Steve Braunias is a senior writer for the New Zealand Herald.
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Friday night on Queen St, Saturday night in the suburbs: Steve Braunias' big weekend
Steve Braunias attends an old man in concert and a teenage birthday party.
Steve Braunias: Secret diary of Wild David Seymour
OPINION: A cowboy western starring deputy David Seymour, a sharpshooter and total legend.
Melissa Chan-Green opens up on abusive relationship
'Going to work was my happy place,' the AM host tells Steve Braunias.
Steve Braunias: The secret bulletin of Newshub’s Mike McRoberts
OPINION: Bringing you insights on the 'proposed new structure with significant changes'.
Steve Braunias: The sad, strange case of Nikita Tekotia, whose baby daughter was murdered
She failed, acutely and profoundly, to look after and save Arapera Fia.
Steve Braunias meets 'The Penkonator' for a battle of wills
OPINION: Steve Braunias meets Chris Penk, the 'provocateur the left loves to hate'.
Steve Braunias: The secret diary of Christopher Luxon
OPINION: I felt I could not hold on to a single worthwhile idea.
Steve Braunias: The secret diary of ... supermarket vermin
OPINION: A little bit of aeration never hurt anybody. But it might hurt vermin.
Steve Braunias: The secret diary of ... Waitangi
OPINION: Act’s Treaty Issues Bill will ensure that we are all one people.
Will Dale the Avondale spider be stamped out?
Avondale's famous spider sculpture is in terrible shape - and may get stamped out.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Christopher Luxon
OPINION: All day long at work I was sure I could smell cigarette smoke.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman
OPINION: Something is strange about a politician up on shoplifting charges.
Why Auckland is at its best in summer when there's no one else around
OPINION: As everyone returns to the city, Steve Braunias wishes they'd stay away.
Steve Braunias: The secret horoscopes 2024, part 2
OPINION: Steve Braunias reveals what's in store for you in 2024.
Steve Braunias: The secret horoscopes 2024, part 1
OPINION: Steve Braunias reads the stars for what's really going on in 2024.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of ... 2023
OPINION: To satirise our politicians is a pleasant pastime.
Steve Braunias on the 20 best things in Auckland life
There is so much to experience in this isthmus of two harbours.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Christmas
OPINION: A Christmas message looking back on a year that was.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of the summer break
OPINION: Luxon, Peters and Seymour pack their suitcases for summer break.
'Why do you have to be so useless?': How Christmas changes when kids become teens
'To be a teenager is to be foreground, the star of the house.'
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Christopher Luxon
OPINION: Christopher Luxon has had a bit of a frustrating week.
Steve Braunias: The secret diary of Winston Peters
OPINION: I have no time for people who say they don’t like Mondays.
Steve Braunias: Is it too late to have kids at 60?
Opinion: Truly good guys make truly good dads no matter the age.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of The Prime Minister
OPINION: Coalition talks with Peters and Seymour at the Cordis Hotel.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Christopher Luxon
Christopher Luxon has been busy this week forming the Government.
Steve Braunias: Why a wedding makes a difference to a couple’s love
OPINION: The look of love at a wedding in Waihi
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Shipwreck Chippy
OPINION: The loss of life was heavy. The loss of morale was profound.
Steve Braunias: Double-murder trial verdict 'breathtakingly fast'
Two men with connections to the Killer Beez street gang were found guilty.
Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of The Beatles
OPINION: Time for something more important than politics!
Steve Braunias on meeting 'patron saint of English football' Sir Bobby Charlton
An audience with a footballing legend.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Winston Peters
OPINION: 'Who is this person, and why is he talking to me?' wonders Winston Peters
Steve Braunias: The agony of Year 12 NCEA exams hits home
OPINION: When did our children get smarter than us?
Steve Braunias: The secret diary of the prime minister elect
OPINION: $60 supermarket trips, meetings with Seymour and landlord conversations.
Steve Braunias on writing for the first readers
OPINION: An editor is the first person who reads what you write
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of... the leaders
OPINION: Spaceman Seymour was floating in his tin can far above the world.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of ... The leaders
OPINION: Spaceman Seymour was floating in his tin can far above the world.
Steve Braunias: Leaders' true colours shining through
There was blood on the floor, hair on the walls and unmentionable odours.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Shipwreck Chippy
Opinion: Prime Minister emerges from isolation but loses momentum.
Rotorua: a fuming classic, a humid paradise
OPINION: Steve Braunias discovers little change in Rotorua in 17 years
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of ... The Abominable Peters
OPINION: Winston Peters reaches the South Pole
'Nightmare on Queen St': Luxon bores himself to sleep at debate - Steve Braunias
He was political leader as somnabulist, gabbling like a man talking in his sleep.
Friends accused of fatal shootings during 'crime spree'
It was one hell of a month in Auckland with a spate of shootings, the court heard.
'I truly believe him': The woman who loves Baby Chance's killer
Darien Aipolani-Williams, 24, has four daughters with Boston Wilson.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of ... Truckin’ Luxon
OPINION: Truckin’ Luxon was a man of considerable appetite and little discretion.
Steve Braunias: Searching for an ounce of charisma in the leaders’ debate
OPINION: There was a very exciting coat hanger incident that set the bar.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Shipwreck Chippy
OPINION: "We just have to keep afloat,” said Shipwreck Chippy.
Steve Braunias takes to the air: 'Just about the greatest feeling in the world'
Opinion: I thought: “Other than death, what’s the worst that can happen?”
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Spaceman Seymour
OPINION: Spaceman Seymour's search for intelligent life to promote to political power.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of the Abominable Peters
Opinion: Veteran is back on the ice and heading for the South Pole.
Steve Braunias: Farewell to something beautiful
OPINION: That’s it for the tree. It’s over. It’s coming down.
The Secret Diary of ... Truckin’ Luxon
OPINION: Luxon in the driving seat with Seymour - or is he?
The Secret Diary of ... Shipwreck Chippy
OPINION: Shipwreck Chippy assembled his gang of castaways and said, “All is not lost.”
Are vampires stealing our sleep? Auckland wanderer's theories published after death
Steve Braunias: He lived as a wanderer in rags, roaming hostels across Auckland.
'Are you thinking of dying? I may be available'
OPINION: Everyone has to put their vanities to one side at an event on behalf of the dead.
The Secret Diary of ... the Abominable Peters
OPINION: He had known them all, the good and the great, the mad and the bad.
The Secret Diary of ... Truckin’ Luxon
OPINION: Truckin’ Luxon chokes on the dust of Genghis Seymour
Steve Braunias: In praise of cowtown Palmerston North
OPINION: There's more than meets the eye to Palmerston North
Steve Braunias: Life and death in the Auckland shadows - a tragic end to the NZ dream
Steve Braunias on the tragic story of a meaningless death over a crazy misunderstanding.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Shipwreck Chippy
OPINION: “You have to keep an eye on your enemies ..."
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Christopher Luxon
OPINION: It's time for New Zealand to see the real Christopher Luxon.
Steve Braunias: Making life more beautiful: A portrait of my father
OPINION: "I grew up in the shadow of my father's name, on a sign above the garage."
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Lonesome Cowboy Chip
Opinion: The chairs in his office are empty apart from good old loyal Two-Cakes.
Baby Chance death: Verdict tinged with agony and tears
Boston Wilson is found guilty of murdering his 10-month-old nephew.
'I lost control': Guards drag man found guilty of murdering baby nephew away
10-month-old Chance died from critical injuries in December 2021.
Juror leaves baby murder trial after being reduced to tears
Next week, a jury will be tasked with determining the verdict for Boston Wilson.
Steve Braunias: Auckland’s trees offer silent sanctuary from High Court
OPINION: ' I sit there with a thermos and a sandwich, and forget all about the trial'
Birkdale baby death: Boston Wilson tells jury he accidentally dropped the child
Boston Wilson is accused of murdering his 10-month-old nephew.
Steve Braunias: The crashing waves of grief as court hears of Baby Chance's death
Steve Braunias at the trial of a man accused of murdering a 10-month-old baby.
Steve Braunias: The secret Chinese intelligence report on Chris Hipkins
Opinion: Agents keep close tabs on the PM during his trip to China.
Steve Braunias: Boston Wilson's trial for the killing of a child
Wilson's nephew, 10-month-old Chance, died in December 2021.
Steve Braunias: Here we go again, another trial for the killing of a child
Another young man in the dock, another entry into the long catalogue of infanticide in NZ.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Chris Hipkins
Opinion: Prime Minister is in fix-it mode, keeping the wheels on the Government bus.
The Secret Diary of the 37 criminal charges against Trump
OPINION: A run-down of the evidence and the charges.
Steve Braunias: The driveway drug deal and killing of Robbie Hart
Steve Braunias reports on a methamphetamine killing in West Auckland.
Steve Braunias: The secret diary of Michael Wood’s 12 reminders
OPINION: The saga of the Auckland Airport shares.
Steve Braunias on the misconception that 'I' and 'you' exist
OPINION: "There is no such thing as an I," wrote Georg Groddeck