Hayden Donnell
Producer at Radio New Zealand (RNZ)
Rosemary Dempsey, the inventor of Kiwi Onion Dip, is our greatest living New Zealander
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1 day ago |
thespinoff.co.nz | Hayden Donnell
Auckland Council thought it could get rid of one of its 14 golf courses. It’s learning a harsh lesson in the power of the putt. Richard Hills seemed cautiously optimistic as he talked last month about the council’s plans to pull off the hardest task in local government, and get rid of a single golf course. The North Shore councillor and Tom Mansell, the council’s head of sustainable partnerships, made a robust case for change.
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3 days ago |
thespinoff.co.nz | Hayden Donnell
Woolworths has moved the buttons on its Eftpos machines, in what appears to be an effort to gaslight the nation and destroy the self-esteem of one Spinoff writer. When I arrived at Woolworths this afternoon, I was excited to see a bewildered old man struggling to pay for his groceries. His pain was my gain.
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1 week ago |
thespinoff.co.nz | Hayden Donnell
They’ve built aqueducts for the piss. A state-of-the-art municipal pipe network purely for transporting the piss. Chris Bishop started his speech at the Wellington Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday paying tribute to an unlikely list of allies. Labour’s Phil Twyford deserved “great credit” for pushing through the pro-housing National Policy Statement on Urban Development in mid-2020.
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2 weeks ago |
thespinoff.co.nz | Hayden Donnell
The Herald killed the picture of PORN HUB man. But it can’t kill the idea of PORN HUB man. A Herald report last Friday began with a profound truth. “Internet users are suffering,” it read, before adding six unnecessary words, “outages across New Zealand this morning.” The story was a boilerplate account of the blackout, which later reports would reveal was the result of the Australian navy flicking the wrong switch and accidentally wiping out half our infrastructure. So far, so New Zealand.
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2 weeks ago |
thespinoff.co.nz | Hayden Donnell
For years, a train manager has been brightening the lives of Auckland’s commuters with his intercom melodies. Hayden Donnell honours Neil, patron saint of the Western Line. Steph Dickinson-Cole was tired and frazzled on her way home from work when she heard the familiar bing of the train intercom. “This is your train manager, Neil,” sounded a friendly voice. He went through some of the usual spiel. Stay safe at all times. Please keep clear of the closing doors. Then the singing started.
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In a just world Neil would be a knight of the realm but sadly he made the decision to donate joy to thousands of lives instead of money to a range of political causes https://t.co/0lB7VKtbIp
remember if you see a headline about the cost of a pedestrian crossing in the New Zealand news it's always a good rule of thumb to reduce the figure in your head by a factor of 5 to 15, stay safe out there everyone https://t.co/PwgElCsF5O
I have written a characteristically sober and cogent argument for keeping the age of eligibility for superannuation at 65 https://t.co/aTvVAdlPJ4 https://t.co/5xpPrbs4p1
