The Spinoff

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.

2 days ago | thespinoff.co.nz | Sam Brooks

Sam Brooks reviews the revival of Victor Rodger’s seminal play. I remember seeing Victor Rodger’s Black Faggot over a decade ago at the Basement Theatre studio. The show had a simple concept – the queer experience told through a Samoan lens, with two actors playing multiple characters, loosely linked by having some relationship to queerness, be they queer people themselves, or simply being in a room with another queer person. It was a hit.

3 days ago | thespinoff.co.nz | Lyric Waiwiri-Smith

He may not be deputy PM any more, but Winston Peters still holds court during question time. Echo Chamber is The Spinoff’s dispatch from the press gallery, recapping sessions in the House. Columns are written by politics reporter Lyric Waiwiri-Smith and Wellington editor Joel MacManus. There are two kinds of people in the world: those who wish to fight in the war room, and the gentlemen who know they can’t.

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.

3 days ago | thespinoff.co.nz | Alice Neville

Being diagnosed with and treated for ADHD in Aotearoa is set to get much easier. Here’s what you need to know. What’s all this then? Yesterday, government drug-funding agency Pharmac and medical regulatory body Medsafe announced changes to the rules relating to stimulant treatments for ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).