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Letters: What does Act's gun reform push really mean?

OPINION: 'The New Zealand public needs and deserves clarity and transparency.'

Steven Joyce: What 2024 needs to bring if it's to be better than 2023

OPINION: Our economic hangover from Covid is bleak but the wider world looks darker.

Steve Braunias: The secret horoscopes 2024, part 2

OPINION: Steve Braunias reveals what's in store for you in 2024.

Welcome mat in Cyclone Gabrielle-hit areas a sign of regional resilience

OPINION: Communities on their knees after Gabrielle have hosted the big-city exodus.

Fran O’Sullivan: NZ First tweet on crime follows shoplifting allegations

Fair play wouldn't go amiss in allegations around the Green MP.

The pie that's been served cold to Hawke's Bay ratepayers

OPINION: The best pie the regional council could eat right now is a humble one.

Opinion: Like it or not, high immigration is here to stay

Financial Times: Western politicians who promise to curb migration are doomed to fail.

Denis O’Reilly: The Parole Amendment Bill will be an extremely tough act to follow

OPINION: Prisons are already stretched and the new law won't make it any better.

Opinion: Children born during the war in Gaza will never truly escape it

New York Times: The effects will last a lifetime for new mothers and their children.

Richard Prebble: Two speeches, two contrasting views of race relations

OPINION: Two maiden speeches give very different views.

Editorial: Midair terror in Boeing jet another blow for planemaker

Airline accidents prove the value of a well-trained, skilled crew in an emergency

Letters: Learn from the past to avoid catastrophic conflict

OPINION: Most people want to enjoy life, have family, friends, and peace.

My sister was murdered. True crime repackages our pain as entertainment

New York Times: I grew up watching the brief beauty of my sister’s life weaponised.

Letters: National Service suggestion unrealistic

OPINION: Would unemployed really be willing to turn up to National Service?

Opinion: Backward-looking views are harming early detection of prostate cancer

Opinion: Everybody agrees the earlier cancer is detected, the better the clinical outcome

Editorial: Uplifting survival tale also highlights water safety basics

OPINION: Our editorial on the critical issues raised by Will Fransen's survival story.