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OpinionThe pay equity changes push rural services closer to the brinkThe government has presented the Equal Pay Amendment Act as a tidy administrative reset. Rural workers say the opposite is true.By Lynne Pillay | 19th January, 2026Guest writer
Stop trying to nail life or you too could lose it allIn the maelstrom of new year's resolution season, I went all-in on self-improvement. It ended in calamity.By Veronica Schmidt | 19th January, 2026Editor
One MP, One Pint: Hamish Campbell on circus tricks and Christchurch coolnessFirst-term National MP Hamish Campbell once burned off his eyebrows while learning to breathe fire.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 19th January, 2026Politics reporter
Can Luxon turn a fragile recovery into an election win?Today's state of the nation address will see the PM defending his record – and trying to convince voters that his economic promises are finally becoming a reality.By Catherine McGregor | 19th January, 2026Contributing writer
How we die: Inside New Zealand’s looming crisis in palliative careAs New Zealand’s population ages, the number of people dying each year will rise rapidly. With hospices already experiencing funding shortages, who will care for us at the end of our lives? By James Borrowdale | 19th January, 2026Guest writer
Op shops love your donations. But not these thingsA friendly plea to summer declutterers: give generously but think first, and don’t confuse an op shop for a landfill.By Toby Manhire | 17th January, 2026Editor-at-large
Both coloniser and colonised: reckoning with my family historyTracing my Pākehā whakapapa uncovered soldiers, settlers and uncomfortable truths.By Liam Rātana | 17th January, 2026Ātea editor
Petrol station sunglasses, rankedForget luxury logos and ultra-niche archival frames, the biggest flex this summer is swaggering around in a pair of sunnies from the servo.By Emma Gleason | 17th January, 2026Contributing writer
‘Refugees in a new world’: The story of my grandparents’ escape from Yugoslavia"My frustration at not being more Croatian is only possible because they succeeded in being New Zealanders."By Tim Grgec | 17th January, 2026Guest writer
Do self-help books actually help?And if the answer is 'not really', why do we read them? By Josh Drummond | 4th January, 2026Guest writer
Film adaptations of Jane Austen novels ranked from worst to bestWhich of the 12 film adaptations will win the hand of the viewer? By Claire Mabey | 3rd January, 2026
Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with The Artist’s Way? Three decades after it was first published, the creative self-help book is changing the lives of everyone from famous rappers to retirees.By Alex Casey | 2nd January, 2026
‘The trail was haunting me’: Northbound by Naomi Arnold, reviewedA rollicking account of walking the length of New Zealand solo.By Liv Sisson | 31st December, 2025
A book for every year of your life: Part one, ages 0-30From picture books to bell hooks, some reading inspiration for every age.By Hera Lindsay Bird | 29th December, 2025