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Duncan Garner: Why is no one accountable for the mess we’re in?
It's well past time for a debate about infrastructure and unchecked growth.
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Cutting their stories short: Russell Brown on the dumping of pre-sentencing cultural reports
"I can’t help but feel things would be different if everyone heard these stories".
Law & society: What’s eating the media?
The mainstream media doesn't need the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill. Here's why.
Quelle horreur, les fausses fleurs: Paris gets sniffy about phoney blooms
A TV show is to blame for the fake flowers causing a stink in the French capital.
Inform your opinion: Increasingly partisan politics cannot be an ongoing handbrake to progress
There are creative ways to fix ailing infrastructure - but politicians must work together.
Peter Garrett: Far-right forces threaten progress for indigenous peoples in Australia and Aotearoa
Former Midnight Oil frontman turned MP on the threat extremism poses to progress.
Who would celebrate this? Gleeful reaction to Newshub demise grossly misguided
Schadenfreude over Newshub demise misplaced – these are good people doing crucial work.
Duncan Garner: Did Warner Bros. Discovery HQ make every effort to save Newshub? Letting it die is not the Kiwi way
Someone needs to wake the Government up to the news that the news is going.
Law & Society: Newsrooms must put regaining trust at the top of their agenda
Accuracy, fairness and balance are essential in journalism.
The Kiwi farmer who swapped her Marlborough home for three weeks in Gaza
"Compared with other missions, this was the worst situation I’d ever seen."
Russell Brown: Apart from Luxon’s arrival and the traffic, Big Gay Out was a relaxed occasion
The PM's quick retreat meant he heard the protesters, but no one got to hear from him.
Fighting far-right fascism starts by looking in the mirror
Political grandstanding at protests, “making speeches on Sunday" is not enough.
Duncan Garner: A letter to our boys – this is a matter of life or death
You've got to stop fighting each other, the consequences can be fatal.
Hemma Vara: A modern guide to pregnancy etiquette
A rallying cry for all expectant mothers to forge their own path.
Jane Clifton: Thin-skinned or battered?
The lines are increasingly blurred over what is considered offensive.
Duncan Garner: We’re all at sea on water safety - and it’s killing us
We need tough new water safety laws and regulations that people are forced to follow.
Is she really annoying - or does she just have short hair?
What "Hollywood hatred" of short hair says about the weaponising of modern femininity.
Little at large: Thanks, but no thanks, please
Authors take note - gratitude can quickly become grating.
Duncan Garner: Housing horrors may force me to live on a boat
With house prices so high, why aren't more of us looking at alternatives?
Inform your opinion: Māori got the Treaty of Waitangi, what more do they want?
Rather than “getting” something from te tiriti, Māori gave everything.
Duncan Garner: Come on baby, do the relocation loco-motion
$170k to drive trains in Australia - why wouldn't you go?
Jane Clifton: Rwandan deportation law is finally enacted - but is it viable?
"For those fleeing bleak, lawless, impoverished lives, Rwanda might qualify as a step up."
Jane Clifton: A new meaning to living in the lap of luxury, post Covid
Given all the trouble in the world, luxury should be halfway out the door by now.
Charlotte Grimshaw: Would a second Trump term be so terrible?
Trying a news blackout for one's mental health only to be dragged back into the fray.
Duncan Garner: Own Golriz - why I’m struggling to understand this
The more the mental health card is played, I fear the less we believe it.
Royally trumped: Why Australian dreams of a republic are dead
The idea of an Aussie republic is now dead in the water.
Law & society: Public confidence in the courts and rule of law threatened if ‘black-letter law’ judges appointed
Appointing 'black letter law' judges smacks of politicisation of the judiciary.
Jane Clifton: 2024 is all about dirty wellness and anti-influencers
Influencers go rogue to expose social media stars' deceptions.
NZ’s anti-nuclear stance is at risk of compromise but must be upheld
NZ’s unique anti-nuclear law is popular, but we are losing our fear of nuclear weapons.
Duncan Garner: If we want an EV revolution, the government needs to put its foot on the gas
Will I buy an EV? Not likely - cost and a lack of infrastructure put paid to that.