 When a 7.8 earthquake struck Kaikoura 14 November 2016, cutting the town off via road access, Stuff flew free copies of its newspapers to residents.In 2017, Stuff's first podcast "Black Hands" received over 3 million downloads and was the number one podcast in five countries.Stuff also produced "Gone Fishing" with Radio New Zealand, which won podcast of the year at the 2019 NZ Radio Awards.