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Echo Chamber: Attack of the taxes!If the government generated tax dollars every time it mentioned them, we'd never have to talk about it again.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 21st August, 2026Politics reporter
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending August 21Chloe Gong and kluge give the charts a good shake up.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 21st August, 2026⚖️
20 takeaways from NZ Fashion Week 2026Including, yes, people still wear sunglasses inside, shorts and ruffles are having a moment, and much more.By Emma Gleason | 21st August, 2026Staff writer
The Nelson Tenths are coming home – now comes the hard partWhat's next for the land at the centre of New Zealand's longest running legal dispute.By Hēmi Sundgren | 21st August, 2026Guest writer
Election update: parties look to define themselves, their coalitions and their opponentsA growing revolt from mayors and communities is putting pressure on the government’s fast-track regime.By Henry Oliver | 21st August, 2026Bulletin editor
How AI is coming for second-hand booksHydraulic powered cutting machines are ravaging books to train AI.By Claire Mabey | 21st August, 2026Books editor
New Zealand’s most frenzied supermarket promotions, ranked and reviewedNever bring a Smeg knife to an Ooshie fight, and more lessons from over a decade of madness. By Alex Casey | 21st August, 2026Senior writer
Review: Election Meltdown is the joy we need in the end timesFeaturing Simeon Brown as a gerbil, John Tamihere as a vampire and a tap-dancing duet by Chris Bishop and Nicola Willis.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 20th August, 2026Politics reporter
Winning Māngere is the 'worst-case scenario' for the Greens' Michel Mulipola'I don't want to be an MP, I don't want a portfolio, I don't want to be in parliament.'By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 20th August, 2026Politics reporter
Left, right or centre? How voters view the Opportunity PartyThis is what people are telling pollsters. By Toby Manhire | 20th August, 2026Editor-at-large
I lived: A true story of surviving the cycle lanes of Molesworth StreetThis week, Christopher Luxon drew attention to a little-known parliamentary peril: crossing the road. We dared to give it a go. By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 20th August, 2026
There are more Māori on the Māori roll than ever. Will they turn out to vote?The Māori roll is growing at record pace. How could it impact the election?By Liam Rātana | 20th August, 2026
OpinionTe Pāti Māori will be in risky territory if it tries to engineer an overhangExploitation of the overhang loophole has always been possible, but no party has tried it because of how voters are likely to react.By Graeme Edgeler | 19th August, 2026
OpinionHow Paul Goldsmith can fit 11 ministerial roles into his schedule10am: Rewatch the video of Judith Collins saying ‘my husband is Samoan, so talofa’. Minister for Pacific peoples job status: Complete.By Hayden Donnell | 19th August, 2026