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Guess who’s coming to dinner?
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is a man who at home in New Zealand can find it remarkably difficult to seem poised.
Editorial
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A black-letter day for communities
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A black-letter day for communities
Not everyone is a digital native in this super-connected world of ours.
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Getting real about measles
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Getting real about measles
Public health officials who have been warning the government for years about our vulnerability to another measles epidemic will take no comfort from the current situation.
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Rising frustrations over recovery
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Rising frustrations over recovery
Time does fly.
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Getting real about fake images
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Getting real about fake images
In May, Act New Zealand list MP Laura McClure made international headlines when she held up a blurred image of her naked "self" in Parliament during the General Debate.
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Spinning harm statistics
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Spinning harm statistics
Hyperbolic media releases from politicians are nothing new.
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Let that be the last of that
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Let that be the last of that
A huge collective sigh of relief rang out across the South yesterday as the blustery winds finally dropped, for while southerners are accustomed to the occasional storm, be it bearing high winds,...
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A season to be proud of
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A season to be proud of
Whatever happens tomorrow afternoon in Christchurch, this has been a season for the ages for Otago rugby.
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Council cohesion needed
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Council cohesion needed
In the words of the sometimes mocked Kenny Rogers classic The Gambler, ‘‘If you’re gonna play the game, boy, you gotta learn to play it right’’.
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Concern growing over Gene-Tech Bill
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Concern growing over Gene-Tech Bill
New Zealand has been on something of a quest to improve its continuing poor showing in the global science stakes when it comes to spending on research and development.
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Just what is broadcasting?
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Just what is broadcasting?
Pugnacious journalist Sean Plunket likes nothing better than a good stoush, and last week he found himself embroiled in a real doozy of one.
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Line on strikes unhelpful
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Line on strikes unhelpful
On Thursday, unless there is a sudden epidemic of settlements, many of our most important workers will be on picket lines.
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A decent bloke and decent PM
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A decent bloke and decent PM
Jim Bolger once embarked on an election campaign calling for a "decent society".
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Pig welfare weasel words
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Pig welfare weasel words
In another startling example of poor process, the government is rushing through an amendment to the Animal Welfare Act relating to pigs.
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Internal ructions, external ramifications
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Internal ructions, external ramifications
What are we to make of the unedifying sight of Te Pāti Māori disemboweling itself in public?
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Methane muddling
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Methane muddling
The decision to dramatically lower methane targets for 2050 may be seen as a win for farmers, but it is a loss for sensible policy making.
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Failing to grasp the nettle
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Failing to grasp the nettle
One day New Zealand is going to have a sensible, considered discussion about drug laws, but there are few signs we are going to have that talk anytime soon.
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Sorted for some, anxious for others
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Sorted for some, anxious for others
As a new working week dawns, some who threw their hats into the ring for local councils across the South can look back on a busy weekend which was either worth celebrating or deeply disappointing.
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Dare we hope for peace?
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Dare we hope for peace?
It is the moment that many millions of people around the world have been waiting for, none more so than the starving, trampled Palestinians in Gaza and the Israeli families of those murdered and taken hostage by Hamas terrorists two years ago.
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Yanking down hard on the lever
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Yanking down hard on the lever
To the delight of mortgage holders, but not so much of bank savers, the Reserve Bank on Wednesday pulled down hard on its largest economic lever, the Official Cash Rate.