Rhona's death-it was not what she would have wanted.
Read MoreAssisted suicide is not a progressive issue
The statistics from Oregon are clear: the people who have the "choice" of assisted dying are disproportionately white, wealthy and well-educated. Who pays the price for their choice?
Read MoreA Done Deal: Diplomacy Drowns Out Drums of War
Iran has fulfilled all obligations required by the P5+1 nuclear deal, paving the way for immediate implementation, including the lifting of crippling nuclear linked sanctions. No surprise however that a deal of such historic proportions, with no shots being fired,has failed to satisfy electioneering Republicans.
Read MoreChina Jitters
World Sharemarkets Are Sneezing. What Does That Tell Us About the World Economy?
Read MoreOpponents of the TPP have been vague about their alternative
It’s time for opponents of the TPP to stop the gesture politics and answer some questions - like what is the alternative you propose? Do you really believe we can stay out of the TPP on our own? And do you want to pull out of the agreement after it is signed?
Read MoreAid in dying: time to do something!
It's a new year and we're all getting back to work. One of the things you have to add to your "to do" list in the next fortnight is be a good democratic citizen.
Read MoreWhyte is wrong that claims on poverty are misleading
Jamie Whyte claims that poverty statistics based on relative measures of poverty are misleading. I explain why his argument is unpersuasive.
Read MoreNew Years' Resolution: How to save the planet
Want to save the world this Christmas? The best way may not be what you think... and may not involve giving up meat
Read MoreDecember Dump: The list I shouldn't have to write
All I want for Christmas? Sure, less bad sing-alongs, but mostly I want less cynical politics than the December Dump we've seen this year
Read MoreMr Wilson's adventures in legal wonderland
Why turn to fiction for mind-bending exercises in logical absurdity? The real world of the courts provide much stranger fare.
Read MoreParis, the conclusion: climate changer or puff pastry?
After the applause has died down, will the Paris Agreement do enough to keep global temperatures down, fund emission reductions in developing countries and hold nations to account?
Read MoreNo Victoria, the machines aren’t taking our jobs
Making Quality Judgements
A book on the history of the Literary Fund raises broad questions of how our bureaucracy works.
Read MoreBrief notes on the first flag referendum
So the first round of the flag referendum is done (bar the formal tidying up). What, if anything, does it tell us?
Read More2015: My year that was
Here's a trawl through the year in politics and what stood out for me
Read MorePeter Dunne is right!
There is no reason to cancel the passport of any so-called "Jihadi brides". And Chris Lynch is a bit of a moron for suggesting that this should happen.
Read MoreOn Britain & New Zealand's role in the western alliance
Britain is divided, and the British Labour Party even more so, over its role in leading Western nations. So does it offer lessons for New Zealand?
Read MoreLetter from Paris: How ministers need to lift their game in week 2
In his second post from Paris, Barry Coates says the current deal before ministers is not good enough to keep temperature increases below 2 degrees and spells out what's missing
Read MoreSpinning the return of Judith Collins
Judith Collins is back in Cabinet. But let's not forget, her resignation was for an issue separate from those detailed in Dirty Politics, so she has never been "cleared" of the behaviour revealed in the book
Read MoreA Return To ‘Think Big’?
The strange economic assessment of the proposed extension to Wellington Airport’s runway reduces to a plea for subsidies from tax and ratepayers.
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