Mike Munro: All finished for Ardern? Don't you believe it
The naysayers are forgetting how quickly political fortunes change.
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest fromOpinion
Matthew Hooton: A new normal beckons - what it will look like
Case numbers will stay high — but we'll get used to that too.
Claire Trevett: Camp Covid's final 48 hours - the inside view of how police moved protesters
It wasn't all bad at the beginning, but it was bad by the end. Claire Trevett reflects.
Mike Hosking: World's reaction to Ukraine invasion gives me hope
"Never have I seen such a coordinated, effective and immediate response to a crisis."
Letters: Director general of health criticism
OPINION: Letters on Wellington protest, Phil Goff, Winston Peters, and waste charges.
Sideswipe: Irrational fears
A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.
Ukraine invasion 'shatters conventional wisdom'
OPINION: Using military power against an opponent has never declined in currency.
Editorial: Cricket World Cup worth the wait
OPINION: Our editorial on the delayed launch of the Women's Cricket World Cup today.
Brian Fallow: Inflation monster tougher to tame
Two key changes mean reining in rising prices will be harder than it was.
Karl Puschmann: Yo-ho-ho? Arrr there a barrel of laughs in Taika's new pirate sitcom?
Waititi is Blackbeard and Rhys Darby is the Gentleman Pirate in their new nautical comedy.
Chris Keall: Dear Jacinda - Here's how you stop misinformation
OPINION: A simple plan to stamp out misleading information.
Steve Braunias: 'Things are f****d up' - the carnival is over; it's back to the pandemic and a war
OPINION: These are not the best of times, merely the worst, from war to domestic divide.
What I learnt from a surreal dinner with Ukraine's president
Financial Times: Guests showed up expecting a sober policy discourse. They got a surprise.
Thomas Coughlan: Ardern vs Luxon - who's winning in the House?
Christopher Luxon is surging in the polls, but Jacinda Ardern has the edge in the House.
Editorial: Parliament sit-in the worst protest ever
OPINION: Our editorial on police action over the protest in Wellington.
Sideswipe: Insurrection or Cosplay?
A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.
Shane Te Pou: Why the war in Ukraine matters to Kiwis
OPINION: Russia's actions threaten an entire international order.
Letters: Climate crisis needs attention
OPINION: Letters on hospital pressure, Dame Valerie Adams, panic buying, and Godzone.
David Dyason: Our window on workers is closing
COMMENT: Omicron will only add to looming workforce shortages.
Opinion: Questions over how protest grew so large, and on misinformation, loom over future
Occupation has shattered Wellington, but it's important not to draw the wrong conclusions.
Jamie Mackay: From Russia to Wellington - here's what I'm thinking
From a Russian megalomaniac to protesters in tin foil hats.
Opinion: Cryptocurrencies are Putin's sanctions-busting superweapon
Telegraph: Cryptocurrency poses a big threat to US national security.
Opinion: Putin has reignited the conflict between tyranny and liberal democracy
Financial Times: Putin has mounted an unprovoked assault on an innocent country.
Simon O'Connor: NZ needs autonomous sanction power
OPINION: National MP says NZ to act on the country's inability to punish world injustices.
Chlöe Swarbrick: Poverty shouldn't be accepted part of tertiary study path
Inequity exists at all stages of NZ education but is shamefully baked in for uni students.
Richard Prebble: Russia's invasion of Ukraine has lessons for NZ
We have to be willing to defend our freedom. If we are not, no one else will do it for us.
Letters: Investing in hospitals
OPINION: Letters on NZ departures, Ukraine, fuel prices, protesters, and
Sideswipe: Packaged peanut butter, not cheap...
A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.
Editorial: Encircling and isolating Russia
OPINION: Our editorial on worldwide efforts to contain the war breaking out in Europe.
Josep Borrell: Russian might is not right
OPINION: EU foreign affairs representative says Russia is lying to justify Ukraine attack.
Opinion: Why NZ can't levy proper sanctions on Russia, and what it lays bare
Sanctions fill a gap between gap diplomatic rhetoric and an actual military response.
Rouble/interest rates: Knock-on effects of sanctions will ripple beyond Russia
Financial Times: Tanks are harbingers of financial chaos as well as physical destruction.
My 12 rules for a long, successful marriage
OPINION: My parents have been married for 70 years. Here's what they've taught me.
Sideswipe: Mood of the nation?
A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.