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Greg Dixon runs a satirical eye over the year in local and international politics.

Rational madness: Danyl McLauchlan on the coalition’s climate policies

NZ's reputation is on the line as our leaders apply game theory to climate policies.

Danyl McLauchlan: Trouble for Winston Peters as Kiwi workers wake up to his party’s limitations

Winston Peters may find himself in dangerous waters in 2026.

The political cartoon: Anthony Ellison’s take on what’s to come in NZ politics

Anthony Ellison returns for 2026, sharing his perspective on politics.

Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: My wild political predictions for 2026

Greg Dixon runs a satirical eye over the year in local and international politics.

Danyl McLauchlan: Between austerity and orthodoxy, NZ’s left goes quiet

A stoush between competing economic theories is doing little to help balance NZ's books.