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Karl Puschmann: The Wire creator's new police drama is arresting TV
Following a corrupt police unit, We Own This City is more powerful because it's all true.
Tom James: It's expensive to be poor - why we need better public transport
OPINION: People are being driven into debt by a lack of alternative transport options.
Letters: Cycling into the future
OPINION: Letters on Christopher Luxon, definitely, ingratitude, inequality, & caregivers.
Matthew Hooton: Ardern faces the great unravelling
For too many voters, the polarising PM has overstayed her welcome.
Brian Fallow: When to spend and when to save
Grant Robertson defines what 'prudent' means in managing public finances.
Big cracks starting to show in the economy
Editorial: Three reports this week make for troubling times ahead.
Opinion: Christchurch council flying the flag for the overthinkers and the paranoid
OPINION: Sumner must get its flagpole back.
Opinion: The 'grassroots' health care crisis New Zealand is facing
I know this because I'm experiencing it firsthand.
Hamish Clark: No one should have to pay full rates to endure Christchurch's foul-smelling stench
OPINION: No quick fix to stink in East Christchurch.
Sideswipe: A dog like no other
A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.
Jeremy Helson: Recreational fishing limit move brings amateur and professional systems closer
OPINION: The move should be welcomed by the commercial fishing industry.
Editorial: Labour's popularity falls as Struggle Street feels the pinch
OPINION: Our editorial on problems taking a toll on the Government's popularity.
Trevor Purkis: Don't let the bureaucrats rob Auckland of its soul
OPINION: 'Signalling intent may look good politically now, but at what future cost?'
Mike Hosking: Open and honest govt? What a joke
OPINION: Three Waters is a classic example, self governance is another.
Thomas Coughlan: Rough waters ahead, after a week of bad news
OPINION: The future looks grim - can we tackle it?
Simon Wilson: Outrage? What outrage? The cycleway debate
OPINION: The real 'outrage' about transport is not cycleways, it's extreme car dependency.
Political Roundup: Trespassing ex MPs - Trevor Mallard's petty fiefdom
OPINION: Parliament and politicians are seen as out of touch, elite, and aloof.
Siouxsie Wiles: Why I'm worried about the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron variants
OPINION: What does the science tell us about these new variants growing around the world?
Liam Dann: Tight labour market points to more inflation ahead
Unemployment is low but how is it defined and how does it compare to benefit numbers?
Opinion: Appalling Nadia Lim 'Eurasian fluff' claim - why things are not all right for women in business
DGL founder blames Nadia Lim's looks for My Food Bag's dud IPO.
Opinion: Directors' Duties Bill is well-meaning but harmful
OPINION: Parliament fiddles with fixing something that is not broken at society's peril.
Letters: Childcare centre inspections
OPINION: Letters on NZ's brain drain, Colin McCahon, ram-raiders, inflation, and climate.
Richard Prebble: Thinking the unthinkable – the return of stagflation
OPINION: Only strong monetary policy can give NZ low inflation, writes Richard Prebble.
Chlöe Swarbrick: Don't look up - or out to sea - in NZ
Climate change is here - whether or not our path ends in catastrophe is up to all of us.
Editorial: Falling land data should be a tipping point
OPINION: Our editorial on the impacts of climate change and our shifting landforms.
Comment: Workplace safety has lapsed back to woefully inadequate
OPINION: Port worker deaths are evidence of poor workplace safety standards. Here's more.
Sideswipe: Cakes with threatening auras
A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.
Juha Saarinen: Here, have some mouth haptics with your virtual dystopia
Virtual reality continues to evolve, but why?
Claire Trevett: Has the Speaker's bid to trespass Winston Peters backfired?
PM's question was whether former MPs should be treated the same as others at the protest.
Sir Ian Taylor: Govt's 'we know best' approach strikes again
An apology from the Government is well overdue, writes Sir Ian Taylor.
Trespassing former MPs from Parliament is a gift to the occupation crowd
COMMENT: Issuing trespass orders to former MPs fuels paranoia says Toby Manhire.
Political Roundup: Why Labour won't introduce a radical wealth tax
COMMENT: PM open to the introduction of a new type of progressive taxation on the rich.