Ambition is so tied up in capitalism that it’s taken me months to even start untangling the two in my mind. One of the exciting things my partner Jenn and I are doing later this year is moving to a ...

100 years ago, a New Zealander was the first person to bring The Phantom of The Opera to the screen. Lyric Waiwiri-Smith ...

Matariki Williams speaks with Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku about her extraordinary memoir, Hine Toa. The following article was first ...

Since the first rally in support of the people of Gaza in 2023, seasoned activists knew there would be counter-protesters.

Dr Mataroria Lyndon (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Wai, Waikato) is a senior lecturer in medical education, director of population health and equity at Tend Health, and member of Te Tiratū ...

Heidi Thomson is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. She was born in Ghent, Belgium, in 1961, and immigrated to New Zealand in 1990.

For the first time in its history, The Spinoff is publicly recruiting for the role of editor. The search has begun for ...

Aperahama Hurihanganui is from Wairarapa, Te Arawa, and Te Tai Rāwhiti. He is a Māori culture and language advisor, and is passionate about Te Ao Māori. He loves to write, and recently won the ...

Hazel Phillips is the author of four books: Fire & Ice (2025); Solo: Backcountry adventuring in Aotearoa New Zealand (2022); Wild Westie (2014), a biography of Sir Bob Harvey; and Sell! (2013), a ...

Putting bikes on the bus is a good way to encourage people to ride: it means that if it starts raining, or if you have a ...

I began last night thinking my friend liked scary things. When we were walking down Queen Street, towards the containers, ...

National has come up with some key messaging to justify why the pay equity law it once supported had to be scrapped. But how does it measure up with reality? It’s weird that fisheries officers ...