New Zealand’s frigate choice should focus on capability, adaptability and value for money, not simply buying the same ships as Australia.

Both are real examples of bad science. The mechanism for spreading this is generally social media, where it’s easy to get away with random claims and exaggerations. But for those searching for truths ...

Most grocery spending goes to Foodstuffs and Woolworths, but export prices and global markets play a bigger role than politicians admit ...

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A city’s worth of New Zealanders have left the country in the last three years, and this left-leaning bloc could tip the scales in a tight election, writes Fox Meyer.

Pākehā was a much harder topic to understand. In that review I learned that there are three forms in which Pākehā try to understand ourselves. Each form determines what should be said, what is not ...

The winner was the Greens, ACT, New Zealand First, Legalise Cannabis, Women’s Rights, Alliance, maybe even the terribly ...

Venues including Cassia and Dockside double down on discount schemes to fill empty mid-week tables. Alice Peacock reports ...

TVNZ uses an audience measurement tool reminiscent of the infamous worm to score the leaders' performances in the first ...

The highs, lows and no-nos of the first major party leaders' debate of the 2026 election campaign, according to Newsroom's ...

We're told that men do the heavy, hard, important work, so they should be paid more; that women don't work hard because they don't sweat at it, that women aren't ambitious, and that they take too much ...

Analysis: Christopher Luxon kept his foot well clear of his mouth and Chris Hipkins leashed his attack dog temptations, but neither excelled in the debate.