Ahiahi mārie. Today on The Spinoff, an exclusive meeting of the monetary minds (Bernard Hickey and Adrian Orr), Toby Manhire explains how to figure out who (and what) you’re voting for these local elections, and a new ranking (an actual one, by proper academics) of New Zealand’s most walkable towns and cities. But first: The Spinoff apologises to the big worm.
Last Friday afternoon we published a light-hearted Live Update about a huge, disgusting earthworm discovered by a child in Christchurch, under the headline “Send this giant worm straight to hell please.” We have since been admonished for this choice of words by a number of very serious people who insist the worm, which the child named “Dead Fred”, is actually beautiful and nice. We hereby apologise to Dead Fred and the wider biodiversity community.
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