You can’t get rid of the Phoenix. They’re named the Phoenix, for goodness’ sake. Is the Phoenix not the ultimate symbol of regeneration and rebirth and renewal? How can the Wellington club that rose from the ashes of Auckland’s attempts on dodgy property developer cash be handed a death sentence by the FFA? Do they … Read more
Hearthstone is what happens when World of Warcraft meets Magic: The Gathering. It’s like Yu-Gi-Oh cards for the smartphone generation, except this year at Armageddon the stakes are higher than just your mate’s holographic Blue-Eyes White Dragon (it’s fake, by the way; he picked it up at the Frankton Markets in Hamilton for like three bucks). The Heroes of … 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
The international break is a special time on Premier League Twitter. Lots of joyful plane and bus selfies as players disperse around the world and catch up with their countrymen, tempered by the grim spectacle of the non-internationals left behind to fend for themselves. Shopping … pic.twitter.com/2iriHt0HHi — Jermain Defoe OBE (@IAmJermainDefoe) September 8, 2015 … Read more
An occasional series in which we feature an insight or proverb from In the Arena, the thoroughly entertaining new book by entrepreneur Diane Foreman and her ghost writer Jenni McManus. On working overseas: “Make up a medical kit before you go. I always travel with laxatives and take one before I leave.” In the Arena, by … Read more
I don’t want to overstate anything here but, after watching the first episode, it feels like Caitlyn Jenner’s new docuseries I Am Cait could be the most resonant and groundbreaking piece of television to come around in a long time. It follows the journey of Caitlyn Jenner, formerly gold medal-winning decathlete Bruce Jenner, as she … Read more
A Spinoff special covering Lightbox’s exceptional new bleakly comic drama UnREAL and the mindblowing new season of The Bachelorette, playing on TVNZ On Demand. The Spinoff’s Alex Casey and Duncan Greive are joined by The Pantograph Punch‘s Kirsti Whalen – who has watched every single English-language Bachelor franchise – to discuss the way the search … Read more
Mediaworks buys Prime News This morning the Herald confirmed that the 15 staff who works on Prime News at 5.30 have been made redundant. Previously owned by Sky TV, the production will now be taken over by Mediaworks, There is unlikely to be any rehiring by Mediaworks of the Prime staff. The final day for … Read more