The Spinoff Weekly: Auckland Art Gallery in turmoil as staff question leadership
March 22 – March 29
The Side Eye’s Two New Zealands: The K Shape
Rich and poor, young and old, renters and landlords: sometimes it feels like there are two parallel versions of our country existing side by side. In 2021, The Side Eye will explore this theme in a series called ‘Two New Zealands’. In this first instalment, Toby Morris looks at the K-shaped recovery, and how New Zealand’s post-Covid economy has benefited some while hurting others.
‘Unsafe space for Māori’: Auckland Art Gallery in turmoil as staff question leadership
Against the backdrop of an unprecedented exhibition of Māori art, staff members are speaking out on the gallery leadership. Leonie Hayden reports.
‘It’s a drop in the bucket and it’s a leaky bucket at that’: Housing package underwhelms experts
It was supposed to be ‘bold’ government action, but experts say today’s housing announcement was more of the same marginal policy that fails to target the root of the problem.
Siouxsie Wiles: One year on, we’re still learning about NZ’s first cases of Covid-19
A study published today confirms that our first official case was not in fact our first case.
The 150-hour NZ Covid whirlwind of 2020: as it happened
It was an unforgettable time. But how much of it can you remember?
The Sunday Essay: Absent parents and the stories that shape us
In the first of our new Sunday Essay series, made possible thanks to the support of Creative New Zealand, Nadine Anne Hura re-examines the colonial fiction of the nuclear family behind the white picket fence, and goes in search of ancestral narratives that better match our lived reality.
When we had to conceal instead of heal
In the not too distant past, grieving parents were expected to move on, to count their blessings, to not be morbid. David Hill remembers friends who defiantly chose another path.
The year of Teeks
He’s a nervous sex symbol and a reluctant pop star, but New Zealand soul singer Teeks is slowly becoming more comfortable in his own skin.
We investigated the most controversial clothing in Hilary Barry’s wardrobe
Call 111 and ask for the clothes police, because this week Hilary Barry wore a pink top on TV that made people mad again. Tara Ward takes a deep dive into the TVNZ journalist’s highly controversial wardrobe.
A zero sum game: Why we love power struggles on TV
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How can one family have this much power, and why can’t we stop watching them? George Fenwick ponders ZeroZeroZero and our collective fixation on the struggles of the rich and powerful.
