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Bulletin from Sydney: Anthony Albanese misses the mark on trying to reach younger voters
Gen Zers are an elusive unknown for those our politicians, but good on Albo for trying.
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How Japan’s “Iron Lady” is standing up to China
Under Sanae Takaichi, Japan has deployed long-range missiles capable of reaching China.
Toxicologist: Children exposed to asbestos fibres in play-sand should be monitored
New findings show asbestos fibres are airborne, so the safest response is to prepare.
Duncan Garner: Inner city Auckland is dying. Where’s the plan to bring it back to life?
Big cities are no longer competing with one another. They're competing with the couch.
Steve Braunias: Saturdays are a test of masculine virtues
Kiwis are practical, good with their hands and prowling the hardware aisles of Bunnings.
Russell Brown: Why the Avondale Sunday Market is worth saving
The pulse of the place is that of Auckland itself, in all its wild multiplicity.
New Zealand still turns to the West but our future lies with nations closer to home
Few Kiwis are aware of the growing wealth and middle class in countries such as Indonesia.
Simon Wilson: Wayne Brown, Andrew Little and the mayoral leadership NZ's cities are missing
Good mayors can make a real difference to their community but two of ours fail to inspire.
David Harvey: The simple case that led to a complex High Court ruling
The Gangs Act 2024 prohibited patches to be worn, punishable by a fine of $5000 or prison.
Germany swelters in heat wave, but why is no one turning to air conditioning?
In Germany, it appears that cool is decidedly uncool.
Leah McFall: Wellington is taking a battering, but we’re still here
Perhaps it’s blind faith or principle. We choose to trust this place.
Good medicine: Poor health decisions are being made in the name of efficiency
The last few years have seen active disinvestment in future-proofing the health system.
Steve Braunias: ‘You never know when you will see something amazing’
The world is full of wonderful things, like the African snuffbox tree.
Charlotte Grimshaw: UK authorities fail to deal with malign forces at work in London
A riveting new book exposes the M16 facade.
Aaron Smale: If anyone has an ‘ideological agenda’ in healthcare, it’s Simeon Brown
The health minister is ignoring harmful institutional racism.
Bulletin from London: ‘It’s time for the magical thinking in British politics to end’
Short stay, SW1: Downing St seeks yet another tenant.
Duncan Garner: This political party is adding intrigue to Election ’26
What does it tell us about the mood of voters when more Kiwis are looking at Opportunity?
Left behind in the wilderness? Why it doesn’t always end in alpine divorce
A feminist spin on the "alpine divorce" social media phenomenon.
Russell Brown: Melbourne - where vinyl is expensive but public transport is cheap
A trip to Melbourne prompts reflection on whether NZers are being taken for a ride.
My mother died slowly after advance directive ignored. I need an MP to help me
Louise Duffy has a request for an MP to help her make a better law.
Simon Wilson: Homelessness isn’t driving crime, so why pretend it is?
The government's argument for its "move on" bill isn't supported by the numbers.
White Queen Pauline Hanson ready to rip
The rise of Pauline Hanson is a cleaving moment for the Australia we thought we knew.
David Harvey: Legal definitions of women and men need not exclude others
Current legal framework assumes sex is real and legally knowable, yet never pins it down.
Duncan Garner: War in Iran was predicted to bring NZ to its knees. Instead, Nicola Willis made the right calls at the right time
If the fuel crisis was a test, the government passed it.
Leah McFall: In an election year, hair matters
Before John Key, we had many male leaders who were no strangers to pomade.
Charlotte Grimshaw: My days as an Arsenal supporter - and how it proved to be a survival strategy
Football club Arsenal's "winners' parade" was joyously diverse.
Haere rā the crown, farewell ‘partnership’: Māori political scientist Dominic O’Sullivan on why te tiriti debate needs a change of language
Removing terms that assumes inequality gives te tiriti a chance, says the leading academic
China’s unbridled clean energy push is raising dependency issues
Beijing's focus on renewables has potential - but it also has geopolitical ramifications.
Aaron Smale: Why should an increasingly brown workforce pay for Pākehā boomers’ pensions?
Superannuation costs NZ $2b a month but means testing is a political no-go zone.
The USA's founding fathers saw Donald J Trump coming, almost down to the hair colour
President Trump is remaking the US capital in his gold-slathered image.