In the wake of the Buzzfeed/BBC investigation into match-fixing in tennis, we spoke to two members of the international sports betting industry to understand how the matches get rigged. The identities of both the journalist and the employees have been withheld in return for their speaking candidly on this issue. Chris Kermode, head of the Association … Read more
The Spinoff is proud to present the exceptional music video for ‘Hold Your Hand in Mine Harry Warner’, the debut pop single from Shorty Street Scandal‘s James Mustapic. More from The Spinoff on Shortland Street: – An interview with James Mustapic about creating this Shortland Street-themed musical magic – Interviewing Shortland Street producer Simon Bennett about tonight’s … Read more
Join Rog and Davo in the panic room as they try and assess what on earth the Premier League script writers are doing this season. https://youtu.be/USieB0SeHsk/?utm_source=thespinoff&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=partnership Sign up to Premier League Pass now to watch the rest of the EPL season live and on demand for 1/2 Price.
Join Rog and Davo in the Embassy Road Studios to discuss a goal-laden round of Premier League action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPht1iQLYkI/?utm_source=thespinoff&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=partnership Sign up to Premier League Pass now and get the rest of the EPL season for 1/2 Price.
Dear Spinoff Reader, Wouldn’t it be lovely to get a bundle of the best Spinoff reads of the month, delivered piping hot and straight to your inbox at the end of every month? What if we could promise you not only that, but the chance to win a FreeviewPlus LG TV, valued at $2,499? All … Read more
Rog and Davo join us from Embassy Road Studios to mark the momentous occurrence of both Everton and Chelsea notching up wins in the same week and of course the incomparable Jamie Vardy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKJTg_3yUto&feature=youtu.be?utm_source=thespinoff&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=partnership Sign up to Premier League Pass now and get the rest of the EPL season for 1/2 Price.
Inside the Lightbox is a sponsored post where we mine the extensive Lightbox catalogue for shows you might like to watch. We don’t celebrate it here New Zealand, but that doesn’t mean you can’t gorge upon a mighty platter of great Thanksgiving episodes from your favourite Lightbox shows. The Mindy Project (S01E06 ‘Thanksgiving’) Two of Mindy’s … Read more
Join the Men in Blazers Rog and Davo as they tackle all the talking points from Gameweek 12 of the Premier League. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyXoDOuBo18?utm_source=thespinoff&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=partnership With a quarter of the season gone, Premier League Pass are offering a quarter off the price. To claim your 25% discount, simply sign up as usual to a Full Season pass, … Read more
This week the Men in Blazers discuss the mid-table clash between Liverpool and Chelsea. Are Rog and Davo #teamJose or #teamCesc in the Chelsea fiasco? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P3DVrTNNj0&feature=youtu.be?utm_source=thespinoff&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=partnership With a quarter of the season gone, Premier League Pass are offering a quarter off the price. To claim your 25% discount, simply sign up as usual to a … Read more
The winners of New Zealand’s most prestigious media awards were announced yesterday at a bacchanalian feast in Hamilton. The annual Wintec Press Club awards were staged as part of the Wintec Press Club free lunch extravaganza, held on the banks of the Waikato River, featuring guest speaker and gun nut Heather du Plessis Allan. Journalists from … Read more
This week Men In Blazers Rog and Davo wonder if anyone in New Zealand is paying attention to football and get a bit carried away over the All Blacks themselves. https://youtu.be/ypYTsS_-w78/?utm_source=thespinoff&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=partnership Watch all this weekend’s Premier League action live and on demand at Premier League Pass.
The Alternative Commentary Collective return for an unprecedented fifth week of Champagne Rugby, previewing the weekend’s big semi with what could be the most dangerous prediction mechanism yet. A member of the public finally agrees to climb inside the social media testicle, and poses one of the best questions ever posed to the collective: who … Read more
We thought about doing a Rugby World Cup drinking game, but, let’s face it, that would be kind of seedy for games that kick off at 4am and 8am. So instead, in a breakfast mood, The Spinoff presents a (Non) Drinking Game, in which the penalties involve the consumption of dry breakfast cereal biscuits (such … Read more
The Alternative Commentary Collective are chomping at the bit for the All Blacks’ quarter final showdown with France this Sunday, devising a groundbreaking new prediction mechanism for the event after Drunk Man Up A Ladder failed last week. The team have breaking footage of a rolling maul chewing up some serious hard yards across the … Read more
Premier League Pass kindly loans us NBC’s excellent football pundits Men in Blazers, to bring us up to speed with all the Premier League talking points ahead of this weekend’s games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKemH61l-vs&feature=youtu.be Watch all this weekend’s Premier League action live and on demand at Premier League Pass.
An occasional series in which we feature an insight or proverb from In the Arena (Penguin Random House, $40), the new book by entrepreneur Diane Foreman and her ghost writer Jenni McManus. On Paul Henry’s wisdom: In the Arena, by Diane Foreman with Jenni McManus is published by Penguin Random House, RRP $40
An occasional series in which we feature an insight or proverb from In the Arena (Penguin Random House, $40), the new book by entrepreneur Diane Foreman and her ghost writer Jenni McManus. On staying slim: In the Arena, by Diane Foreman with Jenni McManus is published by Penguin Random House, RRP $40
Premier League Pass kindly loans us NBC’s excellent football pundits Men in Blazers, to bring us up to speed with all the Premier League talking points ahead of this weekend’s games. https://youtu.be/K4BbmGg89Hc Watch all this weekend’s Premier League action live and on demand at Premier League Pass.
An occasional series in which we feature an insight or proverb from In the Arena (Penguin Random House, $40), the new book by entrepreneur Diane Foreman and her ghost writer Jenni McManus. In the Arena, by Diane Foreman with Jenni McManus is published by Penguin Random House, RRP $40
An occasional series in which we feature an insight or proverb from In the Arena (Penguin Random House, $40), the new book by entrepreneur Diane Foreman and her ghost writer Jenni McManus. On slow people: In the Arena, by Diane Foreman with Jenni McManus is published by Penguin Random House, RRP $40
In a new occasional feature, The Spinoff Politics invites voices from the blogosphere to address the issues of the day. This week, we asked FaceTheTruth and Liber Archie to consider the panda situation. FaceTheTruth: The panda and the flightless birds Here we go again, the MSM and the BDSM (blinkered, decadent social media) getting all … Read more
An occasional series in which we feature an insight or proverb from In the Arena(Penguin Random House, $40), the new book by entrepreneur Diane Foreman and her ghost writer Jenni McManus. On body positivity: In the Arena, by Diane Foreman with Jenni McManus is published by Penguin Random House, RRP $40
Premier League Pass kindly loans us NBC’s excellent football pundits Men in Blazers, to bring us up to speed with all the Premier League talking points ahead of this weekend’s games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxNJJWw0rlw
An occasional series in which we feature an insight or proverb from In the Arena (Penguin Random House, $40), the new book by entrepreneur Diane Foreman and her ghost writer Jenni McManus. On maintaining your privacy: In the Arena, by Diane Foreman with Jenni McManus is published by Penguin Random House, RRP $40
Premier League Pass kindly loans us NBC’s excellent football pundits Men in Blazers, to bring us up to speed with all the Premier League talking points ahead of this weekend’s games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRsOsIFUZ0o Watch all this weekend’s Premier League action live and on demand at Premier League Pass.
Here at The Spinoff there’s no Scout feature we anticipate more than ‘Mile High Diaries’ – the definitely true tales of animal lust conducted at 40,000 feet. We were pleasantly surprised to receive an anonymous submission to the series of our own this week… I buckled in safely just as the plane was about to take … Read more
An occasional series in which we feature an insight or proverb from In the Arena (Penguin Random House, $40), the new book by entrepreneur Diane Foreman and her ghost writer Jenni McManus. On what makes an entrepreneur: If I’m having a facial, I’m thinking, “What if I bought this clinic?” In the Arena, by Diane Foreman … Read more
One of the most talked-about new shows of 2015, Mr Robot has arrived exclusively in New Zealand on Lightbox today. Critics have called the paranoid cyber-thriller series “a modern classic” (Forbes) and “a welcome spark of inspiration” (Variety), the topical themes of which “understand the internet to the last chilling detail” (Salon). The series follows Elliot … Read more
