We have seen Russel Norman's taxi bill. Now all of his colleagues in parliament need to show us theirs – and tidy up the rules while they are at it
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday June 2
Geithner urges joint US-China economic overhaul; GM declares bankruptcy; North Korea prepares for new missile test; Pakistan lifts some curfews in Swat; and more
Read MoreChrist's College 1 - Conservation nil
Conservation tends to suffer under National governments, and this year's budget was true to form. Meanwhile, some private schools may be saved from extinction
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday May 29
Clinton to Israel: Stop settlements; Detailed analysis of Israel-Palestine conflict; Chinese draft strict fuel economy rules; Seoul on alert over North Korea; and more
Read MoreOne gutsy judge demands justice
A Montreal judge has suspended his coroner's inquiry into the fatal shooting of a young black man until legal aid is available for the victims—not just the police who did the shooting
Read MoreBudget '09: First impressions
Bill English's budget kept it tight, predictable and conservative. Given the times, that was a rather risky thing to do
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday May 28
Suicide blast rocks Lahore; Pakistan's ISI profiled; North Korea ends Korean War truce; al-Hariri refuses to deal with Hezbollah
Read MoreDanger – high voltage market power
Power company profiteering has cost New Zealanders $4.3 billion since 2001 – and the Commerce Commission has spent more than three years learning that it’s powerless to stop it happening. Why?
World News Brief, Wednesday May 27
North Korea launches second missile test; CFR explains Korean conflicts; San Suu Kyi says 'not guilty'; Pakistani court allows Sharif to contest elections; and more
Read MoreBlood on the floor at the butchers’ club
The International Whaling Commission is staring extinction in the face. Sir Geoffrey Palmer talks about its struggle to save itself, let alone the whales.
Read MoreRubbish as art
Why do museum and gallery directors give space to rubbish masquerading as art? Because it suits the establishment
Read MoreGood Detective Work Relies on Good Detectives
You do not have to be a conspiracy theorist to believe that the police's Brash "stolen emails" inquiry review is a good thing
Read MoreIt's not rocket science, it's journalism: The public's right to know should win every time
It's not like I get a lot of time off with my family, but I've given up a couple of hours of my Saturday morning because senior, respected journalists should not be allowed to take the side of secrecy without someone calling them on it
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday May 22
Iranian reformers approved to run against Ahmadinejad; Burma bans foreign observers from trial; Chinese yuan grows as foreign exchange currency; bombings in Baghdad; and more
Read MoreGood PR relies on bad journalism: the "stolen e-mails" story
The latest reporting on Don Brash's "stolen emails" has again exposed National's political spin machine and a media with a curious attitude towards the public's right to know
Read MoreThe mother of all parliamentary problems
Westminster is both the legal and the spiritual mother of New Zealand's Parliament. But just at the moment, it looks to be ripping itself apart. Where she goes, will we go? Where she falls, will we fall?
Read MoreMulroney the foxymoron
A former Canadian PM is the latest politician to prove "political judgment" is an oxymoron
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday May 21
Iran launches surface-to-surface missile; Swat Valley "a war zone" (+ map); China-EU summit; Russia: arms reduction must lead to equal security; and more
Read MoreRankin is not the issue
If the government has a strategy for the Families Commission, then allowing the Christine Rankin row to run its course is not the way to advance it
Read MoreThe Sunday pork roast
It’s got all the right ingredients: local celebrity, an epiphany, cute animals, industry bad guys, hoodwink, public outrage - the media’s happy as a pig in muck, this week. But why did it take so long?
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