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It was a good week for… Mark Mitchell’s love lifeThe police and corrections minister has always been a strong supporter of the three strikes law. Now that he's on wife number four, he's eligible for a lifetime sentence.By Joel MacManus | 13th March, 2026Senior writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending March 13A bounty of Aotearoa reads.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 13th March, 2026⚖️
Echo Chamber: NZ First takes jabs at Gerry BrownleeWinston Peters has issues with the Covid response and with the speaker.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 13th March, 2026Politics reporter
The re-opening of Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui is a game-changer for the capitalWe take a tour ahead of its reopening on Saturday.By Claire Mabey | 13th March, 2026Books editor
Crackhead might just be the best New Zealand TV show this yearThree's new comedy-drama is raw, dark television, with a seethingly funny bite to it.By Tara Ward | 13th March, 2026Staff writer
Excessive, misleading, unacceptable: the auditor-general’s verdict on Paul EagleAn inquiry into the former MP's tenure as Chatham Islands Council chief executive reveals how one man’s poor decisions collided with a council ill-equipped to catch them.By Catherine McGregor | 13th March, 2026Contributing writer
OpinionChristopher Luxon’s refusal to go is yet more evidence of our culture of noNational is polling at 28.4% but its leader won’t leave. Where is the ambition for outcomes? The growth mindset?By Hayden Donnell | 13th March, 2026Senior writer
‘I had hair… and fewer knives in my back’: A short history of Peeni Henare, politicianAs Labour’s most senior Māori MP bows out of parliament, we look back at his life so far – and get a glimpse of what could come next. By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 12th March, 2026Politics reporter
One MP, One Pint: Joseph Mooney’s journey from ‘traumatic’ teen years to parliamentThe National backbencher and Southland MP on tragedy, triumph and whether he wants to be the new space minister.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 12th March, 2026Politics reporter
Bicycle face: the terrifying medical condition that threatened 1890s cyclistsCall all your friends and warn them – but careful you don't get a case of telephone ear.By Tara Ward | 9th March, 2026Staff writer
Will this be Auckland’s last March madness?As you fight the notorious Auckland traffic this month, hold on to hope: things could be about to change.By Joel MacManus | 9th March, 2026
This International Women’s Day, do something radical: love yourselfSometimes resistance is getting out on the streets protesting, or pushing for law change, but other times the answer is closer to home. By Michelle Duff | 7th March, 2026
The student I can never forget 'A middle-aged face stops me in the street. Mr Hill! Remember me? I know that I need to remember, and remember positively – I'll try to explain why.'By David Hill | 7th March, 2026
The cost of being: a retiree who watches grocery prices ‘like a hawk’'I don’t take my eye off the till display at the checkout and always get a receipt.'By The Cost of Being | 6th March, 2026