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'Free from the shackles': Charter schools at odds with new curriculum

OPINION: Charter schools can hire unregistered teachers and skip the national curriculum.

Phil Gifford: How history of selection rethinks could resurface at Murrayfield

OPINION: A Scottish clash led to one of the most dramatic selection calls in ABs history.

Inside Economics: Green shoots under the microscope

ANALYSIS: Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the week's economic news.

Willow-Jean Prime: Erica Stanford is stripping our curriculum of its identity

OPINION: It’s worrying that we still don’t know who’s behind this curriculum.

Alice Soper: League must stop glorifying collisions and start protecting players

OPINION: Eli Katoa was rushed to hospital for brain surgery after repeated head knocks.

Gregor Paul: Why Scotland are the team the All Blacks want to be

ANALYSIS: Edinburgh offers an unlikely stage for an All Blacks attacking revival.

Richard Prebble: Cutting addiction, not increasing taxes, should be Labour's top priority

OPINION: Graduates of drug treatment courts are 86% less likely to reoffend.

Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of November 3 - 9

Rod Emmerson's take on the week.

Bhav Dhillon: Indian Trade Minister’s visit signals momentum towards Free Trade Agreement

OPINION: The deal could double New Zealand’s export growth with India.

How rugby-focused schools have dropped the ball on academic endeavour

One school has won five national First XV titles and one world crown.

Letters: Seymour’s Whale Rider put-down of Castle-Hughes unnecessary

OPINION: David Seymour’s Whale Rider jibe was nauseating, says one reader.

Goat Island marine reserve turns 50 as protections set to expand

The Goat Island reserve has safeguarded 556ha of ocean since 1975.

Editorial: Who would volunteer to fight forest fires?

OPINION: Land for forestry is inevitably near small communities, with few resources.

Gregor Paul: Rugby’s obsession that is ruining its own spectacle

OPINION: Fans were left baffled by another inconsistency in rugby’s head‑contact laws.

LIAM NAPIER: What Fainga’anuku's X-factor talent tells us about ABs' prospects – Liam Napier

ANALYSIS: After two tests back, Leicester Fainga'anuku is already proving irresistible.

How Kiwis players rated in Pacific Championships win over Tonga

Who impressed and who struggled as the Kiwis beat Tonga to reach the Pacific Cup final.