A “natural experiment.”
Politics
Six reasons road pricing could reshape rights, taxes, and surveillance
“Governments will likely attempt to take away your rights and then sell them back to you as privileges.”
Politics
Australia’s 2025 election: what it could mean for Kiwis across the ditch
More than 650,000 New Zealanders living in Australia could be directly or indirectly affected by the election.
Social Issues
Meth use doubles in months as cartels flood New Zealand market
“Everything in the legal market has been going up with inflation, but it seems illegal drugs prices have been immune from that.”
Politics
‘Unless you talk about a problem, you won’t be able to solve it’: Michael Laws on Māori child abuse and media failure
“If I was a Māori activist or a Māori political leader… I might be addressing that issue above all else…”
Exclusives
ANANISH CHAUDHURI: Trump’s war against Universities
Those in other countries, including New Zealand, who are disdainful of the Trumpian approach will do well to pay attention to what is happening in our own institutions.
Health
Study finds nearly half of Greece’s recorded COVID deaths in an Athens hospital were not caused by the virus
Over half of those who died from COVID had been vaccinated.
Politics
NZ extends Ukraine deployment to 2026
Up to 100 NZDF personnel deployed across Europe to support training, intelligence, logistics, and liaison operations.
Education
Auckland University backs down after trying to ‘correct’ professor on biological sex
“The authority for knowledge is with the disciplinary experts.”
Health
Crampton: Coalition’s ‘Rule of Two’ for medicine approval has been gutted
Summarised by Centrist Dr Eric Crampton says the government’s new fast-track medicine approval law fails…