The Spinoff’s top picks of events from around the motu.

I have three awful tattoos I got as a teenager. Now in my 50s, I really want a new one – but I'm scared I'm going to change my mind again.

Heather McQuillan writes novels for young readers and is the director of Write On School for Young Writers in Ōtautahi, Christchurch. Heather also writes short stories, flash fiction and occasionally ...

In a selection of anonymous quotes, a group of female parliamentarians from across the political spectrum give an insight ...

For one day a year, Christchurch pools open for pooches to take the plunge.

This planned police withdrawal has to stop in its tracks.

If you want to call yourself Everybody's Butchery, you need to cater to every customer's needs – a part of the job Lisa ...

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A tomato at sea level is still a tomato at 30,000 feet. But while the tomato remains unchanged between take off and cruising ...

Alex Casey unravels a durational mystery on local streaming services.

That means embarrassing my partner with how quickly I will take the free chocolate at an open home, and now, catching the 64 ...

New Zealand sends most of its recycling to places like Indonesia and Malaysia – where communities are living with the ...