Oriini Kaipara delivers her maiden speech in parliament as the new MP for Tāmaki Makaurau. Following an impromptu haka at the end of her speech, the speaker says Te Pāti Māori will be investigated for ...

Voter turnout in this year’s local elections was, to put it euphemistically, absolutely shithouse. It’s expected to top out around 40% nationally, though that figure is being inflated by ...

Te Pāti Māori has responded to claims of bullying with its own allegations against MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and her son, Eru. Here's what we know.

Large corporations have the resource to support kids' sports in New Zealand, but it's all in service of training unhealthy consumers.

Business owners and their customers say central Auckland feels increasingly unsafe and uninviting – and are arguing that coordinated action is needed now.

In the words of Stephen Fry when he arrived to dig his own grave: 'what in the friggin’ potatoes is going on?' ...

Duncan Greive is joined by The Spinoff’s Alex Casey and Lyric Waiwiri-Smith, two longtime Swift fans, to discuss an album that promised much but felt like a letdown to many.

We are writing regularly about the economy, the price of butter, local business closures, and the cost of being a person in Aotearoa in 2025. We’ve seen the price of everything go up, cinemas are ...

Methane is a gas produced by sheep and cow digestion and manure. In the atmosphere, it’s shorter-lived than carbon dioxide, another greenhouse gas, but it’s much more potent at heating. Methane ...

Andrew Little won the largest mayoral victory in 142 years, and Labour and the Greens grew their governing majority at the council table.

Hayden Donnell hijacked his own election winners and losers column to aim a tenuous insult at his frenemy, David Farrier, but thankfully saved the situation by putting himself in as a big loser.

Yet the ideological mood may not be as clear-cut as that stat suggests. Despite widespread frustration over rates increases, only around 20% of Act candidates won a council seat in the party’s first ...