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Tara Ward goes head over heels for Scotty Morrison’s spectacular news farewells.

Last time I really stressed about money was when my car bill wiped all my savings. It was a sad realisation for a 31-year-old – no assets, no savings, no buffer. Ouch.' ...

As local elections fever grips the nation, council candidates are jostling for your vote the best way they know how: by chucking up great big bloody signs on the side of the road. Here are The Spinoff ...

Could New Zealand be about to have its first female governor of the Reserve Bank? Alice Neville reports in today’s extract ...

In an excerpt from Pakukore: Poverty by Design, Huhana Hickey (Ngāti Tāhinga, Ngāti Ira) argues that policy failure keeps people in Aotearoa in a cycle of poverty – especially if you’re disabled and ...

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A startling truth has emerged from a new long-term forecast: we may have to resign ourselves to paying taxes at a rate most Europeans would take for granted.

We're updating live from a packed council chambers as two factions go head to head to vote on a new plan that would zone for two million homes.

Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers, and guests. This week: Naomi Arnold, author of Northbound.

Instead of being filled with dread by all the signs pointing to the end of democracy as we know it, the former PM has taken the productive route: writing a book.