Opinion

Richard Prebble: Why Argentina's radical reforms could work here

OPINION: A tale of two Governments.

Audrey Young: The signs that Christopher Luxon is getting worried

He's making a sudden big effort to set the agenda at the start of each week.

Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of July 28 - August 3

Rod Emmerson's take on the week.

Inside Economics: Why the job market feels worse than the numbers look

ANALYSIS: Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the week's economic news.

Editorial: Forget housing or health – let's fix the passport cover

No one’s suggesting "Aotearoa" should replace "New Zealand".

Editorial: Why are councils needing to woo local-body election nominations?

Opinion: Crippling rate could be behind the cooling of election-candidates' enthusiasm.

Editorial: Rebuilding trust key to tackling vaccine hesitancy

OPINION: Nationally, 77% of children were vaccinated by 24 months old last year.

Editorial: Dropkicks? Shouldn’t we make it easier for people to vote?

OPINION: Perhaps laws that restrict opportunity to vote should require a supermajority.

Letters: The dairy product that resembles a gold bar

OPINION: Maybe the Government should reward us with butter for reporting on road cones.

Letters: That extra 15% on the grocery docket - can the Govt help?

OPINION: It’s time to remove GST from food products to relieve the cost of living

Letters: Warriors defensive woes, passport name-changing, voting reforms

OPINION: How are the changes to voting going to make it harder to cast a vote?

Letters: Our public sector rot, and a wonderful response from the community to find a missing woman

OPINION: Without Nato I would have the Soviet red star on my lapel.

Simon Wilson: In defence of Auckland's urban designers

OPINION: Chris Bishop wants councils to stop trying to win design awards. But why?

Letters: The dairy product that resembles a gold bar

OPINION: Maybe the Government should reward us with butter for reporting on road cones.

Will market forces be enough to lower butter prices?

OPINION: Butter prices in New Zealand rose 46.5% in the year to June.

Letters: That extra 15% on the grocery docket - can the Govt help?

OPINION: It’s time to remove GST from food products to relieve the cost of living

Editorial: Why are councils needing to woo local-body election nominations?

Opinion: Crippling rate could be behind the cooling of election-candidates' enthusiasm.

Audrey Young: Outspoken MP Tamatha Paul says she doesn't mean to be provocative

The MP is the youngest of 7, was school Dux, and first in her family to go to university.

Warriors watch: Five questions from defeat to the Titans

Sunday's loss to the lowly Titans could be a blessing in disguise.

Alex Powell: Lawson lands vital punch in Red Bull battle with Hadjar

OPINION: What we learned from the Belgian Grand Prix.

Phil Gifford: A revived threat for Razor's All Blacks

OPINION: The Wallabies proved they will provide a tough test for the All Blacks this year.

Sam Egger: Youth vaping is a problem, let's look at the evidence

OPINION: Vaping rates rose from 9.7% in 2023 to 11.1% in 2024.

Letters: Warriors defensive woes, passport name-changing, voting reforms

OPINION: How are the changes to voting going to make it harder to cast a vote?

Editorial: Rebuilding trust key to tackling vaccine hesitancy

OPINION: Nationally, 77% of children were vaccinated by 24 months old last year.

Opinion: What's holding back the housing market recovery

Mortgage rates have been falling for 18 months, yet prices remain stagnant.

Sasha Borissenko: Dressed to bill – the yays and nays of law firm fashion

OPINION: The return-to-office impetus sparks dress code discussions at top law firms.

Review: Shihad's Jon Toogood the star at Full Metal Orchestra

REVIEW: Guests also included AC/DC's Phil Rudd and Jimmy Barnes' daughter E.J.

Diana Clement: How to get out of financial hardship

OPINION: You don’t have to solve everything today. Just start.

Shane Te Pou: Tāmaki Makaurau byelection a chance to test out campaign machine

OPINION: The construction sector lost 15,000 jobs in the past two years.

Editorial: Dropkicks? Shouldn’t we make it easier for people to vote?

OPINION: Perhaps laws that restrict opportunity to vote should require a supermajority.

Letters: Our public sector rot, and a wonderful response from the community to find a missing woman

OPINION: Without Nato I would have the Soviet red star on my lapel.

Glenn Dwight: No Wi-Fi, no worries - remembering holidays of old

Opinion: Watching an old Wānaka holiday home being demolished brings back memories.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: We are being irrational about the price of butter

OPINION: Unless you’re into commercial scale baking, why the butter angst?

Liam Dann: Rise in KiwiSaver withdrawals for hardship reasons a worrying trend

OPINION: We need to look more closely at who is withdrawing their money and why.

Helipads in Westmere, dogs in Three Kings and the soils of Pukekohe

OPINION: What's fabulous and what's frustrating in and around Auckland Council right now?

Cecilia Robinson: Pharmac must adopt smarter, more flexible funding approaches

OPINION: Its role can no longer be confined to doing more with less.