This year was monumental for The Spinoff’s video department, producing all manner of documentaries, exposés and real crackup shit – plus two bloody telly shows! We select 10 of our favourite videos, in no real order, as decided by fierce internal debate. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
It’s our hour-long finale with live music, numerous guests and hot, hot curry. What could possibly go wrong? We’ve arrived at the grand finale of The Spinoff TV! If the last 15 weeks have been a roller coaster, tonight’s episode is the big twisty corkscrew part where all the money falls out of your pocket … Read more
Because Jacinda-mania has gone global and we are going rogue. Look, it’s been a mad week. There are needles in the strawberries, ball bearings in the ice cream, and it seems like our prime minister is never coming home. Why not unwind by watching Mike Hosking’s favourite TV show on a Friday night?! Here are … Read more
Because it’s suffrage week, we’ve got ourselves a right lady-fest on The Spinoff TV tonight. Tonight on The Spinoff TV, we celebrate suffrage week with an all-women episode featuring Anika Moa: queen of television, burps and oversharing. We talk about her new album, revisit the paranoia of Y2K and get stuck into what ads really … Read more
It’s been 125 years since women got the vote, but did you know men had it really bad too? Madeleine Chapman is here with all the news you need to know in this very special segment.
What do you get when you mix a bizarre selection of celebrities who have nothing in common with each other and a Gin Wigmore track? It’s an Air New Zealand safety video! And James Mustapic is here to rank them from worst to best. Watch Friday’s episode of The Spinoff TV in full here. Thanks … Read more
Ra Pomare conveys the eternal bliss of being single with three handy phrases in te reo. “Table for one?” “He tēpu mō te tangata kotahi?” “I just remembered, I also have plans.” “I wareware katoa ahau, he kaupapa anō tāku.” “My holiday was great.” “I pai rawa atu taku hararei.”
Jane Yee and Alex Casey from The Real Pod spent an afternoon at Hobsonville Point to bring you this harrowing report. The Spinoff TV airs 10.45pm on Three, click here to catch up on ThreeNow
Because what your Friday needs is a loneliness lesson in te reo and a touch more Mark Richardson. Tonight on The Spinoff TV, we celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori with a very special three-part lesson in expressing your loneliness. Hayden heads to Nelson to gets to the guts of the 1080 debate, The Real … Read more
He wiki kino, mo Winston Peters, because he really really hates it when people suggest he holds too much power, reports Spinoff editor Tom Manfriend/Toby Manhire. The Spinoff TV airs 10.45pm on Three, click here to catch up on ThreeNow
Because what your Friday night really needs is the return of Anne The Champagne Lady and two ladies in suits. Tonight on The Spinoff TV, your friendly hosts Leonie and Alex eschew their usual look for a quicker option: suits and man-size speed makeup. The result? A weirder show than usual with hidden avocados, moon … Read more
The Spinoff’s trap correspondent, Tekashi09, reviews one of the biggest albums of the month, Travis Scott’s Astroworld. Esskeetit!
The Spinoff’s editor Toby Manhire reviews the last seven days in New Zealand news, sorting out those riding high from those who wish they could crawl back under the bedcovers. The Spinoff TV, 10.45pm Fridays on THREE
If you’re a New Zealand man who goes clubbing, chances are you’ve been denied entry at least once for not wearing leather shoes. But why? What’s wrong with sneakers? The Spinoff TV’s Ra Pomare investigates.
The Spinoff’s not at all embittered or deranged reporter Hayden Donnell talks to David Farrier about his Dark Tourist series for Netflix the time David failed to show up to his wedding. The career of New Zealand journalist David Farrier has skyrocketed since the release of his acclaimed documentary Tickled. Last week his new series for Netflix, Dark … Read more
Veteran news pro Pete Export (Ra Pomare) has some tips for making a classic ‘winter hits New Zealand’ news story. The Spinoff TV, 10.45pm Fridays on THREE
Alex Casey attempts to get to the bottom of the Naked Attraction controversy for The Spinoff TV. Every Friday night, a new set of brave, naked tributes line-up for examination on TVNZ’s surreal dating show Naked Attraction. It’s a series that’s made a lot of people mad, raking in over 500 complaints to the network … Read more
The Spinoff’s editor reviews the last seven days in New Zealand news, sorting out those riding high from those who wish they could crawl back under the bedcovers. The Spinoff TV, 10.45pm Fridays on THREE
Remember being off sick from school and having nothing to watch once breakfast television ended? Angella Dravid does. From Tony Robbins to Suzanne Paul, she pays tribute to the stars of NZ’s most iconic infomercials. The Spinoff TV, Fridays at 10.45pm on THREE
Six60 are as much a business as a band, and have achieved historically unprecedented success with a very unconventional approach, writes lapsed Six60 hater and music critic Duncan Greive. New Zealand has never known a band like Six60. Their success is complete and unblemished – so vast that it can render the milestones of other … Read more
Alex Casey talks to Bajan-New Zealander Amber Maya about making music, going to school with Rihanna… and how to dispose of a body. Okay. Let’s start with something easy. Who… are you? I am a performing artist from Barbados and New Zealand. I make what I like to call soul-tronic, or electronic influenced RnB mainly. … Read more
The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. On this week’s Real Pod, the dream team are back together after a mad week and there is much to discuss from telly land. Heartbreak Island has come to an extremely poetic end, Survivor NZ … Read more
Even in New Zealand, where we’re awesome at playing rugby, one team always has to be the worst. For the last 10 years, that team has been the Auckland Blues. The Spinoff TV’s Ra Pomare examines what went wrong. The Spinoff TV, Fridays at 9.45pm on THREE
New Zealand’s crankiest uncle, broadcaster Leighton Smith, hangs up his headphones at the end of this year. He’s been on the periphery of our lives for 34 years, but he remains a man of mystery to most of us. The Spinoff TV’s Angella Dravid investigates. The Spinoff TV, Fridays at 9.45pm on THREE
A Christchurch racing club is offering ‘kiddie picks’, where children bet on the horses and get lollies if they pick a winner. Inspired, The Spinoff TV’s Hayden Donnell got to work on his own R18 product for kids. The Spinoff TV, Fridays 9.45pm on THREE
In The Spinoff TV series Frickin Dangerous Bro Review White People Things, James Roque, Pax Assadi and Jamaine Ross try all the fancy shit white people seem to like for no apparent reason. This week: kombucha. Previously: Frickin Dangerous Bro Review Bath Bombs The Spinoff TV screens Fridays at 9.45pm on THREE. Thanks to NZ … Read more
Hayden Donnell read about Google’s tax strategy, and went on a journey to try and replicate it for himself. “Can I formally notify you that I’m not paying tax in 2018?” “No.” Reporter Hayden Donnell’s voyage into the world of multinational tax strategy began with a stern rebuke from the IRD, and it’s not a … Read more
Marketing guru Brandon Digital (Ra Pomare) explains how Matariki can transform your boring small business into an exciting “woke brand’. The Spinoff TV is on THREE at 9.45pm from June 22. Thanks to NZ on Air.
In Repressed Memories, James Mustapic delves into NZ pop culture’s graveyard and digs up some bodies. This episode: remembering Dane Rumble, Fast Crew, J. Williams, Evermore and Scribe. Watch all the Repressed Memories videos here. The Spinoff TV screens Fridays at 9.45pm from June 22nd on THREE. Thanks to NZ on Air. The Spinoff’s music … Read more