Opinion

Mike's Minute: Leadership and proportionality speak to credibility

John MacDonald: Why not big fines and sentences for H&S failures?

Kerre Woodham: This report is vindication for firefighters

Mark the Week: Youth wages is the policy of the week

Mike's Minute: What a week of angst it's been

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: What could Ed Sheeran have done here?

Barry Soper: How did the Iran war impact NZ's GDP?

Kerre Woodham: I am perplexed by National's supermarket plan

John MacDonald: What's with National going anti-business?

Mike's Minute: Supermarket and price gouging policies are fanciful

Ryan Bridge: Nicola's supermarket bust up isn't serious

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The National Party should know better when it comes to business

Barry Soper: Why did Chris Bishop get removed from the House?

John MacDonald: Why the Tom Phillips report doesn't surprise me

Kerre Woodham: The report shows us just how badly the Phillips kids were failed

Mike's Minute: AI isn't going to wipe us out

Ryan Bridge: I wouldn't hold your breath for tax cuts

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The failures in the Tom Phillips investigation go on and on

Barry Soper: Should Labour be worried about their chances?

Kerre Woodham: Do the political polls matter to you?

Mike's Minute: We are moving forward into real-world education

Andrew Dickens: Politicians are missing the real immigration problem

Kerre Woodham: Will the new CRL really boost productivity?

John MacDonald: Orana Park - another zoo unable to pay its way

Mike's Minute: It's still our year

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Here's why political parties shouldn't rush laws

Jack Tame: How do you think it all ends?

Mike's Minute: Again, get housing out of fast-track

Perspective with Andrew Dickens: Will the CRL be worth the wait?

John MacDonald: I like the cut of NZ First's 501s

Kerre Woodham: What are you looking for from this Election?

Mark the Week: Is this a new low for Trump?

Mike's Minute: It hasn't been a good week for Labour

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Will ACT's big plan actually scrap the Waitangi Tribunal?

Kerre Woodham: More people are using paid family violence leave

John MacDonald: Weren't we the little country that roared?

Mike's Minute: A deeper dive into the PISA numbers

Ryan Bridge: Cutting red tape by adding complexity

Perspective with Andrew Dickens: These MSD stats are nothing to be proud of

Barry Soper: Here's one aspect of the hospitality review that appealed to me

Kerre Woodham: The post-Covid education collapse has halted

Mike's Minute: We need to break this stereotype in NZ

Andrew Dickens: The jungle drums are starting to thrum for the fast-track regime

Barry Soper: Is Auckland getting short-changed with the International Visitor Levy?

Kerre Woodham: Who on earth is using meth?

Mike's Minute: The battle of ideologies at play

Ryan Bridge: Standing still is not a strategy

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Is Labour really in it to win it here?

Barry Soper: Are we in for the first MMP election?

John MacDonald: This shopper isn't buying the Kiwimart idea

Mike's Minute: Why is National not releasing reports on race-based issues?

Peter Dunne: Where's the standout moments in this election?

Francesca Rudkin: There's something deeply unsatisfying about this election campaign

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Was WADA right to punish Nick Kyrgios here?

Jack Tame: The trouble with New Zealand's flag

D'Arcy Waldegrave: Warriors fans – be careful not to count chickens before they hatch

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: 'Putting up a wall of shame is an act of desperation'

Kerre Woodham: Will move-on orders actually solve the root of the problem?

Mark the Week: The fuel excise debate is fantastically disappointing

Mike's Minute: Why didn't the Government drop the carbon auctions?

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Is National's tax strategy really working?

Barry Soper: There's a fair case for Luxon to take the backup plane

Kerre Woodham: Does there need to be harsher penalties for careless driving?

John MacDonald: More gas-bagging over the gas ban

Mike's Minute: Look further than the headline

Ryan Bridge: It's not the mistakes that kills trust, it's the accountability dodgers

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: I'm really tired of councils stuffing up and no-one getting in trouble for it

Barry Soper: The latest OCR hike could be tough on retail

Kerre Woodham: Netball's struggle to attract eyes

John MacDonald: It's like getting a bank loan to pay the pocket money

Mike's Minute: Chris Hipkins might not be very numerate

Ryan Bridge: Is this really AI theft?

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Let's hope the private investment into domestic netball works out

Barry Soper: Does Phil Twyford have a point about accountability for MBIE?

John MacDonald: Queensland's answer to NZ's e-scooter problem

Kerre Woodham: Hiking the fuel tax would take political courage

Mike's Minute: Fast-track needs to get back to infrastructure, not housing

Ryan Bridge: We can't afford a credit downgrade

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Is National's new student debt policy really going to stop our brain drain?

John MacDonald: Student loans should be paid back, but is this the solution?

Kerre Woodham: It's about time the Government cracked down on debt dodgers

Mike's Minute: Why risk choking off what little we currently have?

Ethan Griffiths: Could Meta be blocked in NZ under teen social media ban?

Francesca Rudkin: We need politicians willing to have honest conversations about taxes

Leighton Smith: Unleashing talkback

Jack Tame: The perfection that is the Cosmic Crisp

D'Arcy Waldegrave: The All Blacks may achieve the seemingly impossible

Mike's Minute: What a waste of time the social media bill was... this year

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: If you want to cut taxes, accept the bad roads

Kerre Woodham: Politicians need to stop ruling out raising the fuel tax

John MacDonald: Christchurch's Airbnb scourge isn't going away

Mark the Week: The MBIE scandal was as bad as it gets

Mike's Minute: Sport is business and chequebooks are needed

Ryan Bridge: Are we about to witness the return of the pothole?

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: This Meta outcome could be more efficient than a social media ban

Barry Soper: Could Labour be bringing back a controversial property tax policy?