There's room at the inn - but it'll cost
COMMENT: Bethlehem can't rival Auckland motel's $2300 rate for homeless.
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Key's exit good chance to assess what we value
COMMENT: In a week that went downright paranormal - mass salmoncide? - here was another blow to Nostradamus.
Nothing heroic about batty prison law
COMMENT: Three strikes and you're out. If any expression shows the influence of America, this is it.
The choice is simple: Trump or Not Trump
COMMENT: If any choice of two options could be described as a no-brainer, this is it. So how can there be undecided voters in America?
NZ - Looking great from a distance
COMMENT: Welcome to Instagram New Zealand. The photos look great, but the reality is something else, writes Raybon Kan.
Kan: Man with enough names for a relay team
I'm no expert in the $43 million case of William Yan, aka Yong Ming Yan, aka Bill Liu, aka Yang Liu, but it's fascinating.
Raybon Kan: Whatever's next?
The water in the diving pool has turned green. Raybon Kan asks: Are the divers all using the pool as some kind of communal drug test?
Raybon Kan: Listen for Last Trump
Did David Bain do it? That's one question. The other one is this: did he get a fair trial? I was gonna write two versions of this.
Raybon Kan: Govt using big words as band-aid
The Government is planning to lend $1 billion to councils. For infrastructure.
Raybon Kan: UK runs headfirst to its own demise
I went from pretty much not even knowing there was a referendum to a complete three-day bender - or was it four days?
Raybon Kan: Now only road tolls can save us from ourselves
Often, driving in Auckland, I feel like I'm in a failed state. Have warlords taken over?
Paula Bennett and the eight homeless bears
What makes people get into politics? Imagine being the Minister of Social Housing, and seeing someone who helps the homeless as the enemy.
Raybon Kan: Hillary's arrival a US-style Wags-to-riches narrative
She's making history - but not in the way Helen Clark has had to.
Kan: Humans are not to be trusted
For some reason, the Ministry for Primary Industries is one I don't know much about.
Kan: Catholic students wake up to wrong farce
Dearly beloved: there's a petition to challenge the dress code for this year's school ball at St Dominic's Catholic College, a girls' high school in West Auckland.
Raybon Kan: Car-sleepers camping at the bit for Key's help
Housing crisis, what housing crisis? It depends on what you mean by crisis, says the Government. And of course, what you mean by housing.
Raybon Kan: Roses, mergers and beachy tax havens
COMMENT: This week, it seems, we are through the looking glass, writes Raybon Kan.
Raybon Kan: Bravo TV - numbing us all to the world's problems
COMMENT: When MediaWorks chief executive Mark Weldon resigned, the tribute flowed in. That's not a typo, writes Raybon Kan.
Raybon Kan: Will housing correction be Key's lasting legacy?
COMMENT: People without residency shouldn't be allowed to own NZ real estate. Land is the fundamental ingredient of a country, writes Raybon Kan.
Raybon Kan: NZ should use voice for more than sucking up
Certainly you won't hear a peep out of our Prime Minister - he's in Beijing to make a deal.
Raybon Kan: Let's shear the love and shake up world
Weird time of year, this cusp. Has the new year started yet? I feel halfway, like I'm still beaming down from 2015, but haven't quite materialised yet, writes Raybon Kan.