Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily. Today on The Spinoff: The malls of Hamilton (to the closest decimal point), ranked. An all-ages punk gig, reviewed. And our favourite Christmas movies, listed.
“Few MPs have such an eventful first 12 months in parliament. A year ago today, James Meager, the National member for the Canterbury seat of Rangitata, kicked off the maiden speeches for the new term in some style. Audrey Young, doyenne of the press gallery, declared it the best debut address she’d seen. ‘Affecting and uplifting,’ it served also to ‘help lift the fog that has sat over the government since it was formed’, she said. The stormiest cloud of the new coalition is the 37-year-old former lawyer’s next challenge. As chair of the justice select committee – no small achievement in itself for a first-term MP – he will lead the group tasked with considering and hearing submissions on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill, easily the most controversial legislation of the term to date. It’s a daunting task, logistically and politically: one likely to scale the heights in terms of volume of submissions, rhetorical heat and public scrutiny. Speaking to the Spinoff for a special episode of the podcast Gone By Lunchtime, Meager is careful in his language. The project is ‘interesting’; the work ahead will be ‘significant’. As chair, he stresses, he is determined as far as possible to remain above the fray.”
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All 4.8 malls in Hamilton ranked from worst to best A reminder about your Spotify Wrapped The cost of being: A pensioner with no car or cellphone, who spends on books Our favourite Christmas movies and where to watch them Review: Double Whammy’s first all-ages gig proves punk is for the children The Friday Poem: ‘Lamium purpureum’ by Joel LeBlanc The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending December 6
The Year in Review at Q Theatre in Auckland After a sold-out night in Wellington, senior writer Anna Rawhiti-Connell will again take a running jump backward into the year’s biggest headlines, political dramas and Spinoff yarns at Q Theatre on December 11. Award-winning writer and podcaster Dr Emma Wehipeihana and Spinoff alum Hayden Donnell will join her live on stage. Come along for a night of easy laughs to wrap up this crazy year.
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Meet the man left holding the treaty principles bill
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