Compiling the best reading of the week from your friendly local website. Toby Manhire: This stunning map shows that six faults – at least six – ruptured in the big Kaikoura quake “To be clear, that’s six faults that have ruptured? At least. On our initial flight we only flew down the coast and straight … Read more
The weekly best-seller chart at Unity stores in Auckland and Wellington, for the week just ended: November 18 AUCKLAND STORE 1 The Shops (Luncheon Sausage Books, $40) by Steve Braunias and Peter Black It’s not really about shops at all, it’s actually an evocation of the profound melancholy and unexpected beauty of ordinary New Zealand … Read more
With the events of last week bringing out the best in New Zealanders as we help, and are helped by, our neighbours, here’s a quiz on who exactly makes up our great country. Having trouble viewing the quiz? Take it here.
Aaradhna just stopped the New Zealand Music Awards in its tracks with an incredible speech in which she declined to accept the Best Urban/Hip-Hop Album prize. This is what she said. Update, 21 June 2017. The Vodafone NZ Music Awards today announced a number of changes to the categories for this year’s awards, including splitting … Read more
Lightbox are currently running their grand annual People’s Choice Awards, giving you the chance to win a trip for two to New York. Alex Casey and Madeleine Chapman aren’t allowed to win, but that won’t stop them explaining who they would be voting for and why. Best hero: Captain Flint, Black Sails The pirate market … Read more
Compiling the best reading of the week from your friendly local website. Mark Jennings: When Paul Henry let rip that obnoxious Herald rant he was already through with TV3 “The signs have been there for some time. Henry, whose reported departure Mediaworks has refused to confirm, has been openly saying he was sick of the … Read more
Test how much you know about falling out of trees and the state of health in New Zealand, in this week’s quickfire quiz. Having trouble viewing the quiz? Take it here.
We’ve heard from nearly every celebrity and their dog about which presidential candidate to vote for. But which box would some of our favourite TV characters be ticking tomorrow? Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation “Ron would not like Hillary either. She is a career politician. Ron has no love of career politicians… he would certainly … Read more
With the launch of our brand new music section, here’s what’s been happening in the music business this decade. Click here for more figures on music in New Zealand, thanks to figure.nz.
Inside the Lightbox is a sponsored feature where we pluck out shows from Lightbox‘s extensive back catalogue. This week, we offer up some healthy political alternatives to binge on before the American people decide on the fate of the world as we know it. Parks and Recreation Leslie Knope is what you imagined all politicians were … Read more
Compiling the best reading of the week from your friendly local website. Scotty Stevenson: 48 hours drinking with rugby’s greatest losers “I walked into the sheds soon after, to sit and drink with losers. I walked down the long concrete corridor under the main stand, past the North Harbour changing room. Inside they were belting … Read more
The Spinoff presents TGI Funny Girls, an exclusive look at a brand new Funny Girls sketch every Friday. If you thought The Notebook was Nicholas Sparks’ magnum opus, think again. His recent collaboration with Funny Girls brings us Autumn Leaves. It’s a little bit scary, a little bit romantic and funnier than anything ever made by … Read more
On Saturday night the skies will be filled with light and dogs will be wondering what they ever did to deserve this. But first, test your knowledge of all things Guy Fawkes below. Having trouble viewing the quiz? Take it here.
Here to top off your Halloween hangover, some grim figures on pumpkins, lollies, and child tooth decay.
Compiling the best reading of the week from your friendly local website. Ally McCrow-Young: What’s the deal with denial? A NZ Chinese woman on ‘Kiwi-ness’ and casual racism “When I’ve told anecdotes about casual racism – like when people put on a fake broken English accent when speaking to me – I can almost guarantee … Read more
They’re some of our biggest industries but how much do you really know about New Zealand growers and farmers? Test your knowledge below. Having trouble viewing the quiz? Take it here.
The Spinoff presents TGI Funny Girls, an exclusive look at a brand new Funny Girls sketch every Friday. In the age of iMessage and Snapchat, late-night booty calls and texts have become a part of modern language. They’re short, yet vague, and always romantic. Laura Daniels presents a heartfelt summer anthem to celebrate the greatest … Read more
Are unions in New Zealand dwindling? With unions trending towards older workers, they may very well be.
Compiling the best reading of the week from your friendly local website. Kristina Hard: In defence of Warriena Wright: an open letter to a slut-shaming newspaper columnist “‘He had made his intentions clear before she set foot in his apartment. She was a willing accomplice‘ She was a willing accomplice in her plan for consensual … Read more
Before you switch your brain off for the long weekend and the All Blacks once again embarrass the Wallabies, test your knowledge of our favourite frenemies from across the ditch. Having trouble viewing the quiz? Take it here.
The Spinoff presents TGI Funny Girls, an exclusive look at a brand new Funny Girls sketch every Friday. Ever woken up after a big night out and been scared to assess your surroundings? In most instances it’s a humbling experience, but sometimes your intoxicated self looks out for your hungover self and what a beautiful … Read more
They say everyone has a book in them – even assorted Real Housewives – but how many of us actually get published? And how healthy is the industry that supports our novelists, poets and non-fiction writers? Two charts from Figure.NZ take a closer look. For more data on the New Zealand publishing industry, check out … Read more
Compiling the best reading of the week from your friendly local website. Natalya King: Aaron Smith got screwed – and Stuff could end up getting sued “In the legal sense, an invasion of privacy is the “highly offensive” disclosure of private facts. That is, if Aaron had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the facts … Read more
It’s late on a Friday afternoon and the weekend beckons – what better time to test your knowledge of occupations and employment in New Zealand? Having trouble viewing the quiz? Take it here.
The Spinoff presents TGI Funny Girls, an exclusive look at a brand new Funny Girls sketch every Friday. Season two of Funny Girls is well underway and the Spinoff are proud to present a first look at one of the sketches featuring in tonight’s episode. ‘Stuck for life’ is a parody of a family sitcom with an … Read more
The weekly best-seller chart at Unity stores in Wellington and Auckland, for the week just ended: October 14 WELLINGTON STORE 1 Broken Decade: Prosperity, Depression & Recovery in NZ 1928-39 (Otago University Press, $50) by Malcolm McKinnon Meticulous new study. 2 Hera Lindsay Bird (Victoria University Press, $25) by Hera Lindsay Bird “Take me out … Read more
These impassioned posts underscore the depths to which the Republican presidential candidate has fallen – and what it says about America today. The weekend release of a recording revealing Donald Trump bragging about sexual assaults saw many of his supporters in the Republican Party who had stuck beside the controversial candidate disavow him. He subsequently … Read more
After having a hell of a time playing the original Until Dawn game on the PS4, Alex Casey is introduced to the new virtual reality version on the Playstation VR. (After you’ve witnessed these virtual horrors, revisit Alex’s original scream-fest.) Video edited by Joseph Harper The lovely gaming post was brought to your bleeding eyeholes by … Read more
Alex and Joseph are joined by New Zealand’s own Graham Candy on the couch to look at the latest in pop music and eat jet planes. This week Alex and Joseph get their put their back into it with Berlin sensation Graham Candy. Also known as a Troye Sivan impersonator, Candy arrives mystically with a bowl of … Read more