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Duncan Garner: I’ve done the crime and will do the time but thugs, fraudsters and drug dealers can have more freedom than me because of where I live
I am not asking for sympathy, but "post code" justice isn't fair.
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Love your grandkids? Then it's time to start demanding a better world
How did we empower egotistical tyrants to seize power with so little regard for humanity?
Duncan Garner: Where was the adult in the room when $600k was spent on one council website?
Councils wonder why ratepayers are angry and public trust is collapsing. Well, here's why.
Leah McFall: How are you supposed to relax when others are blocking your sunshine?
There's no getting away from the public and the breathtaking entitlement of other people.
#Chinamaxxing: Who could be afraid of a country that’s expanding its nuclear arsenal while also producing cute dolls?
As China rapidly pursues hard power, it has also embarked on a huge soft power push.
Smoking kills. So, why the deafening silence on restoring anti-smoking laws?
Repealing world-first smoking reforms caused outrage, so why isn't it an election issue?
Aaron Smale: The state is the largest criminal organisation when it comes to sexual offenders
Sexual violence and the abuse of power go hand in hand.
Bulletin from London: To be a Spurs fan is to be a true North Londoner
The football fan’s life is not an easy one, especially if your team is Spurs.
Charlotte Grimshaw: The power of narrative
Narrative is fundamental and complex; it’s our way of making sense of the world.
Duncan Garner: Nicola Willis’s Budget is wishful thinking - but for all our sakes, let’s hope she’s right
The Budget is a masterclass in promising a brighter tomorrow but avoiding harder truths.
David Harvey: China and Iran’s selective dips into the law of the sea
The law of the sea is under pressure in the Strait of Hormuz and the South China Sea.
We’re terrible at talking with children about death and dying, but we owe it to them to teach about grief and loss
A campaign is underway for grief education in NZ primary schools.
Station to station: Simon Wilson on the beauty of civic projects
Who wants our cities to be ugly? Absolutely no one.
Australian budget ends decades of policy that favoured wealth-building for boomers
Latest budget is big, bold and aimed at under 45s, heralding a break with the past.
Russell Brown: Scrapping the BSA is pointless culture war politics
The Broadcasting Standards Authority exists for the community, not politicians or media.
Duncan Garner: Rugby is in trouble in NZ – and the biggest issue might be the game itself
Rugby assumed it would always rule; those assumptions are now collapsing in real time.
Leah McFall: Public radio is meant for older people. Why fight it?
The young have half a brain – why would they listen to Colin Peacock?
Charlotte Grimshaw on hitting the writers festivals once more
What a different world it was, just over a decade ago.
By pushing ahead with ‘move-on orders’ for homeless, Govt continues to promote harmful narrative
Move-on orders ignore causes of homelessness, push people further from stability & safety.
Bulletin from Washington DC: Another Trump low in mind-numbing callousness. Will the world accept our heartfelt apology?
Our society’s norms have been shredded by Maga’s perfect storm of greed and cruelty.
Anna Fifield: Crink - the new authoritarian axis reshaping global order and keeping strategists awake at night
The world knows Nato and Brics; Crink could prove far more dangerous.
Russell Baillie: Crunching the numbers on the Robbie Williams shows in NZ
Listener entertainment editor weighs in on debate about subsidising singer's concerts.
Aaron Smale: Double standards, slurs & Maiki Sherman
Journalist Maiki Sherman’s departure highlights numerous unanswered questions.
Duncan Garner: Sour grapes, snobbery and rank hypocrisy - bring the tattooed Pom to NZ
Let's stop pretending government support for events is unusual.
Applying for jobs and getting nowhere? How your CV might be letting you down
Most people don’t understand how hiring works now, the process is not primarily human.
Russell Brown: The return of Mum ’n’ Dad Disco
Russell Brown on playing records at 3am: "The kids weren't dickheads."
Simon Wilson: PM’s unpopularity makes headlines, but there’s a deeper battle between Bishop and Brown
Chris Bishop may never be PM, but he knows what Luxon & Brown don't about suburban sprawl.
Art Land: What’s happening in visual arts and galleries around NZ this month — new column
In the first of his monthly columns about NZ visual arts Mark Amery takes an alpine trek.
David Harvey: 'Postcode luck is not justice'
Therapeutic courts are being let down by overstretched treatment and social services.