Oppo bets on smartphone future as rivals chase post‑phone tech
It has previously specialised in the mid-range market but with the launch of its flagship Find X9 series…
The AI boom feels eerily similar to 2000’s dotcom crash – with some important differences
A generation later, the same logic is driving the AI boom. Different metrics, same story In 2000, the…
Inside Economics: Is the brain drain keeping unemployment down? Plus, green shoots ahead
Regards, Gil Laurenson A: Good question Gil. I’ve also tended to assume the numbers leaving New Zealand must…
The Pike River tragedy: How deregulation and corner-cutting turned deadly
No one had dedicated responsibility for ventilation management. Photo / Getty Images On Monday, Rebecca Macfie detailed how…
Insider secrets from the NZ set of Predator: Badlands
Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) and Thia (Elle Fanning) in Predator: Badlands. Photo / © 2025 20th Century Studios While…
Melbourne Cup 2025: Field, sweepstake, odds, tips, history ahead of ‘the race that stops a nation’
2 Buckaroo (GB) Form: 9x970x3232. Age: 6-year-old bay gelding. Draw: 12. Jockey: Craig Williams. Weight: 57kg. Odds: $9.…
How battery recycling could provide a cleaner source of critical minerals
Those mines are the dirty underbelly of the renewable energy transition. But once a hunk of metal is…
Inside Economics: Is the housing wealth effect a mass delusion? Plus CGT debate unleashed
My first house in 1986 was three times my salary and there were plenty of jobs. Now it…
Inside Economics: NZ’s missing mojo – did it ever exist (and was it just property prices)?
A: Fair point. When exactly did New Zealand last have mojo? First let’s step back and clarify what…
Grimshaw v Stead: Dramatic discovery in a national archive latest chapter in literary family saga
As part of her recent Janet Frame Memorial Lecture on the state of literature in New Zealand, Charlotte…
What to do in Auckland this weekend: Comedy, art and free gelato
Where: The Classic Studio, Queen St, Auckland Price: Tickets $20 + booking fees, from comedy.co.nz 2) Joyful noise…
Amnesty International chief Agnes Callamard calls on New Zealand to lift its game
Agnes Callamard in December 2024 at the release of an Amnesty International report that alleged Israel was committing…