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Andrew Hastie was frontrunner to lead Australia’s Liberal Party, so why has he headed to the back benches?
Did he merely throw a dummy-spit or is there a deeper intent behind his resignation?
Russell Brown: Is it time for councils to fund music venues the way they do sports grounds?
Imagine First XV rugby players with nowhere to play when school ends.
Duncan Garner: Dame Noeline Taurua shambles is netball’s disgrace
Netball NZ had a Ferrari of a coach but then drove it into the ditch.
Charlotte Grimshaw: When all is ruined, what is the perfect song to mark the finale?
Which song is the perfect expression of loss?
NZ kids are driving their teachers to the brink
Screaming, boisterous children are the new norm & teachers have grave fears for our future
Life in Trump’s US: Far too late we’ve realised just how underrated normal was
Soldiers patrolling the streets in some US cities is slowly becoming the new norm.
Duncan Garner: I’ve bought a house – and moved in with an older woman (and my son)
Families come in all sorts of configurations; this is ours and we're doing this our way.
Jane Clifton: Wicked weeds and four-legged menaces added to list of threats facing Europe
A German city with a raccoon epidemic runs out of options while foxes are in the dog box.
Severe distress must be proven for the law against harmful communications to kick in
Courts are actively rebalancing against political use of the act.
Aaron Smale: NZ media’s ageing audience encourages a feedback loop of bias
Focusing on a Pākehā baby boomer audiences creates a narrow, biased view of Aotearoa.
Russell Brown: Welcome to the cannabis club
Cannabis clubs get a plug at Cannaposium as the Misuse of Drugs Act turns 50.
Unidentified drones in European skies stoke “hybrid war” fears
No matter where the drones come from they’re making Europe’s citizens nervous.
Duncan Garner: Timid and weak govt is handing the election to ‘do nothing and say nothing’ Labour
Let’s not sugarcoat National's plight: it’s in trouble
Charlotte Grimshaw on the author spared from a lobotomy and prescribed a writer’s life
A Janet Frame Memorial Lecture provokes thoughts on human states of mind.
Nigel Farage and his Reform party fight ID cards despite claiming to crack down on illegal migration
Keir Starmer’s proposed Brit card will buy a fight with the anti-migrant Reform UK party.
Jane Clifton: House of Guinness howlers appal Irish and UK viewers alike
“Inspired by a true story” now means “full of porkies or it’d be on the History Channel."
Duncan Garner: Is the party over for Te Pāti Māori?
Te Pāti Māori is no longer able to hide internal struggles and dissent.
The hidden dangers of grey literature in public debate and truth-telling
Questioning a 2022 Human Rights Commission Report on colonisation proves futile.
Aaron Smale: Not a patch on paedophiles
Why is the state still protecting abuse perpetrators through police inaction & tardiness?
Victoria’s treaty bill sparks hope for Australia’s first peoples
State proposes a treaty with potential to take reconciliation from rhetoric to reality.
Russell Brown: Why Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric would identify him as an extremist in NZ
Our politicians should not be pulling us towards American agendas.
Duncan Garner: Our politicians need to get brave or we'll leave our kids debt, dysfunction and division
The bedtime story every Kiwi needs to read before it's lights out.
Charlotte Grimshaw on a state of the nation speech for New Zealand literature
Contemplating a merrie presentation, despite the prevailing mood of wintry discontent.
Jonathan Kronstadt: Do we deserve democracy if we doubt the vaccines that saved us?
There’s no vaccine for viral weirdness in the United States.
Steve Braunias on the latest Scott Watson case decision: ‘Smug complacency and stupid intransigence’
A response to the Court of Appeal's decision not to quash Scott Watson's convictions.
Jane Clifton: Mamma Mia! Swedish supergroup Abba misses out on ‘national treasure’ status
Want to start a national debate? Start by drawing up a cultural-canon list.
Duncan Garner: Is Chris Bishop our next prime minister?
Does National lose in a year's time or try something new to gain a shot at winning?
Russell Brown: Watching an out-of-work Texan couple take a dystopic tour of America
The remarkable travel fare on the YouTube channel chronicling American decline.
Public power meets legal limits in AT roading case
Law & Society: ‘A remarkable case’ of law over process in local government.