As Borders Fall Are Europeans Losing Their Cultural Identity
Read MoreWith or Without Britain
The EU remains central to New Zealand’s destiny
Read MoreQuotes of the year, Pundit style
What are the words that captured the year in a few syllables and defined 2014? Read on...
Read MoreAn economic comedy in four acts
A little pre-Christmas fun, looking at Treasury's prediction that National will fail to reach its much-promised surplus through some literary lenses
Read MoreIt's nearly Foodmass
Food has never been more readily available or cheaper. Take a moment to thank the farmers when you sit down to Christmas lunch this year -- and don't overindulge
Read MoreTone it down, John: Sydney seige words seem self-serving
Until we know more about Man Haron Monis and his motivations, John Key should avoid leaping to assumptions and using the case to justify his own political goals
Read MoreDoes Inequality Affect Economic Growth?
The OECD says yes; how do we respond?
Read MoreLet Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds Admit Impediments
How much should the state be involved in determining who are in a marriage relationship?
Read MoreU-turn ahead? Or just a foreign buyer snarl up?
Apparently New Zealand didn't need a register of foreign land owners ... until it did. So is National preparing to change tack or is it just getting itself into even more of a tangle?
Read MoreKurdish bombs over Kobane
Can legislation intended to stop people fighting for ISIL/ISIS/IS/Daesh instead stop people fighting against ISIL/ISIS/IS/Daesh?
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday December 9
At least 13 killed in failed hostage rescue in Yemen; China sentences eight people to death; Japanese economy slows even more than anticipated; US and NATO end combat mission in Afghanistan; six Guantanamo detainees released to Uruguay; and more
Read MoreIs safety just a big disguise, that hides among the other lies?*
Parliament has passed public protection orders. But will they really be a last resort to contain the most dangerous? Or a means to pursue a more vindictive agenda?
Read MoreSuckerpunched by the actor formerly known as "Crusher"
The last thing you might think Judith Collins would be is boring. But apparently that's just what the new, true version really is.
Read MoreGrumbling About Political Grumblers
It is one thing being in Opposition complaining about what has happened in government; it is another thing to have a viable policy.
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday December 4
ISIS significantly weakened by air strikes in Iraq and Syria, says John Kerry; Taiwan's Kuomintang party chairman resigns; Japan launches six-year space mission;
Read MoreIsrael's surreal snap election call
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is playing games by forcing a snap election because he is desperate to coalesce with the extreme religious right, rather than the centrists who have called him to account.
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday December 3
Putin scraps $40 billion gas pipeline project; Hong Kong's Occupy Central leaders turn themselves in; rescue effort continues in Bering Sea after South Korean fishing boat sinks; Ukraine and Pro-Russian separatists reach agreement 'in principle'; early elections expected for Israel; and more
Read MoreOur Peter Jackson of Children’s Literature?
How New Zealand businesses succeed internationally.
Read MoreMubarak triumphs
The Egyptian Court's sweeping exoneration of Hosni Mubarak, his henchmen and his sons is an insult to Egyptians who give their lives in support of democracy and human rights. It is also a signal that the new and brutal man in charge has done his job regaining lost ground for his old boss.
Read MoreShe was practiced at the art of deception
In which a little spy agency finds that sometimes you can always get what you want, even if its not what you need.
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