What New Zealand’s Next Top Model taught me
While the world reckons with the America’s Next Top Model franchise thanks to a new Netflix exposé, Alex…
Carrying the weight of Prima Facie, the most important play of the post-MeToo era
Alex Casey talks to Cassandra Woodhouse as she begins her nationwide tour of Prima Facie. When most actors…
New To Streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week
We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV, ThreeNow,…
Review: Split Enz makes history at Christchurch’s Electric Avenue
The first day of Electric Avenue was a smorgasbord of local legends and international superstars, but nothing could…
All 83 albums nominated for the 2026 Taite Music Prize, reviewed
Before the Taite Music Prize shortlist drops next week, Max Johns listens to whatever the New Zealand music…
Review: Star-studded Holy Days is a road movie that could do with more gas
Alex Casey reviews Holy Days, the new local film starring Miriam Margolyes, Jacki Weaver and Judy Davis. In…
The Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts: The Spinoff event guide
The Spinoff’s top pick of events from around the motu. Here’s the best for the week February 26–March…
Kendall Jenner Styles Sheer Tights for Eye-Catching Vogue France
Kendall Jenner is once again redefining high-fashion allure, but this time by stepping out in sheer tights for…
Why Fonotī Pati Umaga doesn’t want to be your inspiration
With his genre-bending new show debuting at Auckland Arts Festival in March, artist and advocate Fonotī Pati Umaga…
He was filmed without without consent during sex. Then he turned it into a theatre show
Writer and actor Hamish Annan reveals how a shocking violation of consent inspired his new theatre production Before…
Reality check: Where is the apology in the new America’s Next Top Model docuseries?
The latest reality TV exposé features a familiar lack of accountability from those in power, writes academic and…
Goodbye Splore. We’ll try to hang on to the memories
At the last ever Splore, Simon Day reflects on the end of the festival that was so much…