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The value of an artist soars after their death, this is their purgatory.

Steve Thomas reads the draft strategy for the arts and wonders where the art is.

The notion of social media addiction is being scoffed at, but why?

When kids are on phones for 22 out of 24 hours, we know it's well past time for change.

The EU has ruled Malta's system of citizenship in exchange for investment is illegal.

If it can replace us in areas we consider uniquely human, where does that leave us?

You could argue Te Pāti Māori won that battle but is losing the war.

When it comes to gender law, there is a fine line of words and meaning.

Chris Hipkins and the New Zealand Labour Party should be buoyed.

There's no retirement for this Kiwi hero who won't stop until NZ families are safe.

Advertising for lavatory paper and laxatives has gone down the toilet.

Imagine not being able to conjure up the sounds of the world around you.

A fleeting visit by a daughter on a university break makes the world a little brighter.

A paucity of public toilets highlights American inequality and marginalisation.

Austerity might fix the books, but at what cost to wider society?

Champion golfer’s appeal easily crosses the Irish divide.

Official agencies still haven’t worked out how to tell us important things urgently.

Social media can be a menace for youth but legislation could intrude on parental decisions

When it’s not fashionable to explicitly practise racism, just deny it exists or ever did.

Bad behaviour in the parliaments of Europe is still not enough to put off voters.

The widening divide between lawn purists and those who want nature to take its course.

As he leads his country into ignominy, Donald Trump will tolerate no criticism.

The goings-on at the British museum where a staffer was caught flogging antiques on eBay.

Rugby was once everything to me, now I find it mostly frustrates me.

Most polling now suggests Australia will have a minority government after the election.

Doctors taking "vanbulance" from Kaitāia to Wellington to shake up NZ health system.

Entitled ignorance and missed opportunities shown by those who berate Tamatha Paul.

Let's ban social media, too. It really is ruining civilisation.

Updating emergency preparedness advice, the EU newly urges residents to prepare for attack