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	Open in browser Big tick energy: The 2022 local election hoardings review The Spinoff Daily, Friday September 2 Sep 2 Ahiahi mārie. Today on The Spinoff, Sam Brooks reviews the megabucks new Lord of the Rings TV series, Alex Casey reviews the Krypton Factor of reality dating shows and Shanti Mathias reviews community and local boards. But first: The big 2022 local election hoardings review. Once again, our creative director Toby Morris has taken it upon himself to assemble and review a collection of the best, worst and most puzzling election hoardings that have gone up around the country over the last few weeks. “This year, overall, everything feels very templated – minor variations on a pretty set formula,” Toby says. “I made a bingo sheet thinking it’d be a fun game, but it’s actually too easy.” Some highlights from 2022’s corflute cohort include “the worst election slogan I’ve ever seen”, a hoarding that’s “gotten tangled up in its own cleverness, tripped over and landed on its face” and “a grim mess from Rotorua”. Read more Live Updates: Child finds huge, disgusting worm in Christchurch garden The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is not Peter Jackson’s Tolkien Everything you ever wanted to know about community and local boards Watch more The Friday Poem: ‘Enhanced Interrogation’ by Nick Ascroft Had it ever occurred to you for even a second that Rick Astley, of viral ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ notoriety, had other songs? This week’s Friday Poem was inspired by one of them. Read more The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending 2 September Why is Heartbreak Island so serious and complicated? Measuring Māori early childhood development requires Māori tools The Spinoff Members is a community dedicated to supporting quality, homegrown journalism. From our newsletters and podcasts, to our coverage of te ao Māori and political reporting – the support of readers like you makes this work possible and helps to ensure it remains freely available to all. If you can, please consider making a contribution today. Like Share If you love The Spinoff Daily, the best thing you can do is donate to The Spinoff. The next-best thing is to share it and suggest someone subscribe! Share The Spinoff Daily © 2022 The Spinoff 615 New North Road, Kingsland, Auckland 1021 Unsubscribe