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The carrot and the stick: National promise lower student loan repayments if you stay, and tougher penalties if you leaveThe compulsory student loan repayment rate would drop from 12% to 10%, while overseas-based borrowers who don’t pay would face new penalties.By Henry Oliver | 31st August, 2026Bulletin editor
As Labour eyes the Māori seats, te tiriti fades from the visionLabour is hoping Māori will 'get real' and favour economic strategies over Treaty debates.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 31st August, 2026Politics reporter
OpinionChris Hipkins is batting for a drawHipkins has been so focused on negating the case against Labour that he never built a cohesive argument for Labour. By Joel MacManus | 31st August, 2026Senior writer
Love, actually, at 50: ‘He’s literally the best thing that has ever happened to me’ 'He's the best friend I have ever had.'By Love actually | 30th August, 2026Guest writer
‘It’s mesmeric’: The Christchurch supermarket thousands of seagulls call homeCome for the cheap groceries, stay for the free nighttime seagull show. By Alex Casey | 30th August, 2026Senior writer
Ted Lasso could well be a NZ show and it makes me want to throw shit at my TVThe new season plays the indignities of women's sport for laughs, but they're grounded in reality.By Zoe George | 30th August, 2026Guest writer
The Kiingi Tuheitia I knew, from a step or two behindFormer chief of staff and private secretary Ngira Simmonds remembers the late Māori king.By Ngira Simmonds | 30th August, 2026Guest writer
Noelle McCarthy on facing people after you’ve told your story of alcoholism and horrible sexHaving a memoir out is like people have gotten hold of your diary and the reason they have it is because you gave it to them. By Noelle McCarthy | 29th August, 2026Guest writer
Where to eat in Newtown, Wellington – an insider’s guideFrom tortilla soup to paneer pakora to roti wraps, there’s more to Newtown than meets the eye.By Charlotte Muru-Lanning | 29th August, 2026Contributing writer
What 40-plus years in fashion has taught NOM*d’s Margi RobertsonThe best advice she ever got was from a bank manager (and it was simple).By Emma Gleason | 27th August, 2026Staff writer
Help Me Hera: Should I burn my old love letters?Is it creepy to hang onto mementos from a past relationship? By Hera Lindsay Bird | 27th August, 2026
New Zealand’s hospital headaches, by the numbersWhat symptoms of illness is our health system showing?By Emma Gleason | 26th August, 2026
Dating Files: A Wellingtonian who keeps meeting people ‘about to leave the country’'I hate that I twirl my hair and giggle a little more when they insist on paying.'By Dating Files | 25th August, 2026
The cost of being: A homeowner who wants their money to work harder than they do'I would love to diversify my investments and have a bit more freedom.'By The Cost of Being | 25th August, 2026