The company went to war with the Victoria state government over being allowed to mine more coal, and it's prepared to do the ...

Too much attention is on culture wars around existing and proposed taxes and not enough on their purpose and how much they would actually generate, according to a leading tax expert and economist.

Andrew Ecclestone and Russell Opland argue the managerialism of processing official information requests is shielding the heart of the matter: reducing our right to participate in making policies, and ...

Shoddy studies keep making the news – and they’re all over social media. What are some solutions to the rising tide of misinformation?

National Cyber Security Centre warns NZ businesses to overhaul IT defences as sophisticated AI agents and state-sponsored ...

Labour and its leader Chris Hipkins needed to fire-up so tried a dollop of swearing, a mobile attack ad and a headline grabbing policy, writes Tim Murphy.

Popular narratives support the hard-working upstart against the top hat, cigar and obesity of market power. Big firms like Mainfreight show that's lazy thinking, writes Rob Campbell, ...

New Zealand’s cultural life is troubled by the ghosts of empire, figures and events that persist or return to haunt the present. Sometimes it seems these ghosts have been placated and are fading from ...

Councils under fire from locals, furious at the risk to water quality, human health and the potential stench, reports Jill ...

On episode 1 of Zombie Towns, Shamubeel Eaqub goes back 40 years to Rogernomics – and to Balclutha, where a generation of kids said 'Clutha sucks, I'm out of here'.

NZ First's 'Make NZ Healthy' plan promises prevention, but ignores proven population interventions on junk food, alcohol, and tobacco, argues Dr Boyd Swinburn.

Analysis: Faced with an unpopular leader and a mixed economic picture, the governing party is playing the same note over and ...