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![Fran O’Sullivan: Welcome to Amateurville (if you can get here)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Fran O’Sullivan: Welcome to Amateurville (if you can get here)
OPINION: Our failure to build bipartisan consensus on infrastructure is on display.
![Mary Holm: More tax support after 65? Careful Boomers! You haven't had it too bad financially](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Mary Holm: More tax support after 65? Careful Boomers! You haven't had it too bad financially
OPINION: Let's not start an all-out intergenerational war.
![Letters: Nordic nonsense for NZ; Dame Patsy Reddy’s disservice to All Blacks fans](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Letters: Nordic nonsense for NZ; Dame Patsy Reddy’s disservice to All Blacks fans
OPINION: 'Is it any wonder we have a rising crime rate.'
![Steven Joyce: The problem with government companies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Steven Joyce: The problem with government companies
OPINION: Limited liability, non-government owned, companies are a wonderful invention.
![Derek Cheng: Examining the evidence around Luxon's law and order reforms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Derek Cheng: Examining the evidence around Luxon's law and order reforms
OPINION: Why the PM's hands are tied in dropping the dumb stuff in justice reform.
![Opinion: Are we becoming desensitised to the cost-of-living crisis?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Opinion: Are we becoming desensitised to the cost-of-living crisis?
OPINION: 'The reality is we’re seeing more widespread vulnerability.'
![Were we better off 50 years ago? - Darcy Ungaro](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Were we better off 50 years ago? - Darcy Ungaro
OPINION: There’s angst rising in the squeezed middle class.
![Lex: Volkswagen tries to play catch-up with Rivian deal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Lex: Volkswagen tries to play catch-up with Rivian deal
Financial Times: If you can't beat 'em...VW is hitching a ride with fleeter-footed rivals.
![Opinion: Govt budget cuts mean we're now forced to turn hungry people away - Auckland City Missioner](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Opinion: Govt budget cuts mean we're now forced to turn hungry people away - Auckland City Missioner
OPINION: My dream is for a country where everyone can readily get the food they need.
!["Being brave is the deep breath you take before doing something you’ve never imagined before" - Moana Jackson](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
"Being brave is the deep breath you take before doing something you’ve never imagined before" - Moana Jackson
Moana Jackson had a dream and he wanted everyone to be brave enough to help realise it.
![Letters: Lauren Dickason tried under outdated laws](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Letters: Lauren Dickason tried under outdated laws
OPINION: 'Ironically, Dickason would probably have been found not guilty in South Africa.'
![Listening to Luke Combs' ageless music](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Listening to Luke Combs' ageless music
Lyrics nothing new but comforting coming from someone else.
![Claire Trevett: Crime, coalition 'cracks' and unicorn kisses - just another week in politics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Claire Trevett: Crime, coalition 'cracks' and unicorn kisses - just another week in politics
OPINION: Also in today's wrap - the PM's medicine comeback and Andrew Bayly's flying leap.
![Susan Farkas: Migraine shame is real - my pain is not ‘just’ a headache](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Susan Farkas: Migraine shame is real - my pain is not ‘just’ a headache
OPINION: Why do I feel ashamed of having inherited a common neurological disorder?
![Hillary Clinton: What I'm watching for in the first Biden-Trump debate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Hillary Clinton: What I'm watching for in the first Biden-Trump debate
New York Times: 'It is nearly impossible to focus on substance when Trump is involved.'
![Roger Partridge: Unlocking New Zealand’s international education opportunity](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Roger Partridge: Unlocking New Zealand’s international education opportunity
OPINION: Albanese government creates potential $2.5 billion-a-year opportunity for NZ.
![Barry Soper: Are we really seeing the first major cracks in coalition Govt?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Barry Soper: Are we really seeing the first major cracks in coalition Govt?
OPINION: Winston Peters argues the Covid inquiry should have been canned.
![Most instances of cultural misappropriation can only be dealt with by societal pressure - Opinion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Most instances of cultural misappropriation can only be dealt with by societal pressure - Opinion
OPINION: Jayden Houghton highlights a legal gap regarding cultural misappropriation
![Political Roundup: Greens need to front up on the 'farcical' Darleen Tana inquiry](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Political Roundup: Greens need to front up on the 'farcical' Darleen Tana inquiry
OPINION: The Handling of the Darleen Tana scandal is now also an integrity issue.
![Chlöe Swarbrick: Climate crisis requires rational, immediate and bold action](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Chlöe Swarbrick: Climate crisis requires rational, immediate and bold action
OPINION: The climate crisis is no longer some dystopian nightmare.
![Editorial: Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti storms a wake-up call for NZ infrastructure](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Editorial: Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti storms a wake-up call for NZ infrastructure
OPINION: This week's severe weather shows the critical need for infrastructure investment.