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Simon Day

Simon is The Spinoff's former Commercial editor.

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A collage of Polaroid-style photos: a crowded beach, people hugging at an outdoor event, a music festival stage labeled "Splore," and two people wearing flower crowns sitting by a tree, on a blue background with white hearts.

Goodbye Splore. We’ll try to hang on to the memories

Heavy shrubs and plants obscure the Hanly house, made from brick. Inset: a black and white family portrait

The bold proposal to save a legendary art couple’s home

The science camp helping Māori and Pasifika students to thrive

The free science camp breaking down barriers for Māori and Pasifika students

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Measuring Māori early childhood development requires Māori tools

Hangi Matariki frame

Mānawatia a Matariki! Tips for how to celebrate if you don’t know where to start

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Non-essential Auckland businesses that can’t practise contactless trade will need to close over level three. (Photo: Getty Images)

The familiar feeling of doing business under lockdown

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The man who propelled the Black Caps to the brink of their greatest ever glory

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The man with a mandate to change the way Kiwibank thinks about Māori

all five fruju flavours

It’s gonna hit ya! All the Frujus, reviewed and ranked

New Zealand pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae – kereru sitting and feeding in the tree in New Zealand

Rat traps and carbon credits: The native forests offsetting your emissions