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Good news! We’re launching a free daily newsletter featuring all of the Spinoff’s stories published that day. Read on to sign up now. Social media dominates how many consume content today. Whether it’s via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram stories, our reliance on these platforms gives them immense power over what we see and when we … Read more

The Spinoff reviews New Zealand #66: The Spin-Off, a knitting quarterly

Don Rowe reviews Spin-Off, a knitting quarterly with easily as many polemics and features as The Spinoff – only with more staff.  Reports of print’s demise are overstated – and I’ve got proof. It’s contained in the 104 pages of the Spin-Off quarterly, easily the best publication of its name and a giant Fuck You to the … Read more

Announcing the relaunch of the Spinoff app, and now it’s FREE

You can download your friendly local website’s mobile application for zero dollars – now with variable text size and search functionality. Update December 2019: The Spinoff app now comes with search functionality and the option to increase text size. Find the text-size option at the top of each post, and the search bar by scrolling … Read more

The Spinoff Business needs a new editor

A rare opportunity to join your friendly local website as editor of the crucial Business section. The Spinoff is seeking a journalist to write, edit and commission across the business section. Our business coverage centres on what we see as the coming New Zealand economy. Startups, small to medium-sized businesses (and how to get big), … Read more

The best of The Spinoff this week

Compiling the best reading from your friendly local website. Madeleine Chapman: A harrowing report from the Max Key VIP experience “’You paid to be here? That’s crazy.’ The young man laughed as I hurriedly explained that no, I hadn’t paid $59 for a VIP ticket to Max Key’s DJ gig, my work had. It didn’t … Read more