Matt Zwartz

A tour of New Zealand via some of the best local election websites

The Spinoff — September 26, 2025

Come local elections, come janky web design, random family pictures and endless wells of fun facts about candidates (at least the ones who decide to make their own websites). It’s easy to think that we live in a time where the personal website has died: no more is it possible to find out about someone by going to a funkily arranged blog, because everyone uses the bland interfaces of social media instead.