To close the gap with Australia, will Brash dare to follow the Australian example? Or will it be Rogernomics: the next chapter?
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Pot luck dinner: New Zealand's food mystery
New Zealand’s food supply is the proverbial box of chocolates. Supermarkets offer a buffet of food choices – but when even New Zealand apples don't necessarily come from New Zealand, do you really know where your next meal is coming from?
Read MoreSlimming down the up-sized public sector
The recession is going to change everything else in
Elias v Power – missing the main message
Instead of debating why our judges and politicians should stay off each others’ turf, we need to tackle the real problem – a prison system that isn’t achieving correction.
Memo to Key: Canadians keen to quit Afghanistan
As the number of Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan continues to mount, the latest public opinion poll shows Canadians steadily losing faith in sending troops into that war. John Key should take note
Read MoreSimon to Sian: Shut up, please!
Simon Power is right that governments are elected to govern. But he's wrong to slap down Sian Elias for her comments on prison policy
Read MoreRemember Hans Kupka: Waikato's new nazi controversy
The case of a "Holocaust Denier on Campus" offered Waikato University some important, difficult lessons. Did it take them onboard?
Read MoreNational's folic tangle
Just as the smacking debate dogged the previous government, the fuss around folate has the potential to knock the gloss off this government if it doesn't act quickly.
Read MoreThe 2020 vision of crowds
And why they will be disappointed with Nick Smith’s answer to the emissions reduction conundrum
Read MoreKey’s tour: NZ & Fiji in Pacific hip-hop duel
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To folate or not to folate?
Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson's apparent inability to back out of the decision to add folic acid to New Zealand's bread shows the problems with trying to merge New Zealand and Australia's markets
Read MoreReality, Sarah Palin style
Is it wrong to hope Sarah "hockey mom" Palin will remain on the world stage simply for our own entertainment? And does that make us as bad as the folks who convinced her she has a shot at choosing the drapes for the Oval Office?
Read MoreCould the beach be to New Zealand what abortion is to the US?
Welcome to the cultural battleground... Resolving the foreshore and seabed could yet fall to the Supreme Court, in what would be a case of Roe v Wade proportions
Read MoreForeshore & Seabed: Now onto the money round
Tariana Turia this week celebrates one of the great political triumphs in this country's history. However, this debate is far from settled. The trickiest decisions lie ahead
Read MoreThe Foreshore & Seabed review: winners and losers
The Ministerial Review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 points to a new way forward. Who are the winners from it, and who are the losers?
Read MoreThe wrong way to take on the Baby Boomers
Bernard Hickey is right to rail against the inter-generational transfer of wealth that hies in this year's Budget, but there's no need to throw the bathwater out with the baby boomers
Read MoreYou Can't Beat Wellington on a Good Day
Listening to the public might be a drag for local government, but it's a necessity, especially when the waterfront's at stake
Read MoreThe new ANZAC relationship - good cop, bad cop
While Australia is arming itself to the teeth to prepare for future wars, for the sake of the region New Zealand should stick to what it does best
Read MoreMount Albert–reading the weathervane
Labour should not over-egg its victory in
Is this Iran's new revolution?
As Iranians throng Tehran's streets, braving batons and bullets, the Islamic State's Supreme Leader has opted for an inquiry into the election results. Will it be a legitimate exploration of an implausible result, or a tactic to kill the protest momentum?
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