The year ahead: Last year, the co-captain of the Black Ferns got married in secret, and received a Royal honour in public; this year she wants to give back Start your day with a curation of our top ...

Belonging is like food and water: it sustains life, Lianne Dalziel finds on reading Bariz Shah’s memoir about walking the edge of different worlds – from an Auckland prison to changing lives in ...

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Rob Campbell reviews ‘The History of Ideas. Equality, Justice and Revolution’ by David Runciman and lays out his concerns for what’s coming – plus his one big wish for 2025.

The results of NCEA 2024 literacy and numeracy online benchmark tests, released in December by the Qualifications Authority, ...

A learning assistant, nurse and teacher aide speak of stretched finances and reduced hours amid collective agreement ...

Many national elections made the world feel less global and more protectionist with parties focusing on nationalist identity ...

We must prepare for the technological disruptions coming at us fast – this is not science fiction, writes former diplomat and ...

Black Ferns Sevens mentor and double Olympic champion Cory Sweeney is grateful for the groundbreaking success of 2024 and ...

Twas very heaven in 2024 to write as a satirist. Credit where credit is due: Christopher Luxon just got funnier and funnier, ...

As Winston Peters pivots from statesman to tub-thumping campaigner, can his party defy their history of getting turfed out of Government?