All the polls pointed to a Labor win in Australia yesterday. That's not what happened at all, writes Michelle Grattan.
Biochemist Stuart Thompson tracks the banana from its origins on the island of Mauritius to its current endangered status.
Massey University's Sean Phelan and Leon Salter look at the role media played in of one the biggest controversies of the last election.
What does an ageing population actually mean in an economic context, and are we thinking about it all wrong?
If you were one of the few people who used it, you might have noticed Google+ has just closed down.
Christchurch shooting survivor Farid Ahmed, whose wife was killed on March 15, spoke at the National Remembrance Service today. This is his speech.
While we're learning to listen to the younger generations on other things, it's time to prioritise tamariki voices about our smokefree future too.
An Auckland secondary school teacher posted some thoughts on the climate strike. They were smart and pithy thoughts, so with permission, we're republishing below.
Pussy Riot’s Masha Alyokhina has been travelling from Auckland to Wellington overnight to join SOUL (Save Our Unique Landscape) in presenting a petition to MP Marama Davidson on the steps of parliament this morning.
The 'perfect' office temperature? It's a myth
All week this week we revisit the great poet James K Baxter on the occasion of a new book of letters. Today: a selection of the letters written in 1969.
Australian taxpayers could find themselves cleaning up the mess if an Australian-owned NZ bank collapses.
Signs of another marine heat wave should direct attention to the serious impact of warming oceans
Dutch émigré artist Theo Schoon was an anti-Semite and a shithead in so many ways, but he was also a brilliant artist who recognised the beauty and power of Māori art at a time when few Pākehā gave it a second thought. His biographer Damian Skinner reckons with a ghastly genius.
While your chances of being attacked by a shark are tiny, the risks of an injury from beach litter and marine debris are surprisingly high – and growing every year.
Want to feel smart but also read something snackable? Check out the Science Media Centre's top 10 NZ science stories for the year.
Ten years after that blue whale first waked up on a New Zealand beach, Beached Az is coming back to our screens.
The Monday Extract: "Stevie", who works in the sex industry as a self-described "trans boy", talks to social historian Caren Wilton.
Eight hours a night, every night, has become received wisdom – but how true is it?
Organisers of the Wellington Pride Parade have said that uniformed police officers will still be welcome at next year's parade. Today, we publish a statement from members of the Wellington LGBTQi community denouncing that decision.
If you’re not feeling so crash hot this morning after a few too many, is there anything you can take to help?
Reports that Botany MP has been sectioned and is in care for mental health issues have sparked a flurry of conjecture over the last couple of days
First hand experiences of prison are shared in a new exhibition that provides an insight into the collateral consequences of incarceration.
Maurice Gee - recently named the author of the best New Zealand book of the past 50 years - writes a memoir of the boy who had a dark, terrifying idea for a game.
It's down to when you start at school - in Australia, at least.
