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Matthew Hooton: Labour now holds cards over Luxon’s India deal

OPINION: Deal with India would not have happened without PM’s personal determination.

Audrey Young: What has happened to the old Green Party?

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Editorial: We walked away from the lazy Kiwi summer — phones in hand

OPINION: Leaders who stay online all summer quietly teach staff to do the same.

Letters: Free trade deal with India deserved better coverage, Peters resorts to populist response

OPINION: Where was the live cross to Luxon's FTA announcement?

Best of Glenn Dwight: Why NZ needs its own Clarkson's Farm

OPINION: Glenn's idea for a Kiwi version of Clarkson's Farm proved a hit in June 2025.

Ashley Gardyne: What 2025’s wild markets taught investors heading into 2026

OPINION: In April 2025, tariffs drove a near 20% plunge from S&P 500 highs.

Letters: Why National supporters are so frustrated with Finance Minister Nicola Willis

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Black Caps player ratings: Who was a perfect 10 against the West Indies?

OPINION: How New Zealand’s players fared in their 2-0 series win.

Editorial: Long-range Christmas Day forecasts are silly-season fun

OPINION: It’s a bit of sport putting meteorologists on the spot.

Andrew Alderson: The three biggest lessons from Black Caps win over Windies

OPINION: What we learned from the 2-0 test series victory.

Liam Dann: Smooth sailing for the economy in 2026 ... we can hope!

OPINION: Year-ahead predictions are a mug’s game, says Dann (who has a go anyway).

Thomas Scrimgeour: Why welfare won’t work until we pay for results

OPINION: Doing good is never as easy as we make it sound.

Trump’s new security strategy exposes the limits of NZ’s ‘softly-softly’ diplomacy

OPINION: The contrast between the worldview of NZ and the US could hardly be greater.

Editorial: Migrant exploitation still costs workers and the country

OPINION: Cases of migrant exploitation across diverse sectors continue to appear in court.