Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily. Today on The Spinoff: Three maps that show how Wellington’s bike network has grown, the long-forgotten social media app on every kid’s phone, and the fifth and final episode of Takeout Kids. But first: Screw it, says Hayden Donnell. Let’s build Wayne Brown’s weird bridge.
“The Waitematā Harbour drops down 29m at its deepest point, which is almost enough space to contain all the dumb ideas on how to cross it. Over the last few weeks, Auckland mayor Wayne Brown has been sending another brainwave into the depths, making the case for a bridge between Toby Manhire’s Pt Chev bungalow and Anna Rawhiti-Connell’s Beach Haven shack. His arguments aren’t completely watertight. The bridge would cross a lava reef before disembarking at a swampy shoreline in the middle of an ammo dump, after which travellers would somehow ascend 100m and disgorge en masse onto an already busy arterial road. North Shore councillor Richard Hills says that’s not actually ‘possible’ or ‘good’. On the other hand…”
Windbag: How Wellington’s bike network has grown, in three maps The social media app you forgot about is on every kid’s phone The many complex truths within the paedophilia study saga The cost of being: A public servant with a 6-month-old baby and a quality coffee habit
 In the fifth and final episode of Takeout Kids we meet Kyla, who mimics her mum’s beauty routine with her sister Kylee – they’re even allowed to dip into their mum’s perfume. At the nail salon where Mum works, she makes sure Kyla stays on top of her Vietnamese homework, but there’s more pressing issues in the playground for Kyla and her friends: love and crushes. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
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