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I interviewed Ann Patchett for my new Substack, Tell It Slant, and asked her about the New Zealand experience that inspired ...

The Labour Party’s Rachel Boyack and the Green Party’s Steve Abel were in the crowd, but Sami's words were almost certainly ...

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The closer Christopher Luxon comes to annihilation, the more confident he seems to become. After he called a vote in his own ...

The Nocturnalists series shines a light on Auckland after dark. Restaurateurs and chefs, comedians and creatives, performers and punters – Nocturnalists are spirited members of Auckland’s nighttime ...

This week: author of Offshore Service and Other Stories, Craig Cliff. Legend of a Suicide by David Vann. It’s a mix of short ...

National is promising to introduce an independent policy costings unit to stop the constant political fighting about fiscal ...

In a 2026 OECD report, only nine of 63 countries received a score of 0% for their lobbyist regulations. New Zealand was one ...

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Fisheries minister Shane Jones tried to push through controversial pro-industry reforms. Instead, he inspired a renewed wave ...