The Bible – The Spinoff

I just found the buzziest bit in the Bible and I’m reeling

7 November 2020 by Eli Matthewson

It features one baldhead, two bears and 42 lads, and Eli Matthewson has a theory about it. The bible is a big old book. Much like Game of Thrones, only the truly committed have made it all the way through. Also much like Game of Thrones, we’re still waiting for the hyped-up final part. I’ll … Read more

When Christianity came to Aotearoa: 150 years of The Bible in te reo Māori

20 January 202026 September 2018 by Hirini Kaa

A tool of colonisation or liberation? Te Paipera Tapu (The Holy Bible) turns 150 this year, with the first full translation being published in 1868. Dr Hirini Kaa shares some of the cultural and historical significance of this book. The late, great Māori academic Ranginui Walker, in one of his memorably powerful phrases, once described Christianity as ‘total … Read more