‘Man had eel in his bum’: Remembering the story that almost broke the HeraldThe Spinoff summer reader, Tuesday January 7
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. Right now on The Spinoff: Why Wellington is so packed with great Malaysian food; the correspondence that lays bare the Lange-Douglas relationship breakdown; how anyone can be a good friend to a new parent; the Southland principal who made an ambitious, feature-length film with his students; and Josh Thomson on his worst 7 Days moment. But first: Hayden Donnell takes a look back at one of the Herald on Sunday’s most defining moments.
“The Herald on Sunday’s 2012 story about a man with an eel in his bum is perhaps its most singular and well-read contribution to New Zealand journalism. It’s notable first and foremost for being centred on a man who had an eel in his bum. But it also contains four of the most memorable lines in our media’s history.”
Paddington now playing across New ZealandPaddington in Peru is now in cinemas. In it, Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas join Paddington and the Brown Family on a mission to find the missing Aunt Lucy. With plenty of hijinks along the way, this film is perfect for the whole family and offers some holiday downtime. Book tickets now.
How Wellington became a cornucopia of Malaysian food ‘I need to make you suffer’: My near decade of violent harassment by a man I barely know How you – yes, you! – can be a godsend to a new parent The most miserable and fucked-up children’s authors, rated ‘Grossly misleading to me and to the country’: the Lange-Douglas letters, unearthed ‘The room went dead quiet’: Josh Thomson on his worst 7 Days moment
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Wellington’s secondhand bookshops, ranked and reviewed Dunedin’s secondhand bookshops, ranked and reviewed Inside the fast rise and faster collapse of the acclaimed K Road restaurant Cotto ‘Primary school LOTR’: The principal giving Peter Jackson a run for his money The Sunday Essay: Will I hurt my baby? What I learned (and didn’t learn) from four years of home education What’s behind the rise in smaller iwi?
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