In a new series of one-on-one pub chats with MPs, The Spinoff sits down with Green Party and Wellington Central MP Tamatha Paul, who’s been taking notes on Zohran Mamdani’s ri ...

Despite the elimination of seclusion in mental health care being a government policy for over a decade, it is still happening ...

“Uhhhhhh…. no.” Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith announced the government’s proposal to change electoral law, and one of the key changes is that you can no longer enrol to vote during the thirteen-day ...

Renowned New Zealand jeweller Sir Michael Hill has died, aged 86. Back in 2019 The Spinoff visited his superyacht not once but twice: Toby Morris spoke to him about one of his other passions, drawing, ...

Music lovers can take their time picking through the boxes at Slow Boat Records and explore Flying Nun Record Store for the ...

It turns out young people have opinions about things that affect them.

Brand strategy consultant Eugene Healy joins The Fold ahead of his talk at Media Spotlight 2025, to discuss the risks for ...

Butter is the latest in a long line of individual products to be scapegoated for our crushing and ongoing cost of living ...

The Wellington Green Party is targeting this issue with a policy to change the rates system to be based on land value rather than the current combination of the capital value of buildings and land.

Cole Martin is a New Zealand journalist based in the occupied Palestinian territories.

“It’s well known that birds are incredible mimics,” says Kristal Cain, associate professor in animal behaviour at the School ...

Noel Leeming is the latest big retailer to be criminally prosecuted by the Commerce Commission. Here's what you need to know.