You could argue Te Pāti Māori won that battle but is losing the war.

When it comes to gender law, there is a fine line of words and meaning.

Chris Hipkins and the New Zealand Labour Party should be buoyed.

There's no retirement for this Kiwi hero who won't stop until NZ families are safe.

Advertising for lavatory paper and laxatives has gone down the toilet.

Imagine not being able to conjure up the sounds of the world around you.

A fleeting visit by a daughter on a university break makes the world a little brighter.

A paucity of public toilets highlights American inequality and marginalisation.

Austerity might fix the books, but at what cost to wider society?

Social media can be a menace for youth but legislation could intrude on parental decisions

When it’s not fashionable to explicitly practise racism, just deny it exists or ever did.

Bad behaviour in the parliaments of Europe is still not enough to put off voters.

The widening divide between lawn purists and those who want nature to take its course.

As he leads his country into ignominy, Donald Trump will tolerate no criticism.

The goings-on at the British museum where a staffer was caught flogging antiques on eBay.

Rugby was once everything to me, now I find it mostly frustrates me.

Most polling now suggests Australia will have a minority government after the election.

Doctors taking "vanbulance" from Kaitāia to Wellington to shake up NZ health system.

Updating emergency preparedness advice, the EU newly urges residents to prepare for attack

Republican office holders and office seekers fear the President more than their own voters

The Green MP's comments on why people are in prison have real justification.

There's a time and a place to look at how Parliament incorporates tikanga; this isn't it.

New research could be the longevity breakthrough no one expected.

Name suppression changes proposed in a new bill may go too far in terms of victim input.

Once Europe and USA were friends, but Trump administration has fractured that friendship.

Peters has made his career pretending to fight division while carefully cultivating it.

It might be akin to talking with a ghost, but these are conversations of memory and trust.

The strange story of Elon Musk and Path of Exile 2 says much about where the world is now.

The mums and dads in leafy suburbs who vote Green might now be rethinking their support.

Towns - and countries - made famous by a TV series or film can be a mixed blessing.