Barry Soper: Two luncheons show why Boris Johnson remains an extraordinarily popular figure

OPINION: Being in the audience of his long lunch my expectations were obviously high.

Barry Soper: Coalitions in the past have been fraught - and this one is no different

OPINION: Leading a coalition Government needs a rhinoceros hide.

Barry Soper: The hīkoi was Māori Party's crowning glory

OPINION: Protest and the months that follow it will benefit two diehard political enemies.

Barry Soper: The hīkoi has lost the argument for many

OPINION: Any Māori grievance you could ever think of will be embraced by the hīkoi.

Barry Soper: Trump win shows there’s no accounting for public taste

OPINION: We’ll find out over the next four years whether he’s peacemaker he claims to be.

Barry Soper: As if Kamala Harris is reading from Jacinda Ardern's political playbook

OPINION: Harris and Trump are hurtling toward the November 5 US election.

Barry Soper: Inconsistency the hallmark of Tory Whanau’s leadership

OPINION: If you have wondered how Tory Whanau could win mayoralty, then wonder no more.

Barry Soper: Christopher Luxon vilified for his wealth and apartment sale

OPINION: Luxon’s fuse is becoming a little short with the all-right-for-some whingers.

Barry Soper: The fractious relationship between media and politicians

OPINION: It is exacerbated by the quality of questions they are asked.

Barry Soper: There is one clear winner in Harris-Trump debate

OPINION: Trump produces jaw-dropping, off-the-rails stuff in TV showdown.

Barry Soper: It’s been one hell of a year for Christopher Luxon

OPINION: The day they become Prime Minister is the day the writing’s on the wall.

Barry Soper: The truth about the upcoming Treaty Principles Bill

OPINION: If you go into politics you live in a goldfish bowl.

Barry Soper: NZ's brave new world of genetic modification

OPINION: NZ has finally come out of scientific hibernation and into the real world.

Barry Soper: Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is on a mission to stir up discontent

OPINION: National’s the Grim Reaper if you listen to Māori Party co-leader.

Barry Soper: Ethnicity no longer factor in waiting list a fair outcome for all

OPINION: The formal part ethnicity played in hospital waiting lists caused a storm.

Barry Soper: Greens in ideological cesspit because of Darleen Tana

OPINION: When you defiantly sit on the findings of a report, speculation becomes rife.

Barry Soper: In defence of Seymour's social media engagement with schoolkids

OPINION: It’s not often that you would feel the need to jump to the defence of politician.

Barry Soper: Are we really seeing the first major cracks in coalition Govt?

OPINION: Winston Peters argues the Covid inquiry should have been canned.

Barry Soper: 'Loose-lipped apprentice PM' - Fallout from Luxon's 'C-listers' clanger

OPINION: PM's trade mission to Japan's been pretty successful but who would have noticed?

Barry Soper: Farmers should be treated as treasures, not as tyrants

OPINION: Like the rest of the business sector, farmers are feeling the pinch.

Barry Soper: The way this Govt has governed is not right enough for Seymour

OPINION: Act reckons Nicola Willis could have gone further on the Budget.

Barry Soper: As the week’s progressed so have Labour’s false claims

OPINION: There are a couple of things that have stuck in my craw.

Act MP admits being shot as teen after friend's drug deal

Simon Court says he suffered serious injuries and the shooter was arrested and charged.

Barry Soper: Ardern left Hipkins to clean up mess she created

Opinion: The Ardern/Hipkins Government has failed on so many fronts.

Barry Soper: Is Michael Wood stinking rich or dishonest?

OPINION: Why Chris Hipkins didn't sack him, to begin with, is beyond belief.

Barry Soper: Surgery race-ranking rollout seems on ice as PM, Verrall not on same page

It seems the Government has put on ice plans for a nationwide rollout.

Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations

Health officials said it was an important step in reducing historical health inequities.

Barry Soper: There should be no coming back for Michael Wood

OPINION: Perception doesn’t pass the sniff test, opportunities to fix issue weren't taken.

Barry Soper: Heads should roll over Immigration NZ's 'dawn raid' tactics

Opinion: There are surely more humanitarian ways of dealing with overstayers.

Barry Soper: 'Festering sore' - PM needs to learn how to deal with talent and trouble

OPINION: Ardern's unknowingly become an expert at doing the dance of the unveiled.

Barry Soper: Why there was no point sticking around for Ashley Bloomfield

OPINION: Bloomfield's resignation would have come as no surprise to Ardern.