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Holding the power(ful) to account
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Holding the power(ful) to account
Every handful of winters, a combination of events propels the words "spot prices" and "wholesale market" back into our vocabulary.
Editorial
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Olympic wonders to behold
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Olympic wonders to behold
It is au revoir to a rousing Paris Olympics. If an Olympic games were ever going to inspire New Zealanders, these were the ones.
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New Zealand’s Midas touch
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New Zealand’s Midas touch
New Zealand’s finest couch potatoes might be forgiven for phoning in sick today, exhausted after an exhilarating Olympics-watching weekend.
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Beware the visitor from Porlock
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Beware the visitor from Porlock
Those who remember studying Samuel Coleridge’s Kubla Khan may also recall the jarring and rather abrupt ending.
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Making it count
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Making it count
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon displayed his and National’s style when announcing plans to introduce "structured" mathematics in primary schools a year earlier than planned.
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A tale of three countries
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A tale of three countries
On a clear day it is possible to see across the English Channel, from one world to another.
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A southern star shines
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A southern star shines
A week ago most southerners would have struggled to explain what kayak cross was, let alone discuss its finer details.
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What to do with Kiwibank
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What to do with Kiwibank
Kiwibank has been reasonably successful.
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More doubt about third medical school
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More doubt about third medical school
A government concerned with getting things done without wasting money might be expected to joyfully welcome last week’s report from consultants PwC on options for training more doctors in New Zealand.
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Can’t see the ’hood for the trees
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Can’t see the ’hood for the trees
The wind-blasted cliffs of Baring Head overlooking the often-raging Cook Strait seem an appropriate place from which to take a leap into mulling over New Zealand’s week in climate-change news.
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The Darleen Tana quandary
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The Darleen Tana quandary
The dilemma for the Greens on Darleen Tana’s future as an MP is a classic instance of damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
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Health concerns overshadow tax cuts
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Health concerns overshadow tax cuts
This week, instead of basking in a little glow from the introduction of tax cuts, the coalition government has been caught up within its own bizarre messaging around the health system.
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‘Just singing and floating and free’
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‘Just singing and floating and free’
The chiming guitar is stopped; the whispery, intimate delivery suspended; the magical, vivid, poetic wordplay come to an end.
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The greatest show on earth?
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The greatest show on earth?
The Olympics really are something — in their glory and their shortcomings.
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Reheating a fiery debate
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Reheating a fiery debate
The saying goes that those who forget history are condemned to repeat it, and the government is continuing apace with its rerun of decisions and policies from the past.
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A horrific stain on New Zealand
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A horrific stain on New Zealand
Why are New Zealanders so cruel?
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Councillors dig into the weeds
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Councillors dig into the weeds
Dunedin City councillors are to get down "into the weeds" — and that is a good thing.
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Confused commissioner decision
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Confused commissioner decision
It is hard to know what to make of the government’s decision to bring in a commissioner to replace Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora’s board.
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Well-insulated from reality
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Well-insulated from reality
Talk to most people and one thing they will generally agree on is that life is a continuum of forward-moving time amid which humans should aim for improvement.
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Election all on again
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Election all on again
It is a relief to most Democrats that Joe Biden finally bowed to growing pressure and stood aside as a presumptive presidential nominee for November’s United States elections.