Canterbury is the fastest-growing region in the country, with the satellite towns of Rangiora and Rolleston at the centre of much of that growth. If congestion carnage is to be avoided, there’s got to ...

The Labour Party’s rave-esque conference made big pitches for a 2026 win, but playing it safe might not be enough to recreate the party’s past fanfare. Over the weekend, in do ...

Another persuasive argument for an upper house was made by the political philosopher Andrew Waldron in a 2008 lecture. “Any way you slice it, the New Zealand decision in 1950 was a reduction in the ...

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Doug Woolerton, the New Zealand First president (and a newly elected MP), was in the room. So was Rob Eaddy, chief of staff for the incumbent prime minister, Jim Bolger. He describes the scene in ...

Tara Ward looks back on the TVNZ newsreader’s two decades on our screens.

Ian Pryor loves movies. He has written a book about Peter Jackson, been editor of website NZ On Screen and reviewed films for ...

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More than 50,000 world leaders, scientists and negotiators came together last week in Belém, Brazil for the most significant climate event in the world. Nestled at the mouth of the Amazon River, Belém ...

The government is turning up the heat on regional councils and hoping they won’t notice they’re being cooked, argues Fergus Campbell.

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