The Spinoff’s royal correspondents report live from the thick of the Megxit fallout. The shock announcement by Prince Harry of Sussex Windsor Buckingham and Meghan Markle Sussex Windsor Buckingham Hull to step down from parades and waving from carriages has shocked the world. We are providing 24-hour news coverage of this fascinating event from our … Read more
A festival of democracy is playing out around the country today, as voting closes in our local elections and preliminary results trickle out. Alex Braae, Hayden Donnell, and miscellaneous The Spinoff staff bring you live updates. Keep refreshing the page for more. The Spinoff local election coverage is entirely funded by The Spinoff Members. For … Read more
Howdy, and welcome to The Spinoff’s live blog of the 2018 US midterm elections, brought to you by Catherine McGregor, Toby Manhire, Alex Braae, and maybe some of your other mates at The Spinoff. We’ll see how it goes. 9.07pm: Union-busting Wisconsin governor Scott Walker lost his re-election bid. The unions issued this six word statement … Read more
How does one report on something that’s happening behind closed doors? New Zealand media did their best last week as Jacinda Ardern gave birth, but was it enough? Or too much? We all waited in the rain for the baby to arrive. Not to arrive in the world – Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford was … Read more
Watching Donald Trump deliver his inaugural address as US president isn’t the same without second-screening Donald Trump tweeting about it. So here he is. crowds floking into Washington DC with victory on their histories. America is History! pic.twitter.com/wcVsfd9fah — Sad President (@ActualPresTrump) January 20, 2017 Crazy music playing. The greatest music. Beautiful — Sad … Read more
We have been waiting for a dramatic political event to live blog, and the unraveling events of yesterday’s ghastly meeting of local politics and a ceremonial sword fit the bill. 8.45am: As politics editor of the reality-television-and-housing-issues-focused New Zealand website The Spinoff, I have been waiting for an opportunity to launch a live blog. Preferably … Read more