Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily in partnership with the Brain Drink, Ārepa. Today on The Spinoff, Bernard Hickey looks at how Queenstown makes property developers share the wealth (and how it could be coming to a council near you soon), Luke Owen Smith takes us on a guided tour of local artisan chocolatiers and Anna Rawhiti-Connell assigns every Ham West byelection candidate to a different historic Hamilton bar based on their music preferences. But first, Tara Ward looks back on the highlights of the year in local telly.
“As 2022 comes to a close, it’s time to eat a lot of Scorched Almonds and reflect on the best television moments of the year. In the past 12 months, New Zealand television has given us joyful singalongs, unexpected jazz hands and a Matt Chisholm biscuit tower covered in eggs, but some things on the telly stood out more than others. In no particular order, here are 10 of this year’s most memorable TV moments, featuring a big hand, a big f-bomb and a very big potato.”
Live Updates: Ardern says ‘handful’ of political retirements to be announced soon How Queenstown makes property developers share the wealth What historic Hamilton bars would the Hamilton West candidates have frequented?
Where to find New Zealand’s most bliss-inducing craft chocolate “Any bar from this list of New Zealand’s most exciting bean-to-bar chocolate makers would make a wonderful gift,” says Chocolate expert Luke Owen Smith. “Why not buy one for yourself while you’re at it?” OK I will.
Going circular: why the ‘buy, use, discard’ economy is past its expiry date TV review: Slow Horses is the most entertaining spy series of the year Rec Room Everyone’s an urban designer, especially after a beer or two
Treasury has just published a government mandated report on the overall wellbeing of our country. Typically, a country's success would be measured by GDP, employment rates, and net debt, but this report aims to redefine how New Zealand measures growth. On this week’s When the Facts Change, Treasury’s Tim Ng talks with Bernard Hickey about how this shifting of the goalposts might affect the future of political investment.
Wyoming Paul honours the queen of stone fruit, this week’s Ingredient of the Week: “What is it that’s so mesmerising about the nectarine? To me, it’s that a good nectarine is about the best fruit experience imaginable, almost mind-blowing in its nectar-sweetness and slight-tartness and juicy-but-firmness, its semblance to a crisp, syrupy bite of summer, while any other nectarine – the bulk of the bunch – is just a sad disappointment. The mere thought of a great nectarine can make you salivate, and I hope that’s exactly what you’re doing now.”
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending December 9 The Friday Poem: ‘Wet Horses’ by John Boyd
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The top 10 NZ TV moments of 2022
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