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Dating Files: An HR professional who resents people ‘becoming counsellors on the first date’'The best thing a date ever did for me: Not judging me on the first date.'By Dating Files | 16th September, 2026Guest writer
Should we really be worried about AI ending humankind?Experts are sounding the extinction alarm. What are they on about and should we be concerned?By Emma Gleason | 16th September, 2026Staff writer
‘Read, read, read’: Hona Black’s advice to us allFrom Narnia to Wimpy Kid to Rebel Ideas: it all counts.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 16th September, 2026⚖️
Tom Phillips report: Family warnings ‘brushed aside’, agencies apologise, police get defensiveA public inquiry into the disappearance of the Phillips children has found police and Oranga Tamariki minimised, overlooked and in some cases never read warnings from the children’s mother and older sisters before their father took them into the bush for four years.By Henry Oliver | 16th September, 2026Bulletin editor
OpinionThe emissions trading scheme is broken. Can anyone fix it?New Zealand's most important climate change policy depends on the carbon price increasing. Cheap forestry credits have pushed it the other way.By Joel MacManus | 16th September, 2026Senior writer
Threeadore vs Plussie: The battle of the streaming service mascotsThere were none, and then suddenly two. Why? And, crucially, who would win in a death match?By Alex Casey | 16th September, 2026Senior writer
KiwiSaver: Would Labour or National make you better off?'It's a trade-off between current personal spending and saving for retirement – and lower-income people are likely to have less room in their budget for saving.'By Susan Edmunds of RNZ | 15th September, 2026Guest writer
Warriors fans, you know how this goesThis was supposed to be our year. Then came a sold-out Mt Smart, a second-half collapse and that old familiar feeling.By Liam Rātana | 15th September, 2026Ātea editor
One Candidate, One Pint: Jessica Hammond on being the last Opportunity original leftShe's stood for the party in every election it's contested, but reckons this one feels different.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 15th September, 2026Politics reporter
‘Tunnel, tunnel, tunnel’: on board the first train through the City Rail LinkMore than 400 people queued in the dark at Ōtāhuhu for the first passenger service through the City Rail Link. Joel MacManus was one of them.By Joel MacManus | 14th September, 2026Senior writer
Love, actually, at 53: ‘I resent the fact that he’s playing video games while I work two jobs’I expect my relationship to last until: I lose my shit and throw him out.By Love actually | 13th September, 2026
Can you actually outsource your mental load? I desperately tried toInvisible labour is fiendishly difficult to outsource, because setting a reminder isn’t the whole picture. Much of the burden is noticing that you needed to make a reminder in the first place.By Rose Hirst | 13th September, 2026
Are we becoming less willing to call out bad behaviour?People standing back and watching racist abuse on Auckland’s Queen St, Winston Peters telling Lawrence Xu-Nan to go back to his own country. What’s happening?By Kate Langdon | 12th September, 2026
A user’s guide to the City Rail LinkBest nearby bars. Best journeys. Worst journeys. Best shopping. Best parks. Here’s how to get the best bang for your 5.5 billion bucks.By Hayden Donnell | 11th September, 2026