Opinion

Editorial: Abuse and assaults on workers unacceptable

OPINION: There is no excuse for getting angry at someone who is just doing their job.

Cecilia Robinson: Five New Year's resolutions NZ should make

OPINION: Why we should choose optimism over cynicism.

The key signs the Islamic Republic is about to fall

Donald Trump has warned he will 'hit them very hard' if Iran massacres protesters.

Fran O'Sullivan: Bipartisanship support for trade deals is crucial

OPINION: Why political parties need to prioritise the national interest on trade.

Editorial: Abuse and assaults on workers unacceptable

OPINION: There is no excuse for getting angry at someone who is just doing their job.

Editorial: Simple measures can make beach swimming safer

OPINION: This summer is already a busy one for lifeguards.

Editorial: It’s not too late to rescue your New Year resolutions

OPINION: Small tweaks may beat grand resolutions that often fizzle by week one.

Editorial: 2026 is the year to get behind football in New Zealand

OPINION: Football in this country is having a moment.

Letters: Why does the US suddenly want to empire-build?

OPINION: Readers debate US military power, empire and the legacy of the Monroe Doctrine.

Letters: On Venezuela, tourist ACC claims and UK border rules

OPINION: Several correspondents warn NZ could suffer in a world of power blocs.

Letters: Trump’s rhetoric signals dangerous imperial ambitions

OPINION: The President's actions could be seen as empire-building.

Letters: Venezuelans may have reasons to be cheerful after Trump’s action

OPINION: UN should protect today’s generation and AI fears are distracting from reality.

Liam Dann: Supermarket prices aren’t too high, wages are too low

OPINION: The obsession with supermarket prices distracts from NZ’s productivity problem.

Best of Glenn Dwight: Marmite and jandals can grow our economy

Glenn Dwight's take on how to fix our economy was his third most popular read of 2025.

Matthew Hooton: NZ must prepare for the end of the rules-based era

OPINION: If international law no longer exists, NZ needs a new approach.

Letters: Trump’s rhetoric signals dangerous imperial ambitions

OPINION: The President's actions could be seen as empire-building.

Editorial: Simple measures can make beach swimming safer

OPINION: This summer is already a busy one for lifeguards.

Can office culture survive the work-from-home revolution? Yes, but you can’t force the fun

Workers prized freedom, flexibility and trust as key to feeling happier at work.

Why Manage My Health data breach is ‘dire’ – and how criminals could use patient info

OPINION: I don't envy the company, but it should never have been in this position.

Neil McGregor: Why your best career thinking happens when you stop trying

OPINION: Many top New Zealand roles never appear on job sites or public listings.

Kim Knight: My weekend with Waiheke's rude and entitled

OPINION: A holiday encounter with bus seat hogs and child hecklers.

Ben Francis: The six players who could become All Blacks centurions

OPINION: Which players could join the 15 others to have played 100 tests for New Zealand?

Jonathan Ayling: Some of us need a refresher on the rules-based system of government

OPINION: Sovereignty rests with the people of a nation – governments rule only by consent.

Editorial: It’s not too late to rescue your New Year resolutions

OPINION: Small tweaks may beat grand resolutions that often fizzle by week one.

As Trump rewrites the rules in Venezuela, NZ faces a foreign policy reckoning

Trump says US companies will help revive Venezuela's vast oil industry.

Letters: Venezuelans may have reasons to be cheerful after Trump’s action

OPINION: UN should protect today’s generation and AI fears are distracting from reality.

Chardonnay and fancy cheese: What's it like in a corporate box at the tennis?

OPINION: Nathan Limm details the best and worst of the wine, food and faulty furniture.

Richard Prebble: How to achieve real bipartisanship on infrastructure

OPINION: Do the Chrises agree on more than we realise?

Best of Inside Economics: Why can’t we fix our mortgage for 30 years like Americans?

ANALYSIS: Liam Dann answers reader questions about economics.

Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of January 5 - 11

Rod Emmerson's take on the week.

I broke my back in a mountain bike crash, now every descent is a bonus

OPINION: I still remember the sound of the helicopter blades echoing through the trees.

Inside scoop: The 2500-year history of ice cream

OPINION: Ancient Persians built yakhchals in 550BC to store and even make ice.

Letters: Who holds Trump accountable?

OPINION: Letter writers link Trump’s latest moves to oil, allies and global flashpoints.

Editorial: 2026 is the year to get behind football in New Zealand

OPINION: Football in this country is having a moment.

Aotearoa: A name and a choice - a response to the Herald's editorial

OPINION: There are concerns with how language is being used as a political instrument.

The Greenland alarm is sounding. Europe needs to hear it

Opinion: The US President seems determined to take the territory before leaving office.