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How to play your part minimising the impact of Covid-19, in one simple gif, thanks to
@XTOTL
&
@SiouxsieW
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The Māori Party want to see the country renamed Aotearoa, and all towns and cities restored to their original names, by 2026 – live updates
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"I hope that no-one ever speaks to her child the way she did to mine."
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BREAKING: COVID-FREE NEW ZEALAND.
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MP Kiri Allan says her latest scans show ‘no evidence’ of cancer after she underwent treatment in June.
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“I could not chat with
@SamHeughan
while sitting in a three day old pile of cornflakes. I have standards”
#outlander
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The 'chaotic', 'ugly' scenes at the protest were closer to joyful and celebratory.
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Breaking: Covid-19 has officially been eliminated from the NZ community, with no active cases remaining
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National has taken a good hard look at the issues facing New Zealand and come to a tough decision: we need to make things more difficult for poor people |
@HaydenDonnell
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A note: One of our writers wrote in memory of her grandmother who passed away during our Death Week series. We have removed the tweet of the article after the horrendous volume of abuse she has received during an already distressing time. Just really sad and disappointing.
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Christchurch terror attack: How to support NZ’s Muslim communities
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"I felt like I was soaring, being in the same room as this actor who’d made such an impact on my young mind."
@davidfarrier
on
@davidduchovny
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We will be reviewing how we use this platform (if at all) going forward, especially with an election coming up and ever-increasing levels of vitriol towards our writers. The best way to read our work is to visit and bypass the bigots
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The big boys are here and they want to make it clear: they do not like young women raising their voices.
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“Women are most concerned at the moment around the cost of living crisis and where this country’s going,” said Christopher Luxon, who is a man.
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Breaking: NZME forced to pay Clarke Gayford ‘confidential sum’ after publishing ‘baseless lies’.
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James Shaw on the resignation of Kiri Allan: “I think we have to acknowledge she’s a human being and has been going through a very tough time.”
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"I can tell you one thing right now: our gun laws will change. Now is the time." - Jacinda Ardern
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‘Back to normal’? Yeah, right, says Rosie Carnahan-Darby
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Meet the 21 year-old New Zealander who just entered the New York Times bestseller chart at number three
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Massive congratulations to the amazing
@SiouxsieW
, the 2021 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa. We're so, so proud of you 🎉
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Efeso Collins was 'truly the most beautiful man,' said a visibly emotional James Shaw at parliament.
'He was deeply committed and steadfast in what he believed in and stood for and championed, but he did all of that with a sense of grace and love.'
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As we watch brown woman after brown woman succumb to “the pressures of the job”, it’s worth remembering that not all MPs have the same pressures.
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They are calling their vision “Plan B”.
They even have a website and a PR firm.
@SiouxsieW
looks at how their evidence stacks up.
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A guilty verdict brings justice for Grace Millane. For her sake, for all our sakes, let’s now change how we talk about blame.
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Our leaders have frozen the future of Aotearoa’s political economy in its stagnant, unequal, unjust, unproductive and unhealthy state for the foreseeable future, writes Bernard Hickey.
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"The Māori message to Air NZ is this: You do not get to continue to use our taonga while also denying employment to people who wear those taonga to express their identity"
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Yesterday a leading NZ sports broadcaster attacked a young woman journalist expressing an opinion about NZ cricket and sexual consent by calling her "that chick from the Spinoff" and saying: “Hope you’ve got no skeletons rattling away there, love”.
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Chris Hipkins hasn't held back during his first speech in parliament as opposition leader, accusing the new government of buying into Covid conspiracies and embarrassing NZ on the world stage.
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Jacinda Ardern beams into the campaign from Boston: "The Labour Party has had two terms in office, long enough to make progress but not long enough to finish the job."
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A salute to the MP for Tauranga, who sometimes does the grocery shopping to "give his wife a break".
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This is the ugliest and most despairing column I have ever written.
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Debate live updates: "People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones – none of my MPs beat people up with a bed leg," said Chris Hipkins to Luxon.
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Ardern: "What happened today was despicable. It has hateful and it was wrong. It was carried out by an individual. Not a faith, not a culture, not an ethnicity, but an individual person gripped by ideology that is not supported here, by anyone or any community ...
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The Greens want a capital gains tax introduced as part of a plan to tackle the growing cost of living.
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Chris Hipkins spreads his lips at the start of today's Covid-19 briefing.
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“In short, every semi automatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on Friday will be banned in this country.”
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If Brash can feel confident enough to spread his ignorance on every topic under the sun, then so can you, writes
@madmanchap
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Sean Plunket claimed to have revealed an "untold truth" about Ardern’s post-politics career.
Problem is, it’s fake.
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Willis said it was wrong of Labour to say National's tax policy was a scam but confirmed that only 3000 households would receive the full $250 a fortnight tax cut.
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World exclusive: Lorde takes The Spinoff inside her latest top secret project, Te Ao Mārama
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When asked why more of the speech was dedicated to Act than National – or indeed Labour – Shaw said, “Frankly, Act worry us deeply.”
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A presidential style head-to-head debate makes zero sense in a country with MMP
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Jacinda Ardern voted second on list of world’s top thinkers.
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.
@stylebender
's Halbergs speech was so good it made sitting through the cavalcade of fawning bullshit worthwhile, writes
@sumostevenson
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Breaking: A major NZ company has suspended all advertising with Magic Talk over racist comments by host John Banks.
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Dear Lorde, here’s why we’re urging you not to play Israel
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Journalist David Farrier has confirmed he will "absolutely" take legal action against broadcaster Sean Plunket
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Want to download this gif to share beyond Twitter? Click on the link and right-click to save – the gif is Creative Commons, which means no need to ask for permission
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If the Māori vaccination rate tops 25,000 today,
@TaikaWaititi
will pick someone to bring on set the next time he is filming in Aotearoa. “I don’t even know how that’s going to work, but we’ll make it work,” he said
#vaxathon
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The new route would allow thousands of Wellingtonians to safely cycle to their store, and the retailer simply will not stand for it.
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Today is a good day
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In times of difficulty, people have always found less powerful groups on whom to blame all of society's problems
(made with support from
@NZonAir
)
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‘An absolutely amazing day’: Unity Books Auckland just got named international bookstore of the year and they're already on the turps. 🥂
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An explosive political exclusive from The Spinoff.
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Leonie Hayden's really, truly, honestly held opinion
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Armed with a stack of previous attack ads directed at himself and the Labour Party, the prime minister labelled Christopher Luxon "thin-skinned".
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Nanaia Mahuta bows out after 27 years in parliament.
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Recommendations incl:
- Voting age 16
- Coat-tail rule ditched
- Threshold 3.5%
- Max 30k per political donor, no trusts/co's/unions
- Referendum on 4-year term
- All prisoners able to vote
- Rewrite Electoral Act to make clearer, incorporate te tiriti
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A note from editor
@toby_etc
regarding the WORLD founder’s response to Spinoff revelations about its ‘Made in New Zealand’ garment labelling
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She claimed she was only asking questions about the Covid test. But that was far from the whole story
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Chris Bishop said he’d carried out extensive engagement with the environmental sector. The environment sector says otherwise.
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“I’m sensitive, or as Maggie Barry once called me, ‘a sensitive petal’... I would rather be criticised for being a hugger than for being heartless."
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The man who founded the Act Party says it has "lost the plot" and now serves only the wealthy.
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Hey Aotearoa, we have a new New York Times bestseller!
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An open letter to Simon Bridges from microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles on behaving responsibly during a public health emergency.
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"For those who will challenge Jacinda Ardern’s right to speak at Waitangi, I think it’s worth remembering that when our tūpuna signed the treaty ‘The Crown’ was being worn by Queen Victoria."
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She's head girl, a viral star, a poet.
But none of those credentials can ever capture the force of nature that is Aigagalefili ‘Fili’ Fepulea’i-Tapua’i
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Hands up if you made your school projects look cool as hell with the help of this book
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“They’ve gone overboard on all the warnings ... What’s happened to us as a country that we’ve become this paranoid and this soft?”
“We've whipped ourselves into this extraordinary frenzy."
“Panic.”
“Hysteria.”
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Many New Zealanders lack a basic understanding of what racism is, writes
@sharkpatu
, and it’s killing our ability to overcome the problem
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A complaint over Mike Hosking's Covid claims has been upheld by the Broadcasting Standards Authority, which said the example "highlights the importance of data literacy".
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"I don’t know when my husband’s body started to break down."
A personal response by Emily Writes to that column about millennials and manual work.
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One part Dexter, one part Hannibal, one part Michael Sheen – what more do you need? 10 reasons to watch super creepy new show Prodigal Son
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Read the letter from 20 doctors and academics.
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If this is how a white woman is treated in the current political climate, what do you think a wāhine Māori prime minister would be subjected to?
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A new edition of
@XTOTL
's The Side-Eye, created in collaboration with
@SiouxsieW
is a must-read as NZ heads into level four.
Huge thanks to
@NZonAir
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Two months ago, MPs unanimously voted to give themselves a week off in Efeso Collins' honour. On Tuesday, most were too busy to give even an hour of their time.
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The Green Party has criticised a new transport plan unveiled today by National, saying it's the “exact opposition” of what New Zealand needs.
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Meet the Pacific church minister who got her whole church vaccinated
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The National MP said a group working with homeless people told him to bring back no-cause evictions. Many have asked: which one?
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Nope, sorry, Paul Goldsmith: NZ does not have the world’s costliest Covid-19 response.
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Māori and non-Māori use cannabis at similar rates, but Māori are three times more likely to be arrested and convicted for it.
@KhyleeQ
on why reform is long overdue.
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Breaking: Facebook has confirmed it removed the page for Advance NZ for “repeatedly” spreading misinformation about Covid-19
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Is somebody who calls a science communicator "a big, fat hypocrite" fit to lead the National Party?
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Overseas, high-profile abusers are being deservedly ousted from public life. Here in NZ, we're rewarding them with TV shows.
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Asked recently by a Twitter user whether he was renting off a family member, Bishop said no. He later revealed it was his in-laws' property.
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The Al Noor Mosque imam has just addressed thousands in Hagley Park, one week on. This is what he said.
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@tukakimatt
Update: John Banks has been removed from his Magic Talk show with immediate effect, Mediaworks has announced
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Simeon Brown just announced the most anti-driver transport policy in recent memory.
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The leading Covid commentator alleges her employer, the University of Auckland, failed to adequately protect her against a torrent of harassment. The hearing starts today.
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More than three quarters of NZers under the age of 45 say it's time for a public holiday to mark the Māori new year. And they're right, right?
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Breaking: NZ's biggest news site, Stuff, has quit Facebook 'until further notice'.
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