Latest from Opinion

Shaneel Lal: Anti-drag protesters use faux concern for children as a weapon

There is more to fear from religious leaders than drag queens

Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of March 6 - 12

Rod Emmerson's take on the week.

Liam Dann: Without appetite for real change, banking inquiry is just political theatre

The history of the NZ banking sector reveals a national lack of economic confidence.

Diana Clement: Build good money habits from a young age

OPINION: Future you will thank you.

Shane Te Pou: ECE should focus on kids rather than making a buck

Is it time to make early childhood education a public service, asks Shane Te Pou.

Paula Bennett: Female tradie told to wear bigger shirt to cover breasts

Paula Bennett reflects on the highs and lows of being a woman.

Phil Gifford: Six talking points from the week of rugby

The Chiefs’ win over the Highlanders on Friday night proved to be thought provoking.

Letters: NZ must do 'whatever it takes' to end child abuse

OPINION: Letters on diversity, education, Ruth Dyson, Rob Campbell, and Mark Mitchell.

Diana Wichtel: TV’s lessons in ‘reality’

Beware shows that market themselves as social experiments

Bank profits: Market study needed

OPINION: Banks will argue there's plenty of competition but the reality seems far from it.

Forestry slash: Time to see the trees for the wood

OPINION: A forestry commentator puts the case for the industry after Cyclone Gabrielle.

Karl Puschmann: Chris Rock slaps back, but did he hit?

The comedian breaks his silence about being slapped by Will Smith and comes out swinging.

Matthew Hooton: Polls point in wrong direction for National, Luxon

OPINION: Voters refuse to buy the argument that Chris Hipkins is as bad as Jacinda Ardern.

Opinion: Two things especially clear after Cyclone Gabrielle

OPINION: We all have a part to play in the response to Cyclone Gabrielle.

Opinion: Gross reason MAFS groom is turned off

Dan’s ‘couch’ comments on MAFS reveal a sad and wider problem on the reality show.

Tāmaki Drive caught in a cycle of debacles

OPINION: Auckland Transport's safety and traffic management processes need an overhaul.

Letters: Climate change, hospital stress, discounted sentences, and China

OPINION: Letters on inflation, Scott Robertson, emissions, and the UN High Seas Treaty.

Thomas Coughlan: Transport crossroads – this Govt has more enthusiasm for subsidising fossil fuel use than reducing it

OPINION: If the transport sector doesn't cut emissions what will?