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It’s a case that has travelled far beyond the walls of an American university – allegations of rape at Cornell have gone viral, reigniting a much bigger conversation about consent, sexual violence and ...

In 2026, NZ and India celebrate a century of sporting ties. In the first of a series, Stephen Hewson looks at a rare, historic relationship.

While researching her last novel, The Book of Guilt, which featured a simulation of a British seaside resort as a reward for children’s suffering, Chidgey came across the archetype of the starving ...

As Christopher Luxon's party eyes reductions to foreign aid, a global initiative driven by his political mentor John Key could be the casualty ...

Comment: With many boldface names to fit alongside existing MPs, Winston Peters and his team have made some surprising calls ...

Carlos Cheung’s shock win in the long-red seat of Mt Roskill was one of the last election’s biggest upsets. Michael Wood is a man on a mission to prove the flip was an anomaly.

Over time and taken to its logical end-point, Descartes’ ‘thinking self’ became the property-owning, rights-bearing, cost ...

Most grocery spending goes to Foodstuffs and Woolworths, but export prices and global markets play a bigger role than politicians admit ...

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

A city’s worth of New Zealanders have left the country in the last three years, and this left-leaning bloc could tip the scales in a tight election, writes Fox Meyer.

TVNZ uses an audience measurement tool reminiscent of the infamous worm to score the leaders' performances in the first ...