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Ardern's right-hand man fails to apply scrutiny to his former boss in an entertaining memoir

From Victoria University - Comment: The lesson from climate change in this election may be that some decisions are simply too complex and too consequential to leave to electoral politics alone, writes Dr Cathrine Dyer.

WATCH AND LISTEN: Otago physicist Craig Rodger talks solar tsunamis, space weather threats, and why Transpower had to shut down electricity circuits in 2024.

Comment: Bottom trawling is wasteful, destructive, contributes to climate change and damages marine habitat. It’s also how we catch around two-thirds of our fish. Rebekah White asks, what could we do better?

Today from The Detail: New Zealand's aid contributions outside of the Pacific aren't massive but they're still significant - and the money saves lives

Sustained public investment in research, underpinned by cross-party consensus, is needed to combat a growing anti-science sentiment and post-truth narratives, writes Professor Jonathan Boston.

From winning Rugby World Cups to challenging national bowel cancer screening, Cheryl Waaka never stopped fighting for others, writes teammate and friend Louisa Wall

A string of prosecutions has strained Cando Fishing's relationship with Fisheries NZ, but it hopes NZ First will help it build a kina industry.

Who is the leader of the Opportunity Party?

Comment: The last part of Roger Fowler's life were marred by the many casual cruelties of our health system, writes his Rob Campbell.

From winning Rugby World Cups to challenging national bowel cancer screening, Cheryl Waaka never stopped fighting for others, writes teammate and friend Louisa Wall

From The Detail: The housing market is all over the place - neither buyers nor sellers seem to be getting anywhere fast

Comment: Rob Campbell reflects on ageing, literature, and the Active Ageing Research Centre, arguing older generations must be community assets

New Zealand’s frigate choice should focus on capability, adaptability and value for money, not simply buying the same ships as Australia.

The founder of The Opportunity Party in 2017, economist Gareth Morgan, believes its successor Opportunity has made a wrong move on tax

Week in Review: Auckland economist Shamubeel Eaqub once described struggling provincial centres as 'zombie towns'. Now revisiting places like Balclutha and Tokoroa he finds that NZ might be the zombie – and local the cure.

Comment from Victoria University: Political promises on waiting lists ignore the root causes of illness. Dr Anna Matheson says NZ must fund prevention to fix healthcare.

Week in Review: The Pacific would be insulated from the $431m cuts, meaning development aid to the rest of the world would be slashed by a third, writes Jonathan Milne.

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