A landmark day for Māori health
As a Māori health activist, I’m thrilled by how far we’ve come. I’m also wise enough to know health inequities are far from solved, writes Gabrielle Baker.
Live Updates: Omicron resurgence brings jump in Covid hospitalisations
How far would you have to travel for an abortion?
Welcome Whaikaha: New disability ministry launches amid scepticism and hope
A $400-a-week shortfall: Why people in their 40s are facing a retirement squeeze
Lynley Dodd: Writing the Pictures, Painting the Words – watch the full documentary about the Hairy Maclary creator from midday tomorrow on The Spinoff.
The surprising reason frozen chicken nuggets are so hard to find
Covid and staffing shortages are playing their part. But there’s another strange reason for the nationwide nugget shortage. Chris Schulz reports.
In defence of the new Persuasion movie
Why does everybody hate the new Sistema?
‘It’s not finished’: Hamilton Gardens’ creator wants his masterpiece to get darker
🎧 The Fold: Te Papa’s Courtney Johnston on museums as slow journalism
A vital message from The Spinoff’s publisher, Duncan Greive:
If you’re reading this, you’re hopefully getting value out of The Spinoff. Yet like many publishers, we’ve suffered a significant drop in members, despite our costs continuing to increase. On one level I understand why our membership has dropped away. As the cost of living has reached new heights and the pandemic has become less of an urgent news event and more of a part of day-to-day life, it’s totally normal to feel like you don’t need to support your local media organisation.
The promise we’re making to you is that we’re actually better suited to times like this than the pandemic itself. Of course we will continue to write about Covid-19 and the many effects it’s having on society, but our plan now is to return to something more of what made us, which is coverage of culture, politics, business, te ao Māori and more with heart and humour.
But we can’t do it without you. We need your support more than we ever have. So please, if you can, click here to support The Spinoff by becoming a member today.
The Sunday Essay: For Keri Hulme
For Becky Manawatu, and maybe for Keri Hulme too, the sea is a church. Original illustrations by Pounamu Wharekawa.
The patron saints of material girls
No miracle baby to see here
Hear me out: We need more out-the-gate names