The Spinoff Weekly: Fed up with NZ’s out-of-control housing market? Come to Australia
April 12 – April 19
Siouxsie Wiles: The data behind the decision to suspend arrivals from India in NZ
The temporary halt on travel from India to New Zealand is unprecedented. But so is the state of Covid-19 in India.
Fed up with NZ’s out-of-control housing market? Come to Australia
Watching from the other side of the Tasman as housing back home goes from bad to worse, Paul Davies has one thing to say to his fellow New Zealanders: where the bloody hell are ya?
A system that can be hacked by lying is not a good system
Last week, Jacinda Ardern angrily declared that a MIQ worker had lied. That should not be a sufficiently sophisticated technique to get around our border defences, argues Duncan Greive
Beware the great suburban backlash of 2022
A suburban ratepayers revolt against the rates and debt hikes needed for affordable apartments and pedestrian-friendly CBDs could wreck the government’s carbon zero and housing affordability plans before they’re off the drawing boards.
Little’s inaction is absurd – New Zealand needs drug law reform now
The health minister’s stonewalling of any attempt to fix our woeful drug laws doesn’t only fly in the face of overseas trends, but what’s currently happening in and around our own parliament.
The Sunday Essay: Cricket with child
James Borrowdale bids farewell to a summer of cricket with his oblivious baby daughter.
We watched the Soviet Lord of the Rings so you don’t have to
A Russian version of Fellowship of the Ring is taking YouTube by storm. How does it compare to our homegrown version?
Ben can read
Books editor Catherine Woulfe shares a personal story about structured literacy, the step-by-step reading system that’s gaining traction across the country.
Why the late 90s and early 00s was NZ’s golden age of reality TV
From Flatmates to Popstars to Celebrity Treasure Island, New Zealand reality television was at its best when nobody really knew what they were doing. José Barbosa looks back wistfully and wonders: can we ever get that magic back?
The creative explosion: How an underestimated sector could become an economic powerhouse
Partner content
A new white paper commissioned by UP Education and Yoobee Colleges looks at how Aotearoa can better support and sustain its creative industries.
