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The Good Life: My dreams of brewing beer will have to wait until summer

There is nothing crueller than having one of life’s ambitions come to nothing.

Deborah Hart: Improvements to MMP voting system needed to tackle diversity issues

The look and shape of the country’s governments have changed considerably since 1996.

Charlotte Grimshaw: The blowbacks of being a reviewer as revenge sought

Likely hazard for reviewers is writers’ social revenge. Vicious gossip, invented slander.

Jonathan Kronstadt: Will third-party US politicians help Trump win again?

Fringe candidates hasten democracy’s fatal crash by handing keys to the drunkest drivers.

Hemma Vara: Barbie is a problematic doll. So why do millennials still love her?

Here’s hoping Barbie will find her redemption on the big screen.

Jane Clifton: Why do public broadcasters still pay ‘talent’ fabulous salaries?

With the decline of terrestrial broadcasting, celebrity’s money-spinning power is fading.

Charlotte Grimshaw: Extreme anti-abortion political beliefs have left US women suffering

If “abortion is murder” you can’t let a 10yo get away with it. What would you do with her?

Naomii Seah: Discounted public transport for some, but what about the rest of us?

In addition to a quarter-life crisis, I can look forward to my transport costs doubling.

Ben Wallace: Forget ties, give men smarter gender-neutral office clothing options

I am sick of the corporate male uniform and the lack of choice men have for office attire.

Michele Hewitson: Luxon’s failed ‘baby-making’ joke more risky than risqué

Politicians on training wheels should leave the joke-telling to more seasoned MPs.

Charlotte Grimshaw: I would pay higher taxes to support free healthcare

"Do we know how lucky we are?," Hewitson asks after seeing US$27k hospital bill.

Jonathan Kronstadt: My son’s ‘compelling argument’ not to flee the US

"Trump’s election should instead mark the beginning of a movement to reject hate."

Jane Clifton: Eurovision a perfect projection of the European Union

Every Eurovision decision seems to embarrass and annoy winning and losing alike.

Jane Clifton: Phillip Schofield was cancelled for being gay

The public simply couldn't handle the fact he was having an affair with another man.

Cathrin Schaer: Should German climate change protestors be classed as criminals?

Since May’s dawn raids on the group, the question has started something of a culture war.

David Barber: Norman Kirk’s Ban-the-Bomb protest marked a sea change in foreign policy

50 years ago, he sent Navy frigates to draw attention to French atmospheric nuclear tests.