First day farce: National's brazen bluff
Comment: National's vote demands bordered on political blackmail.
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Rachel Stewart: BigAg must wake up to synthetic threat
COMMENT: Artificial milk and meat pose huge risk to farming industry.
If Bill English goes, who is next in line for National?
COMMENT: Diving into National's list to see who could eventually lead the party.
Rachel Stewart: Basking in glow of bright Ardern era
COMMENT: What's it going to be like while writing under the influence of optimism?
Barry Soper: Winston Peters drove a hard bargain
Comment: The NZ First and Greens deals came at a fairly hefty cost to Labour.
Young on Peters: One offer good, two offers can get complicated
COMMENT: Which ever party takes power, NZ First could expect a deal to help it survive.
Rachel Stewart: Why is our road toll such a disgrace?
COMMENT: I have a strong suspicion that another dynamic is at play.
The lethal truth about online abuse
OPINION: Disagree by all means, but nasty personal attacks are out of line.
Rachel Stewart: We're all feeling the squeeze
Opinion: Perfect potpourri of planetary problems is upon us.
Rachel Stewart: Life-affirming jaunt feels good
COMMENT: Attending gala opening night of Pleauredome mattered to me on a number of levels.
Inside Winston's mind: What's driving the kingmaker?
Peters reveals seven or eight on team - but that's all he's prepared to give away so far.
Rachel Stewart: I'm not afraid of big bad Winston
COMMENT: Peters has always demonstrated a willingness to do a deal, says Rachel Stewart.
Political Roundup: The emotional Maori Party demise
The shock departure of the Maori Party was the only real upset of the election.
MKR slammed for 'offensive' casual racism
COMMENT: A little dinner party chat revealed casual racism is alive and well in NZ.
Rachel Stewart: Why women will decide this election
COMMENT: Labour's leader is aspirational for women and won't pull ponytails.
Rachel Stewart: Don't feel sorry for farmers
COMMENT: National is talking up the urban-rural divide to get votes, says Rachel Stewart.
Rachel Stewart: Men in suits scariest gang of all
COMMENT: Out here in the real world things are not so black and white.
Rachel Stewart: That's right polluters, it's time to pay
COMMENT: There is overwhelming public support for a water royalty, says Rachel Stewart.
Rachel Stewart: Ardern oasis in political desert
COMMENT: Labour leader's magnetism has not been seen since Clark and Lange.
PM Job Interview: English v Ardern - Who came out best?
The Herald Inquisition: Claire Trevett assesses Jacinda Ardern and Bill English.
Rachel Stewart: Hysteria over water policy pitiful
COMMENT: Labour's water policy is not as difficult to understand as you might think.
Rachel Stewart: Greens can't blame media
Comment: Turning Turei's pronouncement into a virtuous act of heroism is way off the mark.
'Little lost the confidence of his front bench'
OPINION: Little has done all he could in the interests of his party.
Lions decider: All the angst of a World Cup final
All Blacks fans riven with uncertainty but this is series we have craved.
Stewart: Beaten down by radio ads nauseam
COMMENT: Could you live without advertising? Oh, dear God, how I could.
Letters: Proven benefits to cycling
Readers respond to a suggestion that cyclists should be taxed.
Rachel Stewart: Why I'm not positive
Rachel Stewart explains why she's not going to be positive just to please chirpy men.
Rachel Stewart: How to tarnish tourism glow
COMMENT: Quantity over quality will turn round to bite tourism industry.
Fighting until cows come home
COMMENT: Dairy farmers and industry mouthpieces love to say they are environmental angels.
Model families not always what they seem
Opinion: What exactly does a "role model" family look like?
Stewart: Sour old men love bitter whine
Comment: Elderly, white males are as pesky, autumnal flies for Rachel Stewart.
Stewart: Thrill of flight never leaves
COMMENT: The sense of wonder, of rising above it all, never gets old, says Rachel Stewart.
Holidays, romance..and a male pill
COMMENT: It takes two to tango - so it's time men took equal contraceptive responsibility.
Clarke made us appreciate ourselves
COMMENT: John Clarke's genius was what made him distinct, writes Rachel Stewart.