The recoveristas vs the recovery-sceptics: just where is the NZ economy at?The state of play for a small country chomping at the bit. By Toby Manhire | 21st September, 2026Editor-at-large
What could NZ do better as the clouds of AI apocalypse circle the globe?Serious people are putting troubling odds on the machines wiping out the humans in the near future. By Toby Manhire | 17th September, 2026Editor-at-large
Is sub-30% for both Labour and National just the new normal? One MMP veteran reckons it might be. By Toby Manhire | 11th September, 2026Editor-at-large
Can Labour up the ante after getting outflanked by National on KiwiSaver?Sam Stubbs says he'd be 'stunned' if there was not a bold response.By Toby Manhire | 8th September, 2026Editor-at-large
The calls on the right to ‘rort’ MMP by engineering a National Party overhangAdvocates include a former National leader, a high-profile NZ First candidate and a billionaire donor. By Toby Manhire | 8th September, 2026Editor-at-large
The future diplomat who let down Muldoon’s tyres the night he called a snap election‘I think we deserve a medal for it,’ says Tim Groser of his role in the great Triumph sabotage of 1984.By Toby Manhire | 4th September, 2026Editor-at-large
Simeon Brown pulled out of a senior doctors’ conference. Here’s what they’d have told him‘We're not finding spaces to have an intelligent and ongoing conversation about how we want our health system to be.’By Toby Manhire | 3rd September, 2026Editor-at-large
The strange campaign of 2026, as seen from November 8As we wake on the morning after election night, let's look back at a remarkable few months. By Toby Manhire | 2nd September, 2026Editor-at-large
The man who made the election electricWhy is everyone jumping on the rooftop-solar wagon?By Toby Manhire | 31st August, 2026Editor-at-large
What the election slogans say – and what they whisperIt is slogan season in election year – and the party choices are evocative, in more ways than one.By Toby Manhire | 27th August, 2026Editor-at-large