The Spinoff Weekly: Auckland’s transport planners are out of control
May 24 – May 31
The headline-grabbing headmaster in charge of NZ’s second-biggest school
Mount Albert Grammar school is one of the largest, most diverse high schools in New Zealand – and its headmaster, Patrick Drumm, is among the country’s most outspoken educators.
Auckland’s transport planners are out of control
John Tamihere said AT had gone rogue. And he was right, argues Hayden Donnell.
The angriest room in the country: Tauranga ratepayers get ready to fight back against Wellington
After Tauranga’s elected council was sacked last year to make way for commissioners, a new group has formed with the intention of taking back the city when elections return. Alex Braae went to the launch of the Tauranga Ratepayers Alliance.
Bernard Hickey on social insurance: ‘Koru class dole’ or not, this is a really big deal
Thinking through the plan to insure workers’ incomes, I’m reminded of my childhood in a once-thriving town later devastated by 1980s economic reforms, writes Bernard Hickey.
Blood Moon hits back after being slammed by Mark Richardson
Much of the southern hemisphere has come to a standstill to stare in amazement at the AM Show slamming the Blood Moon. Here the Blood Moon speaks out.
The Sunday Essay: Arthur Conan Doyle’s conversations with the dead, New Zealand, 1920
Having declared Sherlock Holmes deceased, the writer turned to the spirit world, bringing his lectures and psychic photographs to the antipodes. Redmer Yska writes.
Empty chairs and broken dreams: The long, slow demise of Queen’s Rise
It was supposed to revitalise Auckland CBD’s food scene, but three years since opening, Queen’s Rise is hanging by a thread. Former tenants tell Alice Neville what went wrong.
Suzanne Paul’s greatest TV cameos, reviewed and ranked
Suzanne Paul is known as New Zealand’s infomercial queen, but wait – there’s more. She’s also the queen of the cameo.
How UBCO captured NZ’s electric motorbike market
There’s a home-grown electric motorbike that’s being used for everything from delivering pizzas in Wellington to herding cows in Waikato. Michael Andrew visited Tauranga-based UBCO to learn more about their sleek machines.
The journey to sustainable aviation starts with biofuel
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Aviation makes up a significant part of our carbon footprint, and biofuel plays a big role in Air New Zealand’s plan to reduce those emissions.
