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National’s party list is a big improvement on its previous one, although it's still not as diverse as Labour’s, writes Peter Dunne

The first in an occasional series of despatches from a Kiwi author nursing in a warzone

New Zealand basketball rep Lauren Whittaker is home after a life-changing experience attending the first women’s Basketball Without Borders camp in the United States. After overcoming a devastating knee injury, Whittaker is even more focused on achieving her dream of playing in the WNBA.

As National hints it will overturn the ban on overseas buyers, there's reassuring preliminary analysis that migration isn't driving house prices up

The longlist for maybe the coolest and likely the strangest writers residency award in New Zealand letters has been announced.

After starving voters of any vision for what a Chris Hipkins government might look like, the governing party drowned voters in policy last week but is yet to see any reward, writes political editor Jo Moir

Most parents find it awkward to talk about, but who should take the lead when it comes to educating kids about sex and relationships?

Businesses relying on the popular but contentious payments model are finding their operations increasingly difficult to stack up, reports Andrew Bevin.

A year after it dawned on officials that roadside drug testing would not be able to go ahead as planned, a workaround policy has been confirmed, reports Emma Hatton

New Zealand is more exposed to fuel supply disruption than comparable countries and urgently need a resilience plan, yet a bill before Parliament just tinkers with fuel stocks, writes Simon Terry

If the German foreign minister, who had to cancel her visit to New Zealand last week, had consulted with Chris Hipkins, maybe she would have followed his example and travelled with two planes, writes Dr Oliver Hartwich