The word “inherited” gets thrown around a lot in parliament. There are inherited “messes”, “dire” situations, years of ...

Lobbyists for heated tobacco products identified the NZ First leader as "friendly". His party later delivered huge tax cuts ...

COP presidencies tend to seek fresh agreements and ambitious initiatives, but when the celebrations are over, implementation often falls short. That is why Brazil’s COP30 presidency must eschew flashy ...

At last month’s 62nd session of the United Nations Climate Change Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) in Bonn – the mid-year negotiations intended to lay the groundwork for November’s UN Climate Change ...

I attended Jacinda Ardern’s press conference when she stepped down as prime minister, and saw a leader who was composed to ...

Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney has become the latest Canadian politician to boast that he’s going to fix things. He’s ...

Wellington’s waterfront, Lorde’s Virgin, and the noise of angry minds.

The underlying reason is that the British economy is stagnating. Since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis there has been no ...

Wholesale reform is the last thing Encaenia needs. If only people knew what it is, it would be a well-suited PR exercise for ...

Phase 2 of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Covid-19 reponse is now under way. Phase 1 was supposed to be the only ...

Here at Best Picks, we’ve rounded up 7 of the best new books so far in 2025, and there’s plenty of different genres to choose from. Think fantasy triologies, personal memoirs or heart-racing thrillers ...

Jacinda Ardern, who served as New Zealand’s Prime Minister from 2017 to 2023, has released her memoir titled “A Different ...