The world in 2025, in one sentence
As 2025 draws to a close, we asked our pantheon of politics watchers to describe the world this…
Is a cardless future in sight for New Zealand?
Right now, most people carry around a selection of rectangular pieces of plastic everywhere they go. But a…
Judith Collins is pumped about Govt.nz, the new government services app. Is it any good?
The minister for digitising government has given us all an early Christmas present. Shanti Mathias tears off the…
New Zealand’s productivity problem: All the things that have been blamed
The lengthy Christmas shutdown period is just the latest in a long line of suspects. If the OECD…
Echo Chamber: The week parliament pushed away the public
Dog, hog or whoever’s breakfast it is, it’s hard to not feel like a mess after a week…
Did NZ’s most brazen electoral fraud just take place in Papatoetoe?Â
In court, they opened up 53 wrongfully cast ballots. Fifty of them had gone to the winning side.…
Every hydroslide at Christchurch’s record-breaking new aquatic centre, ranked
Alex Casey spends a morning testing the many hydroslides at Parakiore, New Zealand’s new largest recreation and aquatic…
‘Elephants so big you could see them for nothing’: Inside Mr Ward’s Wellington
A window into a landmark new book exploring Victorian Wellington. In Mr Ward’s Map – a doorstopper treasure…
The hunt for the ancient pounamu slab lost in an Auckland cave
Nearly three centuries ago, a massive greenstone gong belonging to a powerful chief was hidden near Maungawhau. Where…
From jerks to dicks to tables, the political debate is really on one
Losing our shit till ’26. Twenty-one days to Christmas and we’re cooked. The constabulary are sitting around waiting…
Ikea-geddon live updates: There’s a giant dancing Ikea meatball
As the nation’s media deploys to a big blue shed in Sylvia Park, join us for every frenzied…
Labour wants its 2020 mojo back – can it convince voters it still has the recipe?
The Labour Party’s rave-esque conference made big pitches for a 2026 win, but playing it safe might not…