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Duncan Garner: My open letter to Chloe Swarbrick

Trying to drag cannabis regulation back into the spotlight is wrong at a time like this.

Law & Society: Shadows of secrecy still fall across our justice system

A growing patchwork of restrictions quietly draws shutters across windows of open justice.

Andrew Hastie was frontrunner to lead Australia’s Liberal Party, so why has he headed to the back benches?

Did he merely throw a dummy-spit or is there a deeper intent behind his resignation?

Russell Brown: Is it time for councils to fund music venues the way they do sports grounds?

Imagine First XV rugby players with nowhere to play when school ends.

Duncan Garner: Dame Noeline Taurua shambles is netball’s disgrace

Netball NZ had a Ferrari of a coach but then drove it into the ditch.

Charlotte Grimshaw: When all is ruined, what is the perfect song to mark the finale?

Which song is the perfect expression of loss?

NZ kids are driving their teachers to the brink

Screaming, boisterous children are the new norm & teachers have grave fears for our future

Life in Trump’s US: Far too late we’ve realised just how underrated normal was

Soldiers patrolling the streets in some US cities is slowly becoming the new norm.

Jane Clifton: House of Guinness howlers appal Irish and UK viewers alike

“Inspired by a true story” now means “full of porkies or it’d be on the History Channel."

Duncan Garner: Is the party over for Te Pāti Māori?

Te Pāti Māori is no longer able to hide internal struggles and dissent.

The hidden dangers of grey literature in public debate and truth-telling

Questioning a 2022 Human Rights Commission Report on colonisation proves futile.

Aaron Smale: Not a patch on paedophiles

Why is the state still protecting abuse perpetrators through police inaction & tardiness?

Victoria’s treaty bill sparks hope for Australia’s first peoples

State proposes a treaty with potential to take reconciliation from rhetoric to reality.

Russell Brown: Why Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric would identify him as an extremist in NZ

Our politicians should not be pulling us towards American agendas.

Duncan Garner: Our politicians need to get brave or we'll leave our kids debt, dysfunction and division

The bedtime story every Kiwi needs to read before it's lights out.

Charlotte Grimshaw on a state of the nation speech for New Zealand literature

Contemplating a merrie presentation, despite the prevailing mood of wintry discontent.