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Fran O’Sullivan: It’s time for NZ and Australia to get closer again on the economic playing field

OPINION: We are at least friends after all, aren’t we?

30 hosts in 26 years - Breakfast boss quits amid ratings battle; Aussies poach top media talent

Media musical chairs; Gossip king’s new business venture; RNZ inquiry update.

Mike Munro: With the polls neck-and-neck beware a Brethren-sized blunder

OPINION: This year’s ding-dong election scrap could end up turning on a single incident.

Matthew Hooton: Van Velden on track to make it two seats for Act in Auckland

OPINION: Act’s private polling in the Tāmaki electorate suggests a neck-and-neck race.

Opinion: People are being scammed and it’s my fault

Opinion: Social media scammers are out of control.

Richard Prebble: Three strikes and Labour is out - another scandal will be fatal

OPINION: Luxon does not need to win the debates, just state the case for change.

Jenée Tibshraeny: Govt caught between climate policy and cost of living crisis

Govt struggling to burn Climate Change Commission advice in its “policy bonfire".

The big change fast coming for the advertising and media industry

The new plan will also focus on raising awareness of greenwashing.

'He's not in our good books' - Sir Ian Taylor on TV stardom, business - and Govt anger

From 70s TV star to entrepreneur and outspoken columnist, what makes Sir Ian Taylor tick?

Diana Clement: A matter of life and death - how to pay for your own funeral

OPINION: Even just being cremated can cost a few thousand dollars.

Exclusive: Josh Emett to open new restaurant - master chef on food, love and Gordon Ramsay

As Josh Emett turns 50, he reveals a new eatery for central Auckland.

Liam Dann: New Zealand is still a rich country ... now for the bad news

OPINION: The full pain has yet to transmit to the consumer and retail end of the economy.

Bruce Cotterill: When the only thing transparent is the politicians’ spin

OPINION: But can we handle the truth?

Fran O’Sullivan: Chris Hipkins deftly keeps onside with China and US

OPINION: Hipkins is clear that China remains New Zealand’s most 'complex relationship'.

Mary Holm: Hands off Mum’s money - kids should wait for their inheritance

OPINION: No child should expect an inheritance, writes one reader.

Jenée Tibshraeny: Will clobbering the indebted cool inflation?

OPINION: The difficulty of using interest rates to influence inflation.

Formidable Linda Clark's new TVNZ role; Ali Mau's Stuff move; Grant Nisbett's huge year

Media Insider: When Ian Taylor met Chloe Swarbrick; Poll: Your favourite TVNZ newsreader?

Mike Munro: It's election year, so welcome to the crime freak show

OPINION: Crime has become a kind of grotesque freak show for primetime TV viewers.