How we celebrate the end of the year has been changing; not always positively.

Has the democratic socialist tradition become a conservative force in politics throughout the world?

At issue is not whether Whangarei becomes Auckland’s main port. It is about the way Auckland connects to Northland and the rest of New Zealand.

Creative New Zealand is ceasing to fund “New Zealand Review of Books: Pukapuka Aotearoa”, our most significant platform for serious book reviewing.

The desire of the Reserve Bank to require trading banks to hold more capital is about potential bank failures and the security of deposits.

Should business always be run on commercial principles?

Secular Stagnation is the notion that rich world economies are moving into of very low economic growth stage for a long period. What if that were true? (The economists' term ‘secular' means the long term of indefinite duration.)

Is New Zealand destined to suffer the civil unrest of Chile with its youth concerns that things are not going well, that they are not being addressed, and that their future is being severely compromised?

The IMF suggests it may be necessary to cut GST; it would be better to cut bottom income taxes.

Electing local representatives to the governance boards of our hospitals is ineffective and farcical. We need a system which provides patients with better representation and support.

James Cook arrived in New Zealand accompanied by an impressive Tahitian chief and priest. Eurocentrically writing Tupaia out of our history distorts it and loses valuable lessons.

Data from the newly released augmented 2018 Population Census seems to be OK in quality terms. But there are some irritating gaps – and perhaps deeper problems..