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NationalJuly 24

Election 2026 interview: Green Party co-leaders

ODT political editor Mike Houlahan talks to co-leaders Marama Davidson and Chlöe Swarbrick.
Mike Houlahan
Election 2026 interview: Green Party co-leaders
Election 2026 interview: Green Party co-leaders
EditorialMarch 1

Bill of Rights gets some bite

On Monday, with little fanfare, the Government announced it intended to enact what may be the most profound law change of its term of office.
NationalAugust 25

Hoping for Jacinda effect

Young voters made a significant contribution to the elections in the United Kingdom, the United States and France and George Sabonadiere (16), of Dunedin, is hoping for similar results in New Zealand.
Hoping for Jacinda effect
Hoping for Jacinda effect
NationalApril 3

NZ no longer at Interpol cybercrime facility

New Zealand no longer has a presence at a major Interpol facility fighting cybercrime because of a lack of funding.
NZ no longer at Interpol cybercrime facility
NZ no longer at Interpol cybercrime facility
NewsDecember 19

No National candidate in Mt Albert byelection

The National Party has waved the white flag in the coming Mt Albert byelection,  announcing it will not stand a candidate.
No National candidate in Mt Albert byelection
No National candidate in Mt Albert byelection
NationalMay 15

Open-minded Robertson quick learner

Grant Robertson demonstrated yesterday he is a fast learner.
NationalJanuary 27

Government rejects further changes to Food Bill

The Government is assuring food traders a Bill reforming the industry does not need further protection for small traders, nor do the proposed powers for food safety officers need to be curbed.
NationalJanuary 27

Focus on disclosure

Moves to enable criminal histories to be checked at transtasman border posts will be discussed in talks in Melbourne this weekend between Justice Minister Judith Collins and Australian Attorney-general Nicola Roxon.
OpinionDecember 30

Staggering gains of top 1% beggars more than belief

It is the political Right which should be most concerned about rising income inequality, says Tim Hazledine.
DunedinAugust 15

Criticism of Govt's new welfare policy from Dunedin

Prime Minister John Key, facing "nanny state" criticism over the Government's new $25 million welfare policy for young people, says he is not going to apologise to anyone for intervening in their lives.
NewsJuly 21

Students can choose to opt out

Students can choose to opt out
Students can choose to opt out
BusinessJuly 6

Case for a capital gains tax flawes: consultant

Claims that a capital gains tax would create large amounts of government income and make houses cheaper were flawed, Polson Higgs tax partner Michael Turner said yesterday.
EditorialJune 29

Another dip in our pockets

It might be thought by some taxpayers that after all the fuss stemming from the Labour government's abuse of spending public funds for electoral purposes - it and half a dozen other lesser offenders claimed ignorance - parties might have mended their ways.
OpinionJune 29

Inappropriate for Government to intervene in process

Inappropriate for Government to intervene in process
Inappropriate for Government to intervene in process
OpinionMay 26

Obama struggling to keep pace

Barack Obama's speech on the Middle East lasted 40 minutes, but did it say anything new? Not exactly, although it did reinstate an old rule that had been abandoned.
EntertainmentMay 2

America 2049: Online game puts US human rights in spotlight

America may not be headed towards a future of citizens tracked with implanted chips, pacified by drugs and tightly segregated, but creating that Orwellian future now could be the best way to prevent it, one activist group thinks.
OpinionMarch 15

A spanner in the free-market media works

Not quite so fast, Mr Joyce. A disquieting tendency is beginning to emerge around matters of public interest in so far as they concern the powers that be and anyone who questions or criticises how those powers are exercised.
DunedinFebruary 22

An unlikely lecturer

A lecturer was never something Dr Bryce Edwards expected to be. Least of all the lecturer of a first-year paper he studied, and in which he did not excel.
An unlikely lecturer
An unlikely lecturer
EditorialFebruary 8

Making the most of Maori division

Hone Harawira has been singing the same waiata since the 1970s, even as a youthful member of the first modern Maori protest group, Nga Tamatoa, a classic hit about the Treaty of Waitangi.
EditorialJanuary 24

Problems posed by a prodigal

Should Hone Harawira prove to be the National-led coalition Government's heartbreaker, it will not be the first time that a member of this forthright northern Maori whanau has elicited political tears before bedtime.
DunedinOctober 11

Politicians set to man the front lines

Imagine dapper Health Minister Tony Ryall emptying bedpans in a hospital ward.
Politicians set to man the front lines
Politicians set to man the front lines
NationalSeptember 20

ACT debacle could hurt MMP, Key says

The Act New Zealand Party's problems are likely to turn people off MMP, Prime Minister John Key says.
EditorialJuly 30

A poisonous pen

Labour Party leader Phil Goff should have learned a harsh lesson about authority from the tragicomic events of the past 48 hours: when the knives are out, leaders must strike first.
A poisonous pen
A poisonous pen
TravelJune 7

Thailand counts the cost of May's rioting

The Red Shirt anti-government protesters have gone home, but Thailand's tourism industry is still seeing red.
EditorialApril 26

The worm turns

What a difference a debate makes - or two.
The worm turns
The worm turns