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New Zealand's rapidly changing demographic is bound to impact on Māori identity,

More and more ports are banning massive cruise ships.

Govt rollback on Māori health initiatives damages & runs counter to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Smokefree 2025 has been a great success, but could it fail at the final hurdle?

Numerous complaints of deliberate obstruction to assisted dying have been received.

With Musk turning his vitriol on UK politicians, it seems they must sit tight and smile.

The winds of change are blowing: they may cause headaches, nausea and depression.

Right now, all I see are Kiwis buying one-way airline tickets; I’m calling it an F U fee.

The figure keeping Ireland’s most famous modern-day vigil is unlikely to warm the cockles.

A deadly road, a political battleground: Albanese takes fight to opposition heartland.

New Zealand feels devoid of opportunity right now.

Pride, prejudice and promenades: Austen's year of celebration but are we at peak Jane?

If the eyes are the window to the soul, what did Assad's gaze say about him?

The easiest, most cowardly way to govern is through fear and intimidation.

Now another Christmas is over, it's safe to ask tough questions about the annual festival.

Against all odds, the road cones have disappeared from a key road in Auckland’s Pt Chev.

Bagless in Bucharest makes for time to reflect on the city’s past and uncertain present.

Guinness shortage exposes the power of social media trends.

2025 promises a wild ride: the climate, the politics, the geopolitical instability.

The auction of crime writer Raymond Chandler's old listicle sparks some genuine surprise.

Boken promises and broken books end messy year.

Is Anthony Albanese's govt about to sanction the world’s first modern-day fish extinction?

So 2024, it's almost a wrap – and, from me to it, good riddance.

Brexit, Royals and the Jaguar rebrand expose UK contradictions.

In Australian media circles they warn, ‘don’t become like New Zealand’.

Would you really rather know who’s a gang member and who isn’t?

The US is soon to find itself led by mean-spirited people.

PM faces nightmare scenario: A poll that has Labour leader Chris Hipkins ahead.

The downfall of a former "scallywag with a heart of gold".