The trickiest problem for Wellington’s next mayor
Once water reform is out of the way, all eyes will turn to the complex, expensive quagmire of…
The cost of being: A 31-year-old who just got their first credit card
As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, a content and events…
When was the most shit of all the shit times to be a uni student in New Zealand?
Was studying in Dunedin in the 1990s worse than dialling into a lecture during the Auckland lockdowns? Would…
The best, worst and weirdest local elections hoardings of 2025, reviewed
As local elections fever grips the nation, council candidates are jostling for your vote the best way they…
The two-horse race to keep Christchurch booming
A progressive councillor is challenging Ōtautahi’s relentlessly cheerful incumbent for the mayoral chains. Will residents choose a known…
Environment Canterbury has declared a nitrate emergency. Now what?
At their last meeting before the local elections, Environment Canterbury councillors made the symbolic declaration of a nitrate…
Sanctions speak louder than words
‘It is not enough for Luxon to say that “Netanyahu has lost the plot”, for the reverse seems…
Leaving Spotify wasn’t enough, so Tiki Taane wrote a protest song about it
Tiki Taane lets us know what he really thinks about the world’s biggest streaming platform. Last night, just…
The bleakest findings from a new survey about gender attitudes in Aotearoa
Alex Casey finds many horrors lurking within a brand new gender attitudes survey. Here are some lowlights. What’s…
Looking backwards to move forward: 50 years of te wiki o te reo Māori
This week is the 50th anniversary of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. To celebrate, we’re running a…
Decoding the ‘cult of masculinity’ around Tom Phillips
The outpouring of support for the Marokopa fugitive reveals several pervasive myths about masculinity, fathers and the court…
The frustrating, head-scratching debate around housing infrastructure
They say Parnell doesn’t have the infrastructure to support apartments, and we should build on farmland instead. Really…