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Jane Wrightson: Why do we all think we're experts on schools?

OPINION: From 2026, financial education will be compulsory in schools to Year 11.

Editorial: Lack of prostate cancer screening means men should be proactive

OPINION: The experts cannot agree and for the average man, this seems confusing.

Jonathan Ayling: Fees-free was bad policy, interest-free loans are even worse

OPINION: Why is the Government removing one middle-class subsidy and not another?

Editorial: Lack of prostate cancer screening means men should be proactive

OPINION: The experts cannot agree and for the average man, this seems confusing.

Editorial: Clarity needs to emerge from the quagmire of local government reforms

OPINION: Chris Bishop says local government is now 'too complex, too costly'.

Editorial: Main parties face a tricky dynamic holding their top spot

OPINION: The aftermath of the election could be more interesting than the campaign itself.

Editorial: Could regional passenger trains make a comeback?

OPINION: Tickets for the Kaimai Express heritage trip sold out within 48 hours.

Letters: Seascape tower developer will have done huge damage to industry

OPINION: Financial damage to industry will be huge

Letters: Regional rail is an idea gathering steam

OPINION: Let's dare to dream bigger with regional rail.

Letters: We should be worried about the Government’s interference in the media

OPINION: We should be worried about media interference.

Letters: Maybe a grand coalition is the right idea and might fix our Super problem?

OPINION: David Kirk has all the leadership qualities of a Prime Minister, one reader says.

Richard Prebble: Imported workers fill jobs our own education and welfare settings fail to

OPINION: Our failing domestic policies are the cause of not having enough good workers.

Inside Economics: Should my child stay or go ... the great Aussie dilemma

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

The Nobel-winning psychologist who believed he found the secret to happiness

New York Times: Why searching for the best is the wrong goal.

Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of May 11-17

Rod Emmerson's take on the week.

Hannah McQueen: 'I feel like I failed him' - the difficult reality of putting a partner into a rest home

Sometimes the right decision still feels heartbreaking.

Letters: Seascape tower developer will have done huge damage to industry

OPINION: Financial damage to industry will be huge

Andrew Barnes: AI could rewrite the working week but who benefits?

OPINION: This is a glaringly obvious question for workers that CEOs don't answer.

Letters: Regional rail is an idea gathering steam

OPINION: Let's dare to dream bigger with regional rail.

Editorial: Clarity needs to emerge from the quagmire of local government reforms

OPINION: Chris Bishop says local government is now 'too complex, too costly'.

Greg Smith: Early KiwiSaver advice can mean 50% more at retirement

OPINION: Fewer than one in four Kiwis got professional financial advice in the past year.

Lifang Chen: The hidden cost of standing too close to other people’s pain

A former police officer friend describes domestic violence callouts with children.

Adam Pearse: Labour senses chances as Kapa-Kingi’s new party deepens Māori seats turmoil

OPINION: Te Pāti Māori will want to draw a line under the tension that has consumed it.

Paul Lewis: All Blacks prop search and the 15 players putting their hands up for selection

OPINION: Ethan de Groot is the clear first-choice loosehead but back-ups are scarce.

Liam Napier: Dave Rennie recalls blasts from the past for All Blacks reboot

ANALYSIS: Two vastly experienced figures are recalled to complement widespread change.

The hidden admin cost of parenting in 2026

Opinion: Why parenting now feels like a full-time side hustle.

Matt Cowley: Tauranga can anchor a new Pacific trade route and reshape our economy

OPINION: The Port of Chancay–Tauranga link is pitched as a $1.9b opportunity.

Meta is dying. It’s about time

NYT OPINION: Meta has commenced a long, slow slide into irrelevance.

Gregor Paul: Ten make-or-break challenges facing new NZ Rugby boss Steve Lancaster

OPINION: After a 10-month search, Lancaster has a big job on his hands.

Leonard Hong: Singapore envy is not an economic strategy

OPINION: It's no secret that the Government admires Singapore’s economic policy approach.

Michael Burgess: The radical solution to the All Whites' most polarising World Cup selection

How they can get Tommy Smith alongside the squad without using another player's seat.

Does abolishing the BSA mean the end of enforceable media standards in general?

OPINION: Paul Goldsmith will scrap the Broadcasting Standards Authority without reform.

Opinion: Super Round shows rugby wins when it focuses on fans, not games

Fan zones, food trucks and player access turned matches into full-day events.

Editorial: Main parties face a tricky dynamic holding their top spot

OPINION: The aftermath of the election could be more interesting than the campaign itself.

Letters: We should be worried about the Government’s interference in the media

OPINION: We should be worried about media interference.