Opinion

Liam Dann: Why a Swedish central banker matters more than Ikea’s meatballs

Local media’s focus on Ikea was intense, while the new Governor made a quiet entrance.

Glenn Dwight: Burping lids to bankruptcy – the Tupperware party's over

OPINION: It wasn’t just plastic. It was a lifestyle. A promise. A commitment to leftovers.

Vege tips: Kūmara - time to get planting

OPINION: Friends are always asking me how to grow kūmara, Kem Ormond says.

Andrew Alderson: Black Caps draw, but test cricket remains undefeated

OPINION: The twists and turns of the purest format remain the pinnacle of cricket.

Editorial: Where will the children play in Auckland's high-density housing push?

OPINION: An expert in child-friendly cities wants more communal spaces for kids.

Editorial: Tragedies reinforce need for hunters to follow safety rules

OPINION: Hunting can be a wonderful sport, but it can also be deadly.

Editorial: Ikea and Costco are not an economic recovery strategy

OPINION: 100s applying for jobs and lower Black Friday sales show how sluggish economy is.

Editorial: Coster will never work in a high-profile job again

OPINION: It would appear the former police boss was bad at his job, rather than a bad man.

Letters: US strikes on 'drug boats' cause concern

OPINION: I was horrified to read about the destruction of good farms for a motorway.

Letters: We don't need a rates cap; What a life sentence to hand to our young

OPINION: Readers hot on the issue of Govt rejecting NZ's emission reduction targets.

Letters: Leaders need to realise how hard it can be to regain the public’s trust

OPINION: Unless we have trust, we have nothing.

Letters: Rates, dumb stuff and the CRL

OPINION: We need to look at how we fund councils

Thomas Coughlan: Willis v Richardson and the battle to get back to black

OPINION: The Government is being urged to cut deeper – why it's not doing that.

Bruce Cotterill: National would be nuts to dump Luxon as PM now

OPINION: Party history shows leadership coups rarely end well.

Rating Razor: How the All Blacks coach performed in year two

OPINION: The All Blacks' second season under Scott Robertson failed to meet expectations.

Fran O'Sullivan: Who is bankrolling push to dump Nicola Willis as finance minister?

OPINION: Credit rating agencies still back New Zealand with triple A and AA+ grades.

A cautionary tale on self-insurance: My $100k year of incidents

OPINION: You only ever hear self-insurance success stories, so here's a reality check.

Letters: We don't need a rates cap; What a life sentence to hand to our young

OPINION: Readers hot on the issue of Govt rejecting NZ's emission reduction targets.

Editorial: Tragedies reinforce need for hunters to follow safety rules

OPINION: Hunting can be a wonderful sport, but it can also be deadly.

Chris Bray: 3 tech megatrends driving NZ's post-harvest revolution

OPINION: We need machine-driven agriculture, but with human oversight and innovation.

Mary Holm: We have $1m to invest – should we put it in KiwiSaver or give it to a wealth manager?

OPINION: The rent-versus-buy call is often a lifestyle choice, not clear maths.

Andrew Alderson: Black Caps need Duffy, Foulkes to stand up in push for win

OPINION: Playing in their second test matches, the duo will need to lead NZ on day five.

Simon Wilson's Love this City: The suburban Simeon

Opinion: Suburbanite Simeon Brown, crash sports, the CRL, Māngere cycling, green rescue.

Simon Bridges: Why 2026 will be slow and steady, rather than a boom year

Opinion: Consumer and business sentiment is improving.

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Phil Goff: Why a rates cap isn’t the answer

OPINION: The CRL deal left Aucklanders paying billions in costs other Kiwis don't face.

Matthew Hooton: Blame game on Willis and Luxon exposes deeper crisis in economic reform

OPINION: Taxpayers’ Union set to turn its guns on Coalition’s shocking economic record.

Letters: Leaders need to realise how hard it can be to regain the public’s trust

OPINION: Unless we have trust, we have nothing.

Fran O'Sullivan: Passing the Deloitte Top 200 baton

It was - and remains - 'the event' on the New Zealand corporate calendar.

Editorial: Ikea and Costco are not an economic recovery strategy

OPINION: 100s applying for jobs and lower Black Friday sales show how sluggish economy is.

Mike Horne: Kiwi CEOs show renewed confidence as economy steadies

Opinion: Two-thirds of Kiwi CEOs are confident about company performance in 2025.

Andrew Alderson: Tom Latham takes Black Caps captaincy to new level

OPINION: In every sense of the word, Latham has been Captain Fantastic in Christchurch.

Opinion: We had a long, mostly good marriage - it’s OK that it ended

NYT OPINION: Why I ended a long, happy marriage and why life is better after divorce.

Bazball is good for test cricket – but it needs a reality check

Critics say Bazball looks fragile against Australia and India’s top attacks.

Audrey Young: Coster's apology had all the feeling of a piece of wood

OPINION: The former police boss's resignation statement was barely adequate.

Oliver Hartwich: The tax problem New Zealand cannot seem to solve

OPINION: Australia and Germany make directors personally liable far earlier than NZ.