The Bulletin: Quarantine announcement imminent, according to reports

Good morning, and welcome to The Bulletin. In today’s edition: Quarantine announcement expected today for arrivals, John Tamihere accused of test-seeking dishonesty, and Cyclone Harold smashes Pacific. An announcement is expected today on mandatory 14-day quarantine for all arrivals at the border, in an effort to prevent outbreaks of Covid-19. That comes from Newshub’s political editor Tova O’Brien, … Read more

The Bulletin: We all need to use less water

Good morning and welcome to The Bulletin. In today’s edition: Dire warnings about water levels, tentative good news on Covid-19 case numbers, and local government struggles for funding. The seriousness of this issue has largely gone unnoticed amid everything else, but if we don’t address it now things could get pretty bad. The state of water … Read more

Podcast: The Spinoff’s Gaming Podcast #1 – featuring Rocket League, Oculus Rift and The Sims

Duncan Greive hosts Joseph Harper, Don Rowe and Bigpipe’s Josh Drummond to discuss the first slate of Spinoff Gaming content. First up, Don talks about the psychedelic implications of the Oculus Rift, which he’s been trialling lately. Joseph Harper discusses the first ever Spinoff Gaming content, his reality TV experiments from May, while Josh Drummond … Read more

Gaming: The Ugly Game – Why Rocket League Will Ruin Your Life

Josh Drummond of Bigpipe, our new Gaming section sponsor, on the fiendishly addictive and deceptively simple soccer/driving mashup, Rocket League. It goes like this: I’m in my second week at my new job at Bigpipe. Our product team – just three of us – are working on probably our most important project, and at the … Read more