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From Boxing Day sales to GDP: How our quiet decisions shape local life

OPINION: Rotorua writer Lifang Chen links one old suitcase to big ideas about GDP.

Arson, stabbing and shrapnel: Police Minister Mark Mitchell’s health battle

An arsonist, Samurai sword and the Mongrel Mob left their marks on the Police Minister.

Editorial: Why this NZ city is owed an apology

OPINION: Emergency housing motels became a stopgap for a slew of too-hard-basket issues.

Opinion: When ordinary people choose to step forward in moments of danger

Writer Lifang Chen links the Bondi attack to her own moment of crisis.

Mark Lister: How a turbulent 2025 set the stage for investors’ moves in 2026

OPINION: World shares swung from a 16.3% slump to a 35% surge, ending 2025 strongly.

Through the mill: Tokoroa’s tough year was about much more than job losses

Tokoroa once had more than 19,000 residents, with 5000 of them working at the mill.

From Rotorua to Chengdu: How seven days reshaped a young Māori performer

Children in Chengdu queued for hugs and handshakes after each haka performance.

How to respond: Building portfolios for a lower-return investment world

Private equity and private debt are still tipped for returns above 7% a year.

The budgie who came back: How Bluey found safety, family and freedom

The little bird vanished with her green mate Greenie, but only she found her way home.