The Spinoff Weekly: The joy of never doing athletics day ever again
August 1-8 2021
The Side Eye’s Two New Zealands: Locked out
In this month’s comic, Toby Morris looks at the growing number of people being locked out of the property market – and what that means in the long term.
The unmitigated joy of never again having to do athletics day
As the Olympics come to a close, Sharon Lam reflects on another proud Kiwi sporting tradition she’d rather forget.
The team of five million rhetoric rings hollow for those locked in visa limbo
Amid increasing calls for the tens of thousands of temporary workers stranded here to be given pathways to residence, Bernard Hickey says the government risks being exposed as the Dubai of the South Pacific.
RIP, Bernadino – you were disgusting and we loved you
As the news breaks that the spew-inducing spumante of her youth is being discontinued, Emily Writes reflects on the end of an era.
Dawn raids ceremony explained: Why Jacinda Ardern sat under a woven mat
Apulu Reece Autagavaia was among those who packed into Auckland Town Hall to witness the formal apology for the dawn raids. He explains the significance of the ifoga custom and what he hopes will follow this landmark event.
O for goodness sake. New Zealand owes David Tua a grovelling apology
For nearly 30 years the boxer and Olympic medalist David Tua has been ridiculed for something he says he never said. Why has the nation never listened? George Driver writes.
The Sunday Essay: Ka mua, ka muri – walking backwards into the future
Before trans-Tasman travel was suspended again, a New Zealander in Sydney came back to discover whether you can ever really go home again.
Our Olympic shame
One of New Zealand’s greatest Olympic moments is also its most shameful.
I really want to move to Wellington, but Wellington is making it really hard
Laura Walters always intended to head for Wellington, a city she loves, when she moved back to New Zealand. But the reality is proving challenging.
Real talk: The highlights of Neon’s Documentary Spotlight
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A bunch of the best TV documentaries of the year arrived on Neon last week. Here are the ones you won’t want to miss.
