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Steve Braunias: Polkinghorne and a love story gone bad
OPINION: Steve Braunias on the heartbreak and longing behind the murder trial.

Editorial: Why Leon MacDonald's All Blacks departure was the best option
OPINION: The decision to split was thbest option for assistant whose views did not fit in.

Comment: 'Majority rules' system has failed Māori
OPINION: As I see it, we should celebrate what Māori wards can deliver.

Editorial: Boosting Kiwibank a no-brainer but finding right investors key
OPINION: Outside investors in Kiwibank will need to have the right priorities.

Gisborne letters: Catch up with more green energy
OPINION: Our readers write on green energy, energy security, GE and ballooning rates.

Matthew Hooton: Poll no excuse for Labour complacency
OPINION: Without Chris Hipkins and Megan Woods, Labour would look renewed.

Letters: The cunning plan to disrupt Big Banks; Auckland airport passenger woes
OPINION: 'Let’s have a KiwiMart to smash grocery prices, a KiwiStop to smash fuel prices.'

Opinion: Wholesale electricity prices – is more Govt intervention the solution or the problem?
OPINION: Spot prices have been at their highest level in the last decade.

Aunties go wild for Jason Momoa in Auckland
REVIEW: 'It’s hot as hell in here and I’m not talking temperature.'

America's Cup: Sailing professor ranks the contenders
America's Cup racing form revealed - New Zealand's top sailing pundit is back.

Audrey Young: If Seymour can't stop dissing the boss, he shouldn't be Deputy PM
OPINION: Act's leader is pushing his luck over the Treaty principles bill.

Barry Soper: The truth about the upcoming Treaty Principles Bill
OPINION: If you go into politics you live in a goldfish bowl.

Letters: Tuku Morgan blaming the wrong people for tense race relations
OPINION: Also in today's letters – the PM's shaky Aussie trip; how to tackle boy racers.

Editorial: NZ’s birth rate keeps falling and it’s no wonder
OPINION: It's a trend unlikely to change thanks to rising costs and societal expectations.

Steve Braunias: Polkinghorne goes shopping at the sex supermarket
OPINION: Steve Braunias on a spending spree on sex workers at the Polkinghorne trial.

Opinion: Some NZ homes are becoming uninsurable due to natural disasters
OPINION: There’s no general requirement in NZ that insurers cover anyone’s home.

Political Roundup: The Big Four banks' oligopoly saved from radical reform
OPINION: 'Every day Kiwis are ripped off by the Big Banks.'

Editorial: The Tainui one-two - Tuku Morgan and Rahui Papa - is a Māori knockout combo
OPINION: Christopher Luxon entered the marae knowing what the reception would be.

Gisborne letters on rating methods, thanks for assistance, GE concern
Gisborne letters on rating methods, thanks for assistance, GE concern.

Opinion: How AI can revolutionise healthcare and ease pressure on doctors
OPINION: AI can transform how we diagnose, treat, and manage health conditions.

No shortage of relief after OCR cut: Labour MP Arena Williams
OPINION: For all of National's rhetoric, it has never had a coherent economic plan.

Richard Prebble: What New Zealand can tell USA about their election
OPINION: Kamalamania appears to be driving the polls in the US.

Letters: A spreadsheet Govt with little humanity; bring back traffic cops
OPINION: 'That is the only way this Government is going to lower the crime rate.'

Razor v Rassie: All Blacks coach enters new rivalry – Gregor Paul
OPINION: Scott Robertson will need to be sharp to deflect the Springboks coach's tactics.

A Powerstation show reveals the challenges of nostalgia touring
OPINION: Duncan Greive watches shoegaze band Ride grow and wishes he hadn’t.

Opinion: I knew what my enablers were doing. It’s murkier with Matthew Perry
NYT opinion: Sometimes the most dangerous people are the ones who think they’re helping.

Editorial: It’s time to ramp up the response to violent boy-racer meets
OPINION: The Police Association has slammed the events where officers are targeted.

Letters: Reserve Bank boss isn't to blame for NZ's economic woes
OPINION: 'Adrian Orr has been dealt a very bad hand.'

Jarden Wealth Weekly: Warren Buffett's Apple exit – what it means
OPINION: And what can we learn in a small market like New Zealand.