Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers, and guests. This week: Arena Williams, Labour MP for Manurewa.

A new 30-year infrastructure plan is urging fewer mega-roads, more maintenance and a major lift in hospital spending. Will the government listen?

Humidity is not just a source of discomfort, but an early warning signal of a moisture-laden atmosphere and the risks that come with it.

The Greens want to entrench them, others wants to scrap them. Here’s how the Māori electorates work – and why their future may hinge on coalition negotiations.

There was argy-bargy, near-constant shouting, and not much in the way of solutions to the stink buzz permeating Wellington.

From New Zealand, Dr Kevin E Trenberth is a distinguished scholar at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, and he an honorary affiliate faculty at the University of ...

The Heart of the City chief executive is meant to be luring people into Auckland’s city centre. There's increasing concern that she's doing the opposite.

The first time a State of Origin match was broadcast live in New Zealand was in 1989 – the year Luxon started university. It is possible that the future prime minister’s parents let him stay up to ...

The National Infrastructure Plan, released today, sets out a vision for a more efficient, affordable future. But is infrastructure minister Chris Bishop willing to accept that he is part of the ...

With half the country knee deep in rainwater and human excrement, yearning for something to lift them from the muck, the prime minister took action. He held an umbrella over a man and said, very ...

The story of why they were there started in October 1728. A boy named James Cook was born in a thatched cottage with mud walls. Two hundred and fifty years later, in 1978, on the same spot, the ...

Labour has a history of warriors and partnership – that’s undeniable – and it’s also something to stand strong on. What it needs now is to focus on connecting with the future. A new generation is ...