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Analysis: National's new fiscal plan looks a lot like Labour's, with similar spending allowances, no tax cuts and no new public service cuts either ...

Comment: How NZ’s historic mobilisation against the nuclear threat in the 1980s contrasts with modern complacency toward the climate crisis ...

Comment: Kiwibank's US copyright takedowns of viral mascot memes expose NZ’s lack of legal protections for parody, satire and fair use ...

Education Minister Erica Stanford labels NCEA inherently broken at a Wellington forum, promoting year 11 compulsory schooling and foundational literacy awards ...

Locals managed to dissuade their own council from dumping its sewage byproduct on picturesque Central Otago farmland – but they couldn't stop fast-growing Queenstown Lakes from doing it. Jill Herron ...

Nicola Willis says National plans to build a more secure future for families and businesses – but for the business owner ...

Jack Tame [Does anyone watch these things anymore? Am I talking to anyone?]: For 45 years, New Zealand’s leaders have been coming to TVNZ to make their case for the country’s top job. Let’s bring in ...

Opinion: Rob Campbell examines the political opposition to wealth taxes, looking at new economic evidence from Norway on ...

Sinking currency and soaring global fuel costs add pressure to the cost of living and test the Reserve Bank's monetary policy ...

Analysis: The Royal Society Te Apārangi has just released a major report of vital importance to the country’s future. The report, by a multidisciplinary team of researchers, is entitled: ‘Threats to ...

Kina are a prized food in Japan, but New Zealand imports very little. Photo: Cando Fishing A commercial fishing business behind a substantial donation to New Zealand First hopes the party will ...