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Duncan Garner: Aussie teachers retire with $2.5m. Why does NZ get superannuation so wrong?

It’s time to wake up and supercharge KiwiSaver ASAP.

An American in NZ: Trump is only one of the reasons I want to live in your country

My crush on New Zealand has now grown into true romantic love.

Conor English: History can teach Donald Trump a lesson on the effects of a US tariff war

Creating more uncertainty is unhelpful to everyone - including New Zealand.

Charlotte Grimshaw: Make our books a taonga

Repressive regimes can’t silence a nation’s spirit, kept alive by its intellectual life.

Duncan Garner: Why I’m picking Christopher Luxon won’t lead National into the next election

The phone is off the hook, his MPs are plotting, Luxon is done.

Jane Clifton: Eurovision might be the ultimate foreign policy test for Trump and Putin

Politics meets pop in the venerable annual song contest.

Aaron Smale: We can’t afford to fail Māori children

The need to improve Māori educational outcomes is even more vital given demographic trends

The shame game: The legal lines of public humiliation

David Harvey: One must be very careful in mounting an online shaming campaign or exposé.

Russell Brown: Enshittification - the reason why online services turn to crap

Your ‘news’ feed these days is there to suit Facebook’s owner, Meta, not you.

Duncan Garner: Our economy is broken, so why give millionaires taxpayer-funded pensions?

Is it time to start means-testing New Zealand Superannuation?

Guyon Espiner: PM sets himself up for a do or die scenario

NZ needs foreign investment, but get it wrong and the regret is long lasting.

Trump’s first fiasco of a fortnight: ‘We’re moving backwards as a nation’

The harsh reality is we’re now living in a tinderbox.

Duncan Garner: Here’s the real threat to Māori, so why have they missed it?

New Zealand's rapidly changing demographic is bound to impact on Māori identity,

Jane Clifton: Environmental and economic toll of cruise ships is a floating crisis

More and more ports are banning massive cruise ships.

Tureiti, Lady Moxon: ‘What this government has done is destroy years of hard work’

Govt rollback on Māori health initiatives damages & runs counter to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Duncan Garner: How many kiwis still need to quit to meet NZ's smokefree 2025 goal?

Smokefree 2025 has been a great success, but could it fail at the final hurdle?