Opinion

Ryan Bridge: Where are all the wise owls at hardware stores?

Perspective with Andrew Dickens: Will TOP ever be more than a sideshow?

Azaria Howell: Peters refusing to apologise for last week's comments

Kerre Woodham: It's getting harder to decide who to vote for

Mike's Minute: The gang patch ban vs the Bill of Rights

Ryan Bridge: Is it too late for the Nats to roll Luxon?

Perspective with Andrew Dickens: What on earth was the Migrant Association thinking?

Azaria Howell: Was Luxon's apology convincing?

John MacDonald: Need a carrot to have kids? Don't have them

Ethan Griffiths: Why isn't the Rotorua Business Chamber happy with Luxon?

Francesca Rudkin: Decades of experience don't excuse Winston's lapse

Jason Pine: The game is not Gianni Infantino's to sell

Roman Travers: I hope the Commonwealth Games have a long future

Mike's Minute: Is the Comm Games still seen as elite?

D'Arcy Waldegrave: The NZR sabbatical policy chooks have come home to roost

Perspective with Ryan Bridge: Both Labour and National are tiptoeing around Winston

John MacDonald: Winston, just accept you got it wrong and apologise

Mark the Week: Parental leave was the political misstep of the week

Mike's Minute: The housing developments and fast-track conundrum

Andrew Dickens: Winston should know better

Perspective with Ryan Bridge: Winston's right about one thing in this situation

Azaria Howell: Luxon latest to criticise Peters' comments about Lawrence Xu-Nan

John MacDonald: Trust us, we'll be more open next time. Pfft

Mike's Minute: I think Elon Musk is wrong

Andrew Dickens: The bigger problem isn't oil

Jenee Tibshraeny: Was it a good look for Megan Main to defend ACC record?

Azaria Howell: How much did the immigration IT project really cost?

Perspective with Ryan Bridge: Why are the oil and gas companies scared to invest in us?

John MacDonald: The $1 billion pension question

Kerre Woodham: Is this how you imagined your retirement would go?

Mike's Minute: The cost of living "crisis" no longer exists

Andrew Dickens: Maybe we were too quick to write off the Comm games

Perspective with Ryan Bridge: What do the latest inflation numbers really mean for the 'squeezed middle'?

Azaria Howell: Will Labour get to see the social media ban bill?

John MacDonald: Luxon may need Opportunity more than it needs him

Kerre Woodham: Upgrading our water infrastructure is long overdue

Mike's Minute: Of course Luxon ruled out the Opportunity Party

Perspective with Ryan Bridge: Do we need a moratorium on data centres?

Azaria Howell: This wasn't Stuart Nash's first strike

Francesca Rudkin: Historical accuracy isn't the point of The Odyssey

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Should we be worried about the state of professional netball in NZ?

Jason Pine: Netball NZ's dropped the ball - but can they fix it?

Mike's Minute: The war is an expensive screw-up from Trump

D'Arcy Waldegrave: What else can I say about Ryan Fox?

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The amalgamation plans are descending into chaos

Kerre Woodham: The political circus of this week

Mark the Week: Ryan Fox's win is my sport highlight of the year

Mike's Minute: If you're an MP, avoid the dumb brigade

Ryan Bridge: Would we send our troops to fight the Houthis?

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Why would New Zealand First make Stuart Nash resign?

Barry Soper: What went wrong for Stuart Nash?

Kerre Woodham: Stuart Nash – indiscreet and hopeless

Mike's Minute: We aren't prepared to pay the climate price

Ryan Bridge: Is our data safe with AI?

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: It's a tough situation for Netball New Zealand

Azaria Howell: Stuart Nash in hot water over Katie Nimon comments

Kerre Woodham: It's up to you to make sure you can vote

Mike's Minute: I don't blame Hipkins for having a crack, but tell him he's dreaming

Ryan Bridge: The price of being a climate warrior

Perspective with Andrew Dickens: "This cost of living crisis is not going away anytime soon"

Kerre Woodham: A one-off payment is not going to fix the problem

Nick Mills: The Government's $60 million hand out will open the flood gates

Mike's Minute: So many questions around the Govt's cement bailout

Ryan Bridge: We don't have the money for corporate welfare

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The fun outweighed the controversies at the World Cup

Francesca Rudkin: Paul Henry will provide style over substance to politics

Jack Tame: Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal – coincidences and destiny

Mike's Minute: Is this why the National vote is soft?

D'Arcy Waldegrave: Warriors or All Blacks – who should command your attention?

John MacDonald: Bird-flipping ECan needs its wings clipped

Mark the Week: The World Cup is a massive success

Mike's Minute: Why is the NZ Super debate back?

Ryan Bridge: How much are political parties willing to borrow after a disaster?

Kerre Woodham: Is it better to ban smartphones or police social media?

John MacDonald: Banning smartphones? Good luck with that one

Mike's Minute: The beat-up of the week

Ryan Bridge: Should we just ban kids' cell phones altogether?

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: There's already a good punishment for councillors who misbehave

Barry Soper: Unpacking the reactions to Paul Henry's ACT bid

John MacDonald: I thought we were over celebrity politicians

Kerre Woodham: Do celebrities and self-made millionaires make for good parliamentarians?

Mike's Minute: Why I like Paul Henry in politics

Ryan Bridge: Is swearing really that bad?

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The Paul Henry announcement is brilliant for ACT's campaign

Barry Soper: Is Paul Henry ready to become a minister?

Kerre Woodham: The conversation around replacing our ageing warships

John MacDonald: We should be doing this on our highways too

Mike's Minute: Free trade is our calling card

Ryan Bridge: We need to believe in our economy

Perspective with Andrew Dickens: High oil prices are back, baby

Thomas Coughlan: What can we expect from Patterson's planned visit to India?

John MacDonald: The South Island gets by-passed yet again

Francesca Rudkin: Haaland and Norway could teach the sports world a thing or two

Jack Tame: The wonders of old home videos

Mike's Minute: Labour don't prep for power

D'Arcy Waldegrave: The dark side of the thing that drives superstar athletes