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Reality check: Where is the apology in the new America’s Next Top Model docuseries?Who does Tyra Banks think is responsible for the harm inflicted on contestants?By Rebecca Trelease | 24th February, 2026Guest writer
OpinionHow to teach 74 years of New Zealand history in 15 hours The new social sciences curriculum appears to be written by someone who has never encountered the wonderfully chaotic nature of the classroom.By Chris Abercrombie | 24th February, 2026Guest writer
‘Immigrants in our own country’: Hone Kouka on the 30-year legacy of Waiora Te UkāipōThe writer and director of one of New Zealand's most impactful plays reflects on its success and continued relevance ahead of its stage revival.By Sam Brooks | 24th February, 2026Contributing writer
The cost of being: A first-time flatter ‘scraping by’ on a student loan'Five words to describe my financial personality: Blindly fumbling in the dark.'By The Cost of Being | 24th February, 2026Guest writer
How two damning reports brought down the head of the Teaching CouncilMultiple cases of sexual offenders getting jobs in schools have added to concerns about the body responsible for registering and vetting teachers.By Catherine McGregor | 24th February, 2026Contributing writer
Move-on orders: ‘I’d move on if I had somewhere to go’Ministers say more powers to clear rough sleepers will make communities feel safer. This is what 'streeties' think of the move.By Liam RātanaĀtea editor & Emma Gleason | 24th February, 2026Contributing writer
Big costs, big profits: the state of the electricity sector in 2026Everyone is talking about electricity again.By Shanti Mathias | 24th February, 2026Contributing writer
New To Streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this weekIncluding the return of both Scrubs and Robyn Malcolm as a criminal matriarch. By Thomas Giblin | 23rd February, 2026Guest writer
Goodbye Splore. We’ll try to hang on to the memoriesAt Splore, a collective utopia felt attainable. That it's not a sustainable experience to offer feels sad – and revealing of the current world we live in.By Simon Day | 23rd February, 2026Contributing Writer
Revisiting childhood memories in Christchurch’s red zoneSometimes my childhood memories try to sketch buildings onto the big empty plots in the central city. Am I disoriented, or just rebuilding what used to be there?By Shanti Mathias | 22nd February, 2026Contributing writer
Fashion designer Tom Conway can talk about his neck-breaking accident nowIn fact, he’s thriving.By Emma Gleason | 21st February, 2026
OpinionNew Zealand, stop saying the n-word In our schools, it’s being used casually, often by people who are not Black, but who are themselves marginalised. Each time Gamaliel Ramos Oliver hears the word, it lands like a slap.By Gamaliel Ramos Oliver | 21st February, 2026
OpinionThe picture of Andrew leaving the police station makes me rageHis posture and expression hits as symbolic.By Veronica Schmidt | 20th February, 2026
There’s some scary stuff lurking beneath your funny AI caricaturesThe latest trend poses some big questions about privacy, environmental damage and creativity.By Alex Casey | 20th February, 2026
