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Claire Trevett: Stunned Muller tries to swim upstream

Todd Muller wanted Paula Bennett on the backbench, but nobody puts Bennett in a corner.

Claire Trevett: The Nat and the Hat - rating Muller's first days as leader

COMMENT: Muller's first days as leader could not have gone better, minefields ahead.

Dawn Picken: You're so vain - you probably think this column is about you

COMMENT: Beauty rituals are a reward after lockdown left us ragged and shaggy.

Fran O'Sullivan: Muller makes it all about the teams

COMMENT: Todd Muller's election puts the September 19 election back into play.

Steve Braunias: The secret diary of Todd Muller

COMMENT: Todd Muller and Simon Bridges facing off at high noon.

Audrey Young: For Simon Bridges, self-belief and rat-cunning weren't enough

Simon Bridges did not appear to have a jot of self-doubt, writes Audrey Young.

Audrey Young: Why Judith Collins could be kingmaker

Todd Muller is no Jacinda Ardern, writes political editor Audrey Young.

Dawn Picken: If it quacks like a duck - beware the propagandist

COMMENT: Sharing half-baked hypotheses during a global pandemic can be deadly.

Comment: Nothing wrong - and lots right - with a bit of public nudity

If you're getting your knickers in a twist, maybe the knickers are the problem.

Carmen Hall: G-strings are for the bedroom, not beach

COMMENT: As the mum, I worry about the impression this trend is making on young girls.

Sulphur fumes and kingfish: On board the first charter boat out after White Island

'We could see the abandoned helicopter standing in the desolation.'

Jo Raphael: You're not bulletproof on the roads

Drive safely, go home and see your loved ones.

Carmen Hall: The first time it was two black eyes and a bruised face

OPINION: Men need to keep their fists to themselves.

Comment: Why it's time to ditch the royal family

Comment: Having a Head of State who is a foreigner seems archaic in a democracy.

Carmen Hall: White Island tourism operators not to blame

Enter at own risk.

Steve Braunias: White Island latest tragedy in year of grief and unimaginable terror

Comment: As a name, White Island is about to take on a new and terrible resonance.