The Sunday Poem, by Carin Smeaton

A fair go for the mechanic down the road

Double international Stacey Waaka inspired by Honey for World Cup debut

Newsroom daily quiz, Sunday 18 October

Employment Court closes loophole on offshore migrant exploitation premiums

Arena Williams wants concert tickets to cost what they say

The price of mince and the death of major parties

From fighting fires to feeling wins: the Silver Ferns' secret weapon

Otago Uni's 30 minutes with the Vice Chancellor: What if a solar tsunami hit Earth?

How do we solve a problem like bottom trawling?

Climate change policy missing in action

Greens' gains in jeopardy after Mongrel Mob stand

Second place story in the 2026 Sargeson Prize

SolarZero exec's new firm liquidated, leaving customers once burnt, twice shy

Once NZ's energy bastion, Taranaki faces an uncertain future

The secret thoughts at the second Leaders' Debate

Peters overrides Govt ministers on UN pandemic vote

NZ First's Craig Stobo: Why I tick Pacific Islander on my census form

Airini, Breton, & Stacy win Surrey & Māpua residencies

Campaign Cut-through: It's time to bring lobbying out from the shadows

Raw Politics: Qiulae wants a mobile number, Labour wants a fair go

And the new champ is Qiulae Wong

Where’s our online banking of healthcare?

The dirty money and dodgy deals infiltrating NZ's building trade

Second place story in the 2026 Sargeson Prize

Star American back to help Phoenix rise one more step

Trains of thought go off the rails in Mt Roskill debate

'You've got balls, mate': Minister Simon Watts in heated exchange with councillors

A four-year term would give more respite from tiresome electioneering

Newsroom daily quiz, Saturday 17 October

The case for a UBI has never been stronger

The voting power of the overseas electorate

The economic paradox threatening Luxon's re-election bid

The secret thoughts at the second Leaders' Debate

A century of sporting ties: How cricket transformed NZ and India into more than rivals

Daily crossword, Friday 16 October

This week's bestselling books - October 16

'Clinical' Black Ferns aim to take the flamboyance out of France in three test tour

‘Better-than-nothing’ AI companions not good enough

How to fix our short-sighted constitutional instability

Gareth Morgan: The case for a UBI has never been stronger

The fringe parties are splintered, but their ideas are thriving

From US$9m to US$77m: The soaring cost of shipping oil

'Jabber, jabber': New presenters, same old debates

SolarZero exec's new firm liquidated, leaving customers once burnt, twice shy

'I no longer trust these politicians': Finance debate spells the end of the innocence

Greens' gains in jeopardy after Mongrel Mob stand

Public sector CEOs set to face performance pay and sanctions

The superyachts making waves in our boatbuilding industry

Newsroom daily quiz, Friday 16 October