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Almost there! Check your email inbox to finalise email verification. Youll then be asked to choose a password so you can log in to The Spinoff. March 8, 2021 It’s not too late to move to New Zealand, Meghan and Harry. Haere mai! The royal self-exilers pondered moving to New Zealand, they’ve told Oprah Winfrey. We say: welcome, Hazzer and Megs. Over recent years reasons cited for moving from the UK or US to Aotearoa are many. The election of George W Bush. Brexit. The electio...

Waipū Highland Games cancelled for first time in 149 years - blame Covid 21 Dec, 2020 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read Imran Ali is a reporter for the Northern Advocateimran.ali@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat World wars and various pandemics, interspersed with recessions, have come and gone but the Waipū Highland Games continued for 149 consecutive years - until Covid forced its cancellation. The Waipū Caledonian Society has announced that the 150th games scheduled for January 1, 2021...

Steve Braunias: 2020 - The year of absence 10 minutes to read Steve Braunias looks back on 2020 and refuses to name the one thing that defined the year. It could have been worse. It wasnt like we suffered the utter devastation and plain unannounced rudeness of an asteroid flinging itself at the planet, like the one that struck 2.229 billion years ago in Yarrabubba, in Western Australia, and was confirmed in January as the worlds oldest asteroid crater. There wasnt an awful lot...