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PoliticsNovember 10, 2017

How many times can a National MP say ‘socialism’ in one short parliamentary speech? (WATCH)

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David Bennett, National MP for Hamilton East, stood yesterday in the House of Representatives and intoned: ‘This country has embarked on a socialist experiment in the last few weeks’, and then basically just said socialism a lot.

Image: Tina Tiller

19th January, 2022

However the Tova O’Brien case plays out, Three has already lost

A media breakup has turned very ugly – with stakes that could impact all of us.

By Duncan Greive

CEO / Publisher

The Council for International Development said the most effective response to help Tonga is donate money. (Image: Tina Tiller)

19th January, 2022

Here’s how we can help Tonga

Where your donations can do the most good.

By Sela Jane Hopgood

Pacific communities editor | Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ on Air

Photo: Getty Image, additional design by Tina Tiller

19th January, 2022

How Covid vaccines upend our assumptions about protecting kids

Children shouldn't be asked to protect the adults in their lives, goes the common argument. But why not?

Contributing writer

(Photo: Stephen Goodenough)

18th January, 2022

The Single Object: The brutal beauty of Christchurch Town Hall’s concrete

Concrete is a slurry of cement, water, air, gravel, stones and sand. In Christchurch it's also an essential part of the city's history.

By Jessica Halliday

Contributing writer

Billie Jo Hohepa-Ropiha with her foam wash, BDèt (Photo: Supplied)

18th January, 2022

She started at the bottom, now she’s changing the way we go to the toilet

Billie Jo Hohepa-Ropiha has found her niche creating toilet-based innovations with a focus on sustainability.

By Alice Webb-Liddall

Partnerships editor

A bird’s-eye view of Sanders Reserve on Auckland’s North Shore. (Image: Archi Banal)

18th January, 2022

Why were thousands of native plants mowed down in an Auckland park?

Brace yourself for a series of unfortunate events.

By Charlotte Muru-Lanning

Jean Smart stars as a fiery comic paired with a much younger assistant in Hacks. Image: Archi Banal

19th January, 2022

A plea to local streaming services: where the hell is Hacks?

New Zealand viewers are missing out on some of last year's most acclaimed TV shows. Why?

By Chris Schulz

Features editor

Maurice Shadbolt’s studio, photographed in 2002 after he moved out (Photo: Sean Shadbolt)

18th January, 2022

Stephen Stratford bows out, brilliantly

Quite possibly the last essay by Stephen Stratford, the author, editor and critic who died in November.

By Stephen Stratford

Contributing writer

Some of the highlights from In The Shade (Image: The Spinoff)

17th January, 2022

The new Auckland festival trying to fill the film calendar’s NZIFF-shaped hole

Auckland cinephiles have something new to look forward to.

By Stewart Sowman-Lund

Live updates editor

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5th January, 2022

I remember 9/11. I’d just been rescued by an Australian frigate

While the world recoiled, we we watched from a frigate.

By Abbas Nazari

Contributing writer

The machine upon which Hayden typed his opinion (posed by model). Photo: Getty Images

2nd January, 2022

Opinion: My opinion on NZ’s Covid strategy is bold, unwavering and probably wrong

The truth is that I didn’t know what an 'R number' was a year ago.

By Hayden Donnell

Contributing writer

Image: Archi Banal

1st January, 2022

Thirteen wild predictions for the political year 2022 AD

From the cautiously optimistic to the terrifyingly dystopian.

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Māori Party Co-leader Rawiri Waititi(Photo by Lynn Grieveson – Newsroom/Newsroom via Getty Images)

29th December, 2021

Metiria Turei on the parliament necktie fight and why it matters

Why should wearing a business suit be considered business attire for an MP's actual business: being representative?

By Metiria Turei

Contributing writer

The lounge blizzard. Montage: Tina Tiller

26th December, 2021

The greatest Koru Lounge scandals in New Zealand political history – ranked

From Key to Ardern to Collins, Air NZ’s airside oasis is a mainstay of our great political story.

By Toby Manhire

Editor-at-large