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LEE CARTER: Election 2024’s top lesson is about one crucial thing and we need to learn from it
It’s a funny thing. When you listen to voters, they will tell you what they think. I have spent the last two years talking to voters about the election, the candidates, the messages, the attacks, and more. And based on everything…
More than 100 dead or missing in after serious flooding in the Philippines
The storm is one of the deadliest this year for the archipelago.
A Few Words to Those Currently ‘Uncommitted’ to Voting for Harris
I have never subscribed to the idea that citizens who refuse to vote for a Democratic candidate in a tight race are somehow morally responsible for the election of a Republican, however bad that Republican might be. If we are…
Is this the best place to visit in 2025?
One of Asia’s biggest cities has a secret side few get to explore.
Expat Tales: Transportation in Hong Kong is some of ‘the cheapest in the world’
While Lower Hutt resident Ross Eathorne has been based in the Pearl of the Orient for over 20 years, he says the metropolis still reveals another layer to itself every day.
How this family solved outgrowing their tiny home
One daughter wanted a door, and the other to be able to stand up in her room. Without resorting to a house-with-mortgage, they found a way.
‘Her life is priceless’: Family of seven moving to Australia in bid to save mum
Alexander King said his mum wouldn’t move across the ditch without her family, “and we wouldn’t let her go either on her own”.
Is RNZ suffering from mission creep?
RNZ’s buying Facebook ads to drive website traffic. There’s been a surge in infotainment stories. Is the taxpayer-funded broadcaster acting like it’s commercial?
Damien Grant: Nicola Willis needs to make drastic course corrections to tackle rising debt
OPINION: Nothing much happened in 2023. It was a year much like any other; yet for every dollar the government spent, it had to borrow seven cents.
Greg Murphy reveals Matt Payne’s secret weapon for Bathurst 1000
New Zealand motorsport legend Greg Murphy rates the chances of the Kiwi drivers in this year’s Great Race.