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Politics “incivility” problems: Smoke bombs, brawls and disruptive songs
Bad behaviour in the parliaments of Europe is still not enough to put off voters.
Jane Clifton: The politics of grass is a new turf war
The widening divide between lawn purists and those who want nature to take its course.
Charlotte Grimshaw: Extreme populism heads in one direction - and soon everyone is frightened
As he leads his country into ignominy, Donald Trump will tolerate no criticism.
History for sale: Inside a British Museum heist
The goings-on at the British museum where a staffer was caught flogging antiques on eBay.
Duncan Garner: Rugby’s fight for life – do those in charge have any idea how to fix it?
Rugby was once everything to me, now I find it mostly frustrates me.
Will the Australian election spell the end of its one dominant two-party system?
Most polling now suggests Australia will have a minority government after the election.
Have van, will hīkoi: The poet GP taking to the road for healthcare reform
Doctors taking "vanbulance" from Kaitāia to Wellington to shake up NZ health system.
Aaron Smale: Those who dismiss accusations of intimidation by police are not listening
Entitled ignorance and missed opportunities shown by those who berate Tamatha Paul.
Duncan Garner: Leaving social media open to our young people is tantamount to aiding and abetting child abuse
Let's ban social media, too. It really is ruining civilisation.
Jane Clifton: Trouble comes in threes
Updating emergency preparedness advice, the EU newly urges residents to prepare for attack
Trump’s toadies: Jonathan Kronstadt on the Era of Cowardice
Republican office holders and office seekers fear the President more than their own voters
Criminologist: Tamatha Paul should be commended, not criticised
The Green MP's comments on why people are in prison have real justification.
Duncan Garner: Ban them! Te Pāti Māori’s one-fingered salute to New Zealand
There's a time and a place to look at how Parliament incorporates tikanga; this isn't it.
Jane Clifton: Your dog might just be the key to living longer
New research could be the longevity breakthrough no one expected.
Should victims control name suppression in sexual offense cases?
Name suppression changes proposed in a new bill may go too far in terms of victim input.
Transatlantic rift widens with every imprisoned German tourist or expelled French researcher
Once Europe and USA were friends, but Trump administration has fractured that friendship.
Aaron Smale: Winston Peters’ talents mask hollow brittleness, which has hindered his ability to achieve anything notable
Peters has made his career pretending to fight division while carefully cultivating it.
Charlotte Grimshaw: On conversations with a chronic alcoholic
It might be akin to talking with a ghost, but these are conversations of memory and trust.
Russell Brown: Elon Musk’s path to gamer exile
The strange story of Elon Musk and Path of Exile 2 says much about where the world is now.
Duncan Garner: Chris Hipkins’ inconvenient truth – the Greens are loopy and Te Pāti Māori too radical
The mums and dads in leafy suburbs who vote Green might now be rethinking their support.
Jane Clifton: When your quiet corner of the world is shot to pieces
Towns - and countries - made famous by a TV series or film can be a mixed blessing.
From Bezos with love? Brit horror at 007’s new American overlord
Britain's favourite film hero, James Bond, to come under control of an American overlord.
Duncan Garner: The only question that will matter at the 2026 election
If the answer is 'no', our government will have a fight on its hands.
Jane Clifton: I have seen the future of road-traffic management
Forget about orange cones and get ready to welcome a more organic alternative.
Aaron Smale: PM’s disastrous handling of Treaty Principles Bill might yet be his undoing
The Treaty Principles Bill exposes a lacking in leadership.
Proposed new protest rules: A loss of freedom or are greater police powers now needed?
Changes to laws on policing protests could undermine democracy and the right to speak out.
Gunboat diplomacy: NZ faces growing defence challenges after China’s naval incursion
Chinese navy’s activities bolster the case for rapid replacement of NZ's ageing frigates.
Russell Brown: Northland green fairy arrest exposes a flawed system
The arrest of a Northland ‘green fairy’ highlights NZ's onerous medical cannabis rules.
Duncan Garner: Aussie teachers retire with $2.5m. Why does NZ get superannuation so wrong?
It’s time to wake up and supercharge KiwiSaver ASAP.
An American in NZ: Trump is only one of the reasons I want to live in your country
My crush on New Zealand has now grown into true romantic love.
Conor English: History can teach Donald Trump a lesson on the effects of a US tariff war
Creating more uncertainty is unhelpful to everyone - including New Zealand.
Charlotte Grimshaw: Make our books a taonga
Repressive regimes can’t silence a nation’s spirit, kept alive by its intellectual life.
Duncan Garner: Why I’m picking Christopher Luxon won’t lead National into the next election
The phone is off the hook, his MPs are plotting, Luxon is done.
Jane Clifton: Eurovision might be the ultimate foreign policy test for Trump and Putin
Politics meets pop in the venerable annual song contest.