Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily. Today on The Spinoff, Tina Ngata on why New Zealand’s not ready for a Māori prime minister, Chris Schulz on the rolling stoush over abandoned shopping trolleys and Sela Jane Hopgood on growing up in a crowded house – and why it’s not large families that are the problem. But first, Toby Manhire on the to-do list that awaits new prime minister Chris Hipkins.
“Hipkins is no stranger to the Beehive podium, having led countless press conferences in the theatrette across his tenure as Covid response minister. This time, though, the challenge was on another level, both in status and range of subjects. Once or twice he physically recoiled at the tsunami of questions, but remained unflustered and hardly put a foot wrong (with one exception, which we’ll get to later). Across the press conference he opened other themes on policy and personnel that will occupy much of the next fortnight. What sort of things are on his to-do list?”
In this week’s episode of The Fold, Duncan Greive is joined by Jacinda Ardern biographer Mad Chapman and Gone By Lunchtime host Toby Manhire to discuss the soon-to-be former prime minister’s complex relationship with both mainstream and social media. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and everywhere else podcasts live.
New Zealand isn’t ready for a Māori prime minister ‘The guy just lives for DIY’: What to expect from prime minister Chris Hipkins ‘Stop trashing New Zealand!’ Inside the abandoned shopping trolley backlash
I grew up in a crowded home and I’m grateful for it New statistics reveal that nearly 40% of Pasifika people live in a home that’s short on bedrooms. Sela Jane Hopgood takes us into her overcrowded family home and asks whether it’s large extended families that are the problem.
Everything we learnt from the return of AM and Breakfast Reading recommendations for the soon-to-be-former prime minister One man’s quest to get 10,000 pairs of NZ-made wool socks to Ukraine
The extraordinary Twitter diary of Hanif Kureishi Acclaimed British writer Hanif Kureishi is currently in hospital undergoing extensive treatment after a serious accident, chronicling the experience in a series of tremendously vivid tweets. Books editor Claire Mabey has been hanging on his every word.
Essay on Sunday: Growing up between two dealers Pleasure in the pulp: The tweenage thrills of early-90s Point Horror novels I’m being bankrupted by butterflies
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