Anna Rawhiti-Connell will take a running jump backwards into the year's biggest headlines, political dramas, and Spinoff yarns. Anna will be joined onstage by Hayden Donnell, Emma Wehipeihana, rose-tinted glasses and Christmas cheer.
It's been a big year. Anna is ready to look back and make sense of 2024, with the help of guests ready to offer their unique perspectives on politics, culture, media and more.
This will be a live recording of Behind the Story, a podcast that takes you backstage on the workings of The Spinoff.
Anna Rawhiti-Connell is head of audience and a senior writer at The Spinoff, and was editor of The Bulletin, The Spinoff's morning news round-up for two years. Anna won best general columnist at the 2021 Voyager Media Awards and has contributed to North and South, Radio New Zealand and Newsroom as a columnist, opinion and feature writer.
Dr Emma Wehipeihana (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Porou) is an award-winning writer, podcaster and political commentator. She is currently working as a surgical registrar at Middlemore Hospital and published her bestselling and Ockham award-winning memoir, There’s a Cure for This, in 2023.
Hayden Donnell is the producer and reporter for Mediawatch on RNZ. He writes for Webworm, as well as being a previous staffer at The Spinoff. Hayden has tried and failed to get various objects into Te Papa.
Presented by:
The Spinoff
Creative Team:
Host - Anna Rawhiti-Connell
Special Guests - Dr Emma Wehipeihana (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Porou) and Hayden Donnell
Producer - Ben Fagan
Audio Engineer - Te Aihe Butler
Design - Tina Tiller
Audience Warnings:
This event will be filmed