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Efeso Collins deserved better than what parliament offered yesterday

...Leader of the house Chris Bishop adjourned the house for a week out... ...The day Fa’anānā Efeso Collins died, parliament felt different.... ...David Seymour, Chris Bishop and Winston Peters were among the first... ...Erica Stanford ribbed Collins about winning the AUSA presidency by...

thespinoff.co.nz > media

If the industry is to survive, journalists need to convince the public of their worth

...The principal’s key author, Gavin Ellis, explains how journalists... ...discussion paper released today proposes sweeping changes to New Zealand... ...I am an honorary research fellow at Koi Tū and I am the principal author... ...question because there is no viable substitute for the role of the journalist...

thespinoff.co.nz > books

‘When the ship docks’: Publishing the poetry of the late Schaeffer Lemalu

...the work of the late, terrific poet Schaeffer Lemalu.... ...Publisher Chris Holdaway reflects on the unique project of collecting... ...Story, and the Nolan Batman films.... ...like Titanic, They Live, Full Metal Jacket, The Sound of Music, West Side...

thespinoff.co.nz > pop-culture

New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week

thespinoff.co.nz > society

If you love a dog, you must also love disposing of its shit

...’s Cheltenham Beach, desperately trying to scoop increasingly liquid... ...You haven’t truly lived until you’ve stood on the shoreline of Auckland... ...Dream on Auckland Council.... ...Auckland Council has been removing bins in an effort to save money...

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Poll serves government an unwelcome entrée to the Budget

...The poll would give Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori 64 seats... ...First remain where it is (defying Peters’ comeback king form), and... ...yesterday demonstrates, finance minister Nicola Willis is also clearly... ...Brad Olsen from Infometrics told RNZ’s Morning Report,  that inflation...

thespinoff.co.nz > books

The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending April 26

...1 Hemingway’s Goblet by Dermot Ross (Mary Egan Publishing, $38) A... ...by Percival Everett (Mantle, $38) This retelling of Mark Twain’s... ...(Te Herenga Waka University Press, $30) The explosive debut novel... ...by poet Louise Wallace sure impressed books editor Claire Mabey,...

thespinoff.co.nz > society

Dog of the month: Scout, who is so independent she could be a cat

...Thank you to Scout’s human, Avril, for her support.... ...Scout is our latest Dog of the Month.... ...Anna Wintour – doesn’t give a lot away, but you’re pretty sure you... ...Would you say Scout was charisma or glamour?...

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An ode to the muesli bar, a national treasure

...Thank you, Dr Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner, for your brilliant... ...I pedalled through the Loire Valley, down rivers lined with willows... ...How can you appease the ghost of Dr Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner... ...It wasn’t until fifty years after Dr Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner...

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‘Sheer glitter ringing about’: Emma Neale remembers Vincent O’Sullivan

...Here, fellow writer Emma Neale remembers her friend and colleague... ...News that the great writer Vincent O’Sullivan has died has spurred... ...– the musicologist and editor John Thomson, the poet Lauris Edmond... ...criticism, and his co-editions (with Margaret Scott) of Mansfield...