The Spinoff Weekly: A leaked transcript from the JB Hi-Fi Mother’s Day catalogue planning meeting
May 3 – May 10
Nanaia Mahuta’s China dilemma and the future of New Zealand diplomacy
Setting New Zealand’s foreign policy has long meant juggling between superpowers and it isn’t getting any easier. Tensions across the Pacific are mounting and Wellington finds itself in the middle of a US-China tempest. Justin Giovannetti reports from parliament.
A leaked transcript from the JB Hi-Fi Mother’s Day catalogue planning meeting
Once again Emily Writes has been leaked the minutes to a Mother’s Day gift guide focus group, this time for the electronics store JB Hi-Fi. Here she shares the unedited transcript.
He Puapua: The Indigenous peoples report that caused a NZ political ruckus
A report designed to respond to the UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples is causing controversy here in Aotearoa. But what does He Puapua actually say?
If you need to create a new ‘Implementation Unit’, what is everyone doing now?
It all sounds a lot like something Tony Blair might do, writes Danyl Mclauchlan.
Lower debt in, cutting child poverty out: Bernard Hickey on financial priorities
The long-term economic value of cutting child poverty is clear. So why won’t Treasury advise the government to spend on welfare, instead of cutting debt and filling Super Fund coffers?
Advertising is dead. Long live advertising
As Apple cracks down on ad trackers and subscription models take hold, all signs point to the decline of online advertising. But don’t count traditional ads out yet, writes former Mediaworks head of news Hal Crawford – they’re popular because they work.
Sunday Essay: The vaccination
Author and intensive care specialist Alex Kazemi stares out at the world amid and beyond the plague.
The web historian preserving our weirdest moments
An Auckland teenager’s YouTube channel has taken on the mammoth task of explaining 2010-era internet to the world. Josie Adams spoke to Izzzyzzz.
Who are the hidden celebs on The Masked Singer NZ? We decipher the clues
The international singing show sensation The Masked Singer has arrived in Aotearoa. Which famous faces will be hiding under the costumes? Nobody knows – but these are our best guesses.
A romance writer on the Bridgerton books – and why the show is even better
AJ Lancaster celebrates dukes, the new and improved Eloise, and the death of the Halfway Hymen.
A mission to halve NZ’s disadvantaged youth numbers is starting in Invercargill
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The Vodafone Foundation wants to cut the number of youth facing exclusion and disadvantage in Aotearoa in half – and it’s starting with Invercargill. George Driver travelled to the deep south to meet the organisations that are helping transform the future for local rangatahi.
