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Andrew Anthony: Why charlatans like BoJo are always given second chances

Curious aspect of political volatility is you can never be sure when someone is finished.

Joanna Cho: The reality of the uncertain future of ski fields

A part of me is gutted, but the other part is thinking about climate change.

Jane Clifton: Should we let children identify as animals?

Pretending to be animal is normal part of being a kid - should adults indulge in fantasy?

Charlotte Grimshaw: Trump’s cult following ready to vote for ‘delusional’ man

Trump fans don’t care about alleged criminality. He is their weapon against the system.

Jane Clifton: Should we be giving obesity patients diabetic drugs that are scarce?

No diabetic should miss out on meds. But resolving this ethical dilemma causes another.

Jane Emerson: The benefits for breast cancer survivors joining dragon boat crews

Dragon boating is thousands of years old, but benefits have only recently been realised.

Ben Wallace: Forget ties, give men smarter gender-neutral office clothing options

I am sick of the corporate male uniform and the lack of choice men have for office attire.

Michele Hewitson: Luxon’s failed ‘baby-making’ joke more risky than risqué

Politicians on training wheels should leave the joke-telling to more seasoned MPs.

Michele Hewitson: Govt's cost of living ‘initiative’ invites Nanny State label

Advocating 5-minute showers to offset the cost of living comes across as patronising.

Jules Older: Aotearoa’s worst place names awards

Why should a Pacific nation’s second-biggest city be named after a snooty English college?

Charlotte Grimshaw: Martin Amis effectively wrote about his own death

It’s tragic but not surprising that Amis and his friend Hitchens went out the same way.

Russell Brown: Vinyl records making a ‘horrifyingly expensive’ comeback

Foreign collectors have decreed that artefacts of my childhood fetch a price.

Bernard Lagan: The curse of consultants

A scandal rocking corporate Australia reveals that some consultants cheat.

Michele Hewitson: Why Nicola Willis has the worst job in politics

The idea that being the Leader of the Opposition is the worst job in politics is wrong.

Elaine Atkinson: Hawke’s Bay needs new visitors after Cyclone Gabrielle

Kiwis dug deep to support cyclone relief, but now it feels as if the luck has run out.

Jane Clifton: Who needs fake AI stories when humans already provide absurd ones?

No chatbot nails perverse artificial reality like the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.