Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff’s “not quite” Daily summer reading list, published twice weekly throughout the festive break and brought to you by Resene. Today on The Spinoff: The teen barber cashing in on the Gen Z broccoli haircut trend; an audience with the unsung icon who wrote the primary school hit ‘Fish and Chips’; a visit to the country’s last remaining odds-and-sods retail emporiums; why we should all be eating insects; and an impassioned argument about ‘The Bear’.
When Southlander Jade Gillies thinks of retreating to a sun-soaked holiday home, it instantly evokes feelings of nostalgia and rustic charm. “It’s got a melamine table and some vinyl chairs and mismatched cushions,” he says. “It’s certainly not brand new and it’s seen a lot of seasons of holidays and a lot of different families. It’s got that retro-ness that is a little bit like stepping back in time, back to the way things used to be.” This magical place is also, he asserts firmly, called one thing and one thing only. “It’s most definitely a crib,” he laughs. “Always has been, always will be.”
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How the Gen Z broccoli haircut became big business for a teen barber Can Sandringham’s South Asian flavour survive gentrification? ‘Everything I do in life, I do it for my donor’: Inside Aotearoa’s struggling organ donation system Meet the unsung icon behind the primary school hit ‘Fish and Chips’
In this bonus, snackable festive pod, Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire point their goggles at 2025. Which issues will dominate, who will they be keeping an eye on, and just how unhinged are the predictions they're willing to make?
Is cooking with dog food instead of meat actually fine? I gave it a go Does The Bear suck now? A hater and an enthusiast argue about season three The mystery of the killer bike lane ‘I’ve never lived it down’: The Breakfast live cross that still haunts Jack Tame Dream job or idle fantasy? What it’s like running horse treks in the Far North
The Spinoff’s Anna Rawhiti-Connell is joined by special guests Emma Wehipeihana and Hayden Donnell, live on stage in Auckland, for a look back at the year’s headlines, political dramas, and some of the best Spinoff yarns.
The true story behind New Zealand’s emporium empire A complete list of things I only know about because of The Office There are lots of reasons to eat insects. Will we ever overcome the ‘yuck’ factor? What has The Warehouse done to my favourite song?
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When and where does a ‘bach’ become a ‘crib’?
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