The saga of Prince William’s encounters with the natives of New Zealand during his first Royal overseas mission – to open one of the world’s ugliest buildings
Read MoreCubicle dairy farming: Labour’s legacy
Two of the three sites for which cubicle dairy farms are proposed were formerly Crown pastoral land, made freehold by the Clark government
Read MoreKa-boom: new taxes and transparency on their way
The Tax Working Group has set a new standard for transparency, so its report today won't exactly be full of surprises. That doesn't mean the political dynamite it contains will be any less explosive, however
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday January 20
World community ramps up 'sluggish' aid effort in Haiti (+ analysis); Japan Airlines bankrupt; Kabul on high alert after 20 co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks; US company to buy Britain's favourite chocolate; and more
Read MoreQuis custodiet ipsos custodes?
The Judicial Conduct Commissioner's preliminary inquiry into Justice Bill Wilson's conduct has begun. Did you notice how much our constitution has changed?
Read MoreOf God and Disasters and Televangelists
Reference to the wrath of God seems part of human nature in times of disaster, but the televangelists take it too far when perhaps they could be concentrating on helping rather than pontificating
Read MoreStaying relevant II - NZ's nuclear potential
When Hillary Clinton does make it to New Zealand, we need to be talking nukes with her. The time is ripe for New Zealand to offer its support to Obama's crusade
Read MoreJeanette Fitzsimons: our Next glamour girl
Jeanette Fitzsimons, as you’ve never seen her, glams it up on Next magazine’s February cover
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday January 15
Many thousands feared dead in Haiti as aid begins to arrive (+ Haiti background); China defends internet policies; Malaysian churches attacked over use of "Allah"; Obama bank tax expected to raise over $100 billion; and more
Read MoreStaying relevant – how NZ can matter to the world
Hillary Clinton's visit almost put us on the world stage for a second or two. It raises the question about our place in the world and why another other country should bother to notice us
Read MoreClinton visit postponed
Hillary Clinton's saying taiho, delaying her trip to the Pacific
Read MoreThe problem of tackling climate change via the markets
If we are serious about climate change, we need to challenge the very fundamentals of the global economic order
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday January 14
Google to stop censoring for Chinese (+ analysis); Haiti suffers worst earthquake in 200 years; Indonesia steps up pressure to stall ASEAN free trade; Afghan civilian death toll highest since 2001; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday January 13
Israel and US accused of killing Iranian scientist; Dutch inquiry finds Iraq war illegal; Campell testifies before British Iraq inquiry; WTO steps into US-China trade dispute; Nigerian president recovering; and more
Read MoreCameron Slater's slightly wonky jihad: Part II
In which our intrepid hero decides freedom of speech and honest decency require - require, no less - him to tell the world the identity of a 13-year old alleged victim of sexual assault.
Read MoreNow we're cooking with gas
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Read MoreHi Hillary, waddaya really, really want?
Last time Hillary Clinton cornered a New Zealand politician she got what she wanted: 71 Kiwi SAS troops for special operations in Afghanistan. So what does she really, really want this time?
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday January 12
US banks' multimillion dollar bonus packages raise public ire; figuring out who caused the Great Recession; China now world's largest exporter, Germany second; North Korea proposes peace talks with US; Afghanistan to take over Bagram Prison; and more
Read MoreSacred Memories: Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces
Memory has a habit of intruding. It knocks. It wishes to be recognised. Broken Embraces is an act of commemoration, a tribute for the dead
Read MoreCubicle dairy farming: Environment Canterbury’s stink performance
An industrial-grade whiff of incompetence disqualifies Environment Canterbury from making a nationally significant resource management decision on cubicle dairy farming
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