The Spinoff Weekly: Bridging the gap with someone who’s been pulled in by disinformation
September 14 – September 21
The gaping hole at the heart of the 2020 election campaign
Labour says this will be the Covid election. National says it’s about the economy. There’s something big being missed in the middle, writes Justin Giovannetti.
Siouxsie Wiles & Toby Morris: Bridging the gap with someone who’s been pulled in by disinformation
Don’t approach the task as a battle to be won, but as a conversation to get to the underlying reasons why someone might have been susceptible to the false information in the first place.
Esther Ng is 24, wildly successful and couldn’t care less about NZ fashion
Esther Ng is the most successful New Zealand designer you’ve never heard of. Her label, Prix, has been seen on celebrities like Ariana Grande and Kylie Jenner, she has over 150,000 Instagram followers and she’s currently working from her bedroom.
How becoming a Covid long-hauler made me rethink disability
Despite having lived with a disability her whole life, it took becoming one of the unlucky few who experience symptoms long after they should have ‘recovered’ from Covid-19 that forced Áine Kelly-Costello to reckon with a different kind of disability experience.
Large, profitable companies have abused the spirit of the wage subsidy. It has to stop
Hundreds of millions of dollars in wage subsidies have been paid out to profitable companies and their shareholders. Nick Mowbray, Zuru co-founder and one of NZ’s most successful entrepreneurs, urges them to do the right thing and pay the money back.
Yes, public health is important. But surely not as important as rugby
If the government thought warding off a risk of economic catastrophe and unnecessary death was more important than securing the right to host the Rugby Championship, it has another thing coming, writes Hayden Donnell.
The dating committee will see you now
In the latest in our series chronicling the ins and outs of dating in 2020, Alie Benge explains her reliance on the ‘friend committee’ to judge the suitability of every love interest.
On cooking shows and cursing
Over the last few months, Linda Burgess has cheered herself up by watching food television. And saying fuck.
Who needs the world when you can pedal your way to paradise?
After the second lockdown came to Auckland, Nick Atkinson dusted off and spruced up his bicycle, touring from Pukekohe to Otorohanga.
Te whakamana i Te Tiriti: Ngā akoranga ki te ao pakihi i te ao Māori
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