PremiumPremiumOpinionJohn RoughanTop five columns of 2019: John RoughanThe top five columns from John Roughan this year.31 Dec 04:00 PM
PremiumOpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Rugby's mental game hardest to winCOMMENT: This has been a magnificent World Cup for rugby.01 Nov 04:00 PM
PremiumOpinionJohn Roughan: Caution keeps economy strongCOMMENT: Reserve Bank must cop some responsibility for low business confidence.20 Oct 04:00 PM
PremiumOpinionJohn Roughan: Labour is spending up large: We are being taken for suckers18 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Pike River re-entry now ridiculously expensiveCOMMENT: A $7.2 million Pike River re-entry plan has somehow become $36 million.23 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJudging the Government's judgement callsCOMMENT: How rigorously would a Labour minister check asylum seekers situations.02 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Waterfront stadium like wine and beer mixCOMMENT: A sunken stadium is not the feature the waterfront demands.26 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Labour needs to treat baby carefullyCOMMENT: The public would not respond well to crass exploitation of our royal baby.22 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: This generation needs more than a nuclear momentCOMMENT: If we are going to lead the world against climate change, let's hope it follows.20 Apr 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanEnglish wants to retire despite successOPINION: National's high polls make it hard for Bill English to step down.02 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Can Ardern juggle ruling country and baby?OPINION: Can a PM function with a baby? She will have her work cut out.26 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Trump and Brexit did not win our electionCOMMENT: Let's not believe we voted to be a less open, confident country.01 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanAll Blacks and Kiwi sailors set the paceCOMMENT: New Zealanders are battling for the soul of two sports this weekend.23 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: English has found his feetCOMMENT: Tinkering with the superannuation age has done National no harm.14 Apr 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanNot exactly action stations on typhoidCOMMENT: News of typhoid outbreak didn't put medical centres on alert, writes John Roughan07 Apr 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: So much for tunnel visionCOMMENT: Traffic lights will be needed to control the flow in the Waterview tunnels.24 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Let miners rest in peaceCOMMENT: Every time Bernie Monk and his Pike River people come pressing politicians for the mine to be re-entered I wonder why.17 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Fine way for a PM to goCOMMENT: It's just two months since John Key resigned and it feels like a year. The shock passed so quickly that many now might deny they felt it.10 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanRoughan: Media contributed to madnessCOMMENT: There is frustration as well as fury in the messages mainstream media are receiving. Somehow we need to work out what is not being said.03 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: English hits wrong notesCOMMENT: John Key's parting advice for Bill English was, "trust your instincts". It is good advice but I'm not sure English is taking it.13 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanRoughan: Bad time to be picked for CabinetCOMMENT: This is not a good time to come into the front line of a govt if you are a young, ambitious politician with all the attributes to be a great PM.16 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanRoughan: Fighter lurks beneath English's dry surfaceCOMMENT: As we farewell a gifted PM we are about to get a more combative one. John Key's politics have been emollient, Bill English is abrasive.09 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Memories of Muldoon in Trump winCOMMENT: The amazing thing about democracy, when you stop to think about, is that it makes the right decision far more often than not.11 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Boxing no 'showcase'COMMENT: We in this country are suckers for every suggestion the world will be watching something we do.28 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Doctors think we're dimwitsCOMMENT: Like most in my trade I have done time on the industrial relations round. Unlike most, I had a tragic need to understand the issues in disputes.21 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Am I any different to Trump?COMMENT: All political parties are determined to give me a benefit I don't need, what's the point of refusing?07 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Puritanism now rules public debateCOMMENT: Working in the media these days feels like being a prosecutor in a court where the defence never turns up.30 Sep 04:00 PM
