Josie Adams

By Josie Adams for The Spinoff Tom Scott, otherwise known as Avantdale Bowling Club, has leaked his collaboration with producer choicevaughan shortly after winning Album of the Year at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. Avantdale Bowling Club's first, eponymous album propelled Auckland-based rapper Tom Scott to new heights. After working in groups Home Brew and Average Rap Band earlier in his career, Avantdale Bowling Club was a personal project for Scott.

© The Spinoff Aunty Donna Australian sketch comedy group Aunty Donna finally got a Netflix series. Have they sold out to Big American Comedy? No, says Josie Adams. I shook Mark Bonanno’s hand while he was flyering in Edinburgh. I stood next to Zachary Ruane in line for the movies in Melbourne. I ricoheted off Broden “Manbeast” Kelly when I bumped into him on Queen St in Auckland. I have touched Aunty Donna, and they have touched me. Now they’re touching the whole world.

© The Spinoff Image: Alice Webb-Liddall Auckland Council is warning its citizens to keep an eye on children and dogs at the beach this summer as washed-up toxic grey side-gilled sea slugs pose a grave threat. What’s this sea slug I’m hearing about? The grey side-gilled sea slug (Pleurobranchaea maculata) may be native to our beautiful country, but it could be a toxic blight on Tāmaki Makaurau’s beaches.