific, Taiwan was until recently seen as a paragon of Covid preparedness. Now a community outbreak is spreading across the island – just as a squabble over the supply of vaccine erupts, writes New Zealander Ron Hanson from Taipei.
Cheat sheet: How is NZ Post preparing for the future of delivery?
Partner content
NZ Post has just announced that its Post, Rural Post, CourierPost and Pace brands will soon be combined under the single NZ Post brand. The Spinoff visited their Auckland HQ to find out what it all means.
