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All Whites v Egypt player ratings: Who stepped up and who struggled in 3-1 loss?

OPINION: How the All Whites players rated in their 3-1 World Cup loss to Egypt.

Jason Pine: Did the referee cost All Whites in defeat to Egypt?

OPINION: Referee Omar Alali’s inconsistent calls left the All Whites fuming.

Warriors v Cowboys player ratings: Which player produced the perfect game?

OPINION: Rating the performances of the Warriors against the Cowboys in Christchurch.

Phil Gifford: The red-hot Hurricanes would have beaten most test sides

OPINION: The Hurricanes' amazing victory was a display of extraordinarily cool control.

Editorial: Why stopping boy racers and 'hoons' is harder than you might think

OPINION: Skids are noisy, smoky, dirty and dangerous. But can they be prevented?

Jamie Ensor: National may be playing happy – but here's why senior MPs' futures are at risk

ANALYSIS: There is a reckoning coming for National.

Letters: A tax policy of envy; attacking flare returns to rugby

OPINION: Shane Jones' spending on a Canadian trip was 'plainly despicable', a reader says.

Mark Lister: The smart investor’s response to surging global debt

Net core Crown debt is forecast to peak at 46.1% of GDP in 2027/28.

Chris Finlayson: Luxon Govt has gravely hurt Crown–Māori relationship

OPINION: A worthy bipartisan project for over 50 years was damaged between 2023-26.

Deborah Chambers: Supreme Court risks edging from rule of law to rule of judges

OPINION: Uncertain rulings hinder fairness and access to justice.

The Ex-Files: Can my daughter get a protection order against her ex-boyfriend?

OPINION: He damaged her bedroom window, but she is reluctant to call the police.

Hurricanes v Chiefs player ratings: Who starred days out from All Blacks squad naming?

OPINION: How the players rated in the Hurricanes’ 60-5 win over the Chiefs.

Nadine Higgins: How to check flood and hazard risks before buying a house

Insurers and banks increasingly rely on detailed hazard modelling before lending.

Editorial: Tax reform is beginning to emerge as a key election issue

OPINION: The Opportunity party may be the wild card in the tax debate.

Liam Dann: Never mind caution, NZ needs a dose of reckless optimism to grow again

OPINION: If the war is over, let's get back to that recovery. We can't afford to wait.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: Labour going for warm fuzzies over policy substance

OPINION: Free prescriptions and $20 weekly transport caps reach few voters.

Letters: I can't spy, with my little eye, the expiry date, on my pie

OPINION: A Russian ambassador cites the virtues of culture but avoids a question on crime

Bridget Snelling: Confidence gap holding back small business AI adoption

OPINION: Nearly two-thirds of users say AI saves them about a day of work each week.

Slade Robertson: Why NZ's economy is primed to beat Australia

House prices in Auckland now equal 7.5 times income, down from 8.7 in 2019.

Bruce Cotterill: $30m public service failure exposes a far deeper problem

OPINION: Waste and mistrust are eating away at the public service.

Kim Knight: The Auckland winter is a lie. I have the numbers to prove it

The cold truth is only a Lego figure looks good in a sleeveless puffer.

Fran O’Sullivan: Why Canterbury’s ambition matters for New Zealand

OPINION: Business Canterbury’s new ‘Canterbury Ambition’ plan sets regional growth vision.

We shouldn't hate the rich for the sin of succeeding – Nick Stewart

OPINION: We're good at debating how to carve the pie, uninterested in baking a larger one.

Editorial: US and Iran write a tentative chapter of war and peace

OPINION: A new accord with a two-month deadline is positive, but may still come unstuck.

Mary Holm: Falling home ownership shows it has got harder to buy

OPINION: But there is still ray of hope for would-be first-home buyers.

Thomas Coughlan: Labour offers hope while coalition counters with cold hard reality

OPINION: Labour has defrosted itself and announced new policy.

Letters: Healthcare needs technical and cultural competency

OPINION: The healthcare system's competency needs to reflect NZ's multicultural society.

NZ First's Bill to define 'what is a woman' is a lightning rod for debate on what it means to be human

OPINION: The two views are irreconcilable, but the law has to land somewhere.

Kai Sanders: Volunteering in the community takes an army

OPINION: Here's why Volunteer Week matters more than ever this year.

Gregor Paul: Super Rugby’s dream final can’t disguise the game’s deeper woes

OPINION: The Hurricanes will pocket about $1m profit from the sold-out final.

Editorial: Social media ban for children ultimately up to parents to enforce

OPINION: It should be no different to curfews, driving, smoking and drinking alcohol.

Letters: Real solutions to fix our primary healthcare crisis

OPINION: Pay GPs more and bond newly-trained GPs could be the answer.

The hidden mental health crisis among NZ-Iranians: Suicide attempts, abuse and a community in trauma

Kiwi Iranians report widespread insomnia, persistent anxiety and emotional exhaustion.

Audrey Young: Why Willis should be the last person to attack Labour over pace

OPINION: National released its own policy costings just 17 days before the 2023 election.

Benno Blaschke: Government cannot fix housing until it can take its hand off the brake

OPINION: Sir Bill English says risk is 'something that you take', not something to fear.

Why bums on seats are still rugby's most important metric

OPINION: Matatū’s record crowd followed five years of steady community building.

Jonathan Ayling: Ministers must hold regulators to account

The move comes as a new Bill strengthens ministerial power over regulators.

Editorial: Public servants must show us why politicians and the public can trust them

OPINION: Projects should not be torpedoed by a faceless bureaucrat behind a desk.

Letters: Put citizens ahead of data centres when it comes to water and power

OPINION: UN’s timely warning on the impacts of AI.

Michael Burgess: All Whites – the night of our lives and a day we will never forget

OPINION: There had been so much global focus on this match because of the Iran factor.

Ask 20-year-olds, not Winston Peters, if we can afford to exit the Paris climate agreement

OPINION: Peters said at Fieldays that NZ needs to 're–evaluate our Paris commitments'.

Money in our pockets: How US-Iran deal could jump-start NZ's economic recovery

Brent crude has fallen 12% in a week to about US$83 a barrel.

Hannah McQueen: Your parent says they’ll never go into a rest home. Now what?

Wanting to stay at home is not a plan. It’s a preference.

Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of June 15-21

Rod Emmerson's take on the week.