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How an ancient fish may hold the key to Aussie PM’s re-election
Is Anthony Albanese's govt about to sanction the world’s first modern-day fish extinction?
Duncan Garner: The Good, the really bad and the downright disastrous of 2024
So 2024, it's almost a wrap – and, from me to it, good riddance.
Jane Clifton: Brits want royals to talk more about social issues and less about personal lives
Brexit, Royals and the Jaguar rebrand expose UK contradictions.
Guyon Espiner: I’ll go into the new year with a sense of survivor’s guilt
In Australian media circles they warn, ‘don’t become like New Zealand’.
Charlotte Grimshaw: On NZ’s new gang-patch ban
Would you really rather know who’s a gang member and who isn’t?
Jonathan Kronstadt: Trump and his Maga-minions have turbocharged the greed machine
The US is soon to find itself led by mean-spirited people.
Duncan Garner: Luxon’s flopped by failing to win hearts and minds
PM faces nightmare scenario: A poll that has Labour leader Chris Hipkins ahead.
Jane Clifton: Fighter Conor McGregor’s celebrated machismo is beginning to tarnish
The downfall of a former "scallywag with a heart of gold".
Russell Brown: The personal touch
I've been on the internet longer than most but I'd rather buy something I can touch first.
How Germany’s debt brake sparked a political crisis
Germany's debt brake is one of the primary factors behind the collapse of its government.
Duncan Garner on facing mortality after a near-death experience
I want to grow old, but wonder if actions during my younger years are coming back to bite.
What Australia’s social media ban for under 16s gets wrong about kids
Australia's ban on kids' social media ignores reality of digital life.
Jane Clifton: Who’s winning the word war as France polices words and Britain cautions kids?
From Dictionnaire to Cautions, France and Britain fight battles to police words.
Guyon Espiner: Why my interview with China’s ambassador to NZ has left me feeling anxious
NZ is walking into a hall of mirrors as it makes its call on Aukus.
Abuse scandal marks dark turn for England’s established church
The Church of England’s image has been tarnished by long-hidden abuse secrets.
Why I’m campaigning for change in our prisons
Diane Gordon-Burns, shocked by a prison visit, asks how hard is it to be humane?
Charlotte Grimshaw: Where literacy rates are low, people are easy to fool
In 21% of American adults, literacy skills are below the level of a 10- or 11-year-old.
Duncan Garner: David Seymour’s 2026 election campaign is underway
Seymour wants more Act MPs in Parliament, so he's after National's core supporters.
Russell Brown on Leonard Cohen's prophetic words & seeing the future through the crack
Leonard Cohen, prophets, Donald Trump and the politics of darkness.
Misinformation and the state: The fine line between protection and censorship
Care is necessary to ensure the state does not become the sole source of truth.
How Australia’s outback is becoming the US’s frontline
The U.S is spending A$3.5 billion transforming an Outback base into a spearhead.
Jane Clifton: The US election and when stardust turns to ashes
It seems perverse that Taylor Swift couldn’t outgun a septuagenarian convicted felon.
Duncan Garner: Is this the new way to train our teachers?
A game-changing principal departs to transform teacher training.
Jane Clifton: Is fun at the UK’s historic sites worth the cost?
The National Trust’s new vision for heritage site sparks debate and division.
Guyon Espiner: Is our government brave enough to ban social media accounts for under-16s?
There are strong arguments for NZ to follow Australia and ban under-16s from social media.
Do you know your language? The answer to this question isn’t always easy
A simple inquiry about language can bring on a wave of shame for many immigrants to NZ.
Charlotte Grimshaw: A time for cold-eyed clarity
We’ve all known men with fragile egos who can’t cope with women of equal power.
Duncan Garner: Is it time we became part of Australia?
I feel almost treasonous raising this, but the time has come for a serious discussion.
Jane Clifton: Loo and behold - language class barriers are taking a break
Being able to determine one’s class by the words one uses may be on its way out.
Should our Supreme Court address societal issues where Parliament has failed to do so?
Concerns raised that the Supreme Court has overstepped its constitutional bounds.
Why the US elections wouldn’t be close at all, if it were up to Kiwis
If Kiwis were voting, the result would be a landslide victory to one candidate.
Russell Brown: The two tiers of cannabis use
One group has safe, legal access to cannabis and everyone else is a criminal.
Duncan Garner: Could free bus tickets be the way to get some kids back to school?
For some kids "chronically absent" from school, there could be a simple solution.
Charlotte Grimshaw: A homecoming tinged with a sense of threat and impermanence
Is it the weakening of institutions contributes to the current sense of uncertainty?