summer stories – The Spinoff

Come back unruly tourists of 2019, all is forgiven

8 January 2020 by Toby Manhire

New Zealand needs a decent summer silly season story, and we need it now. A year ago next week, New Zealand went bananas. A posse of visitors from the once European nation of Britain was travelling the country, leaving in its wake a gust so profound and pongy it threatened to rip our pearls from … Read more

Huzza! (Re)introducing The Spinoff’s Ultimate Summer Media Drinking Game

24 December 201930 December 2017 by Hayden Donnell

Ever noticed that every summer news story is recycled from previous years? We’ve even regurgitated this story by former sadsack reporter Hayden Donnell (with a few updates to make it appear relevant) who last year designed a drinking game to improve, or at least anaesthetise, your holiday news reading experience. The news will be the … Read more