Barry Soper: Time for Govt to consider being cruel to be kind

OPINION: For starters, take those deliberate rulebreakers to task and prosecute them.

Barry Soper: Labour's move on Māori wards leaves ratepayers in cold

OPINION: If Labour wanted to change the rules, it should have said so before the election.

Barry Soper: Trevor Mallard raises more questions than he answers

OPINION: Before his peers, Trevor Mallard was in a hole and just kept digging.

Barry Soper: The squeaky wheel - Beehive's on-the-fly virus reaction

COMMENT: Some consistency and maybe a little more forethought would be nice.

Barry Soper: Lockdowns are not a long-term solution for pandemic

COMMENT: Aucklanders are going to have another weekend at home, soaking in their bubbles.

Barry Soper: Don't expect large-scale policies from Labour this campaign

COMMENT: The only Captain's call you'll hear from Jacinda Ardern is to stay vigilant.

Barry Soper: Tit for tat - the politics of sordid sex and sacking a minister

Comment: Rumour mill over Iain Lees-Galloway had been whirring for months.

Winston Peters will settle lawsuit for Paula Bennett's scalp

Peters is suing two ex-National ministers after his pension overpayment was made public.