Move-on orders are a game-changer for fixing the nation’s complex problems It’s amazing what issues you can solve if you just shift them to somewhere you don’t have to look at them.

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/25-.... Inspired writing from Hayden once more! This is the type of innovative thinking the world needs! #nzpol #thespinoff

Starting late of course #thespinoff

The worst things that can happen to you as a New Zealander, ranked Chris Bishop was told to ‘shut up you dickhead’ by Don McGlashan. How does that compare to, say, being called an egg by Judy Bailey?

thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/... High quality New Year listicle from #thespinoff. Still in shock at no 2. The earth would stop spinning if it ever happened. #nz

How Ruth Richardson’s Mother of all Budgets is still f*cking us today Laura O'Connell Rapira looks at what successive generations of an unregulated housing market does to welfare and housing for those in the margins.

Laura does an excellent job of humanizing the cruelty and failed ideology started by Ruth Richardson and as yet unremedied by successive governments -- including #NZLabour
#nzpol #thespinoff
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"Now what happens to Winston Peters doesn't matter. But what happens to the people does."

#WinstonPeters, Juggernaut 2, ep 2, 2025

https://thespinoff.co.nz/podcasts/juggernaut

It's hard to believe now given the smiling crocodile he's become. Political principles up for auction, doing whatever […]

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I presume anyone who wants to understand NZ politics has listened to The Spinoff's Juggernaut podcast, about the 1984-90 Labour government. But did you catch up with the fact that the second season of Juggernaut is out, telling the story of the 1990s National government? […]

#nzherald #thespinoff #stuff #tvnz

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"... I used to study medicine, I was training to be a doctor. But I couldn't actually afford my rent because it was London, so I had to work in marketing on the side. Then I started to really get into marketing to the point where I actually left medicine ..."

#AndrewTindall, System1, 2025 […]

It increasingly feels as if all that is standing between the NZ media and the abyss are #thespinoff and #newsroom. #nzpol.

Great piece by Joel. #thespinoff leading the way again.

In praise of the Number 24 Bus, Wellington’s most scenic commute The best tour of Wellington costs just $4.34 with a Snapper card.

thespinoff.co.nz/wellington/1... Another great piece about Wellington from national treasure Joel MacManus #thespinoff

#thespinoff is hands down the best NZ media site these days. Stuff and Radionz should be ashamed of some of there output of late.

Open letter 2024 Open letter 2024

The Spinoff still needs another 4,500 members to remain viable.

You can read their open letter here: thespinoff.co.nz/open-letter-2024

#NZTwit #NZ #journalism #TheSpinoff

One wheel drive: the Ken Looi story Nearing the end of his career, the world’s greatest unicycle racer chases the sport's most elusive record.

Superb writing in the #thespinoff thespinoff.co.nz/sports/11-02...

Super humbled to have our book included in this great line up of #NewZealandBooks. Thanks to #TheSpinOff and @adelespencil.bsky.social for the devotion to her craft. thespinoff.co.nz/books/06-12-...