I wrote for the Spinoff first as a staff writer and then as a member of its PIJF-funded web reporting project, “IRL”. I wrote explainers, reported pieces, opinion pieces, advertorials, and listicles.
It was great fun. Here are a few of my favourites – but just click through and then hit my author pic to find the rest!
Escaping escapism: The rise of mundane simulator games
I really enjoyed this dive into the world of virtual lawn mowing and truck driving. The people yearn for mundanity.
The great BZP experiment: How NZ lost its head for party pills
From 2000 to 2007, the party drug BZP was legal to buy and available from your local dairy. I dove into how this was allowed to happen, and what shut it down.
Meet the men behind Trillionaire Thugs, NZ’s most chaotic NFT project
True Hustlers Utilise Grind – and true haters do too. I dove into the world of Trillionaire Thugs, a shockingly under-reported NFT hustle that targeted New Zealanders.
The truth about the truth about adrenochrome
I followed up my smash hit piece “The truth about adrenochrome” with an explainer piece speaking with an SEO expert about why the hell that story popped off so hard.
We’re going to fill a time capsule with 2020 Aotearoa. Where will we put it?
The Spinoff needed to bury a time capsule somewhere. It was my job to find that somewhere. I feel this story is a good example of me being funny.
Stories for Sale 