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Editorial: Bringing back the bustle a big challenge for new mayor
The city's problems, such as transport, housing and its flagging centre, are intertwined.
Matt Heath: Being nice to retail workers is more important than ever
OPINION: Workers are experiencing increasing levels of abuse, aggression and violence.
Letters: Auckland deadwood beware
OPINION: Letters on social media, white line fever, and working smarter.
Christopher Niesche: 'Human curated data sets' come at a price
The tech giants slashed spending - but that's just one of many challenges Appen faces.
Liam Dann: Time to hit pause on interest rate hikes?
Hawks hiking too fast and causing market meltdown would be a worldwide disaster.
Wellington mayoralty: How an unknown beat a Labour MP
Former Green Party chief of staff Tory Whanau has won in a landslide victory.
Shaneel Lal: March 15 shattered terrorist stereotype
Pākehā can be terrorists and people of colour and Muslims can be victims of terrorism.
Jessie Gurunathan: Gendered ageism is the new sexism
Stale pale males continue to take up most of the space at the helm.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Davis' attack bursts open national groupthink on race politics
OPINION: It will be harder for Labour to attack Act as racists.
Editorial: Mayoral chains rattle to the right
OPINION: Our editorial on the local government election 2022.
Diana Clement: Don't fall for a cryptocurrency scam
OPINION: Many victims are convinced the crypto scammers are legitimate dealers.
Simon Wilson: 10 big jobs for Auckland's new mayor
The tasks confronting Wayne Brown are not the ones he campaigned on.
Andrew Couch: The real deal with zero-fare public transport
Further smart investment is required in public transport.
Bruce Cotterill: The kiwi is down — time to get to work
There are ways we can combat the effects of our weaker dollar.
Editorial: Women's RWC winners already decided
OPINION: Our editorial on hosting the biggest post-pandemic rugby tournament.
Steve Braunias: 'Hot pools form a kind of river running beneath New Zealand'
Steve Braunias reflects on the importance of the hot pool.
Mary Holm: Don't let downdrafts send your KiwiSaver off course
No one knows what markets will do, so why change your flight plan mid-course?
Steve Braunias: The secret diary of FBoy Island NZ
Steve Braunias turns the focus on unreality television.
Opinion: Where have all the workers gone?
International headhunters are arriving in droves, enticing talent with tantalising offers.
Letters: Cassandra's story - searching for solutions
OPINION: Letters on toilet seats, FBoy Island, Treasury, undercover police, and roads.
John Roughan: Stop spouting idealism against Putin's nuclear threat
Will Putin break the unspoken nuclear code?
Fran O'Sullivan: Grant Robertson's high hopes for Big Apple mission
Minister hoping to sell NZ story in New York — and to listen.
Editorial: Mapping the road to resilience
OPINION: Our editorial on the findings from the Great Minds series.
Thomas Coughlan: Will 2023 deliver NZ's most extreme government in 30 years?
OPINION: The demise of centrist parties has made politics more extreme.
Steve Braunias on Peter Ellis case: 'Moral panic, contaminated evidence and an innocent ghost'
The case has divided New Zealand for almost 30 years.
The thump, thump, thump in the night that I'm prepared to live with
OPINION: I was trying to sleep. Orchardists were trying to save their crops. Good on them.
Opinion: National's unwise double down on 'trickle down'
Panic's set in about tax cuts in the UK, but not in NZ's National Party.
Andrew Kirton: Why Liz Truss won't be getting a Christmas card from Christopher Luxon
Right-wing parties are guilty of taking their economic credibility for granted
Paula Bennett: Do you think Grant knows how to spend your money better than you?
You deserve more of your money in your pocket and that's why we should have tax cuts.
John Hearnshaw: Astrotourism at a crossroads
OPINION: One of the leading lights of our future tourism sector is written in the stars.
Karl Puschmann: Can you handle the high cringe level of Millie Lies Low?
Humiliation and deep shame drive the action in the squirmingly enjoyable new local film.
Michael Barnett: Saving the next Cassandra
OPINION: Founded by actor Goldie Hawn in 2003, we believe this is the key.