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Stunned Europe wakes up to Trump's Greenland threat
Analysis - It's not often that Europe speaks with one voice - or responds with such urgency.
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All Blacks: The big issues for whoever takes over
19 Jan 2026Analysis - It's worth weighing up just what the new All Black coach is getting themselves into, writes Jamie Wall.
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The All Blacks face a deeper question than who coaches next
16 Jan 2026Analysis: With Scott Robertson's departure, New Zealand Rugby finds itself at a familiar crossroads.
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A chatbot that chooses groceries? Woolworths' new AI push
17 Jan 2026Analysis: Woolworths' AI chatbot will soon plan meals and build shopping baskets, raising questions about who really makes decisions at checkout.
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What is the Insurrection Act Trump is threatening to invoke?
16 Jan 2026The US President says he could send the military to quell anti-ICE protests in Minnesota, in the wake of a second civilian shooting by federal agents.
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Inside Trump's 'crazy world' of milk bottles, sled dogs and threats
16 Jan 2026Analysis: Asked how he could trust pledges from an Iranian regime, the US president left on a cliff-hanger.
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Does adding 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT really waste energy?
15 Jan 2026Analysis - As artificial intelligence use expands, so does its underlying footprint.
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Did NZ's sweeping health reforms deliver on their promise?
While some health indicators have improved three years after the reforms, access to primary care remains uneven.
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The World Trade Organisation is on life support. Will Trump's new rules finish it off?
Analysis - To date, Trump has not withdrawn the US from the WTO. But his administration instead seeks to reinvent it.
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'Completely bonkers': Trump's mining dreams collide with reality
Denmark's ownership of Greenland is not what's stopping the US from tapping the island's treasures.
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Why small businesses could strengthen NZ's low productivity
12 Jan 2026Analysis: For decades, we have heard a familiar story about why New Zealand's firms choose to stay small.
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Has Trump landed a dud with his Venezuelan oil play?
11 Jan 2026While debate rages over the legality and the potential fallout from America's incursion, there's been a quiet acceptance that it is all about oil.
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Court decision sets up a big year for freshwater
8 Jan 2026Analysis: It's reasonable to assume freshwater will be a hot topic in the general election, partly, perhaps, because cow herds are expanding.
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Trump’s credibility problem on Venezuela
8 Jan 2026Analysis - In 2008, Donald Trump took to CNN to bemoan the dangers of a president lying the United States into war.
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Venezuela, Gaza, Ukraine: Is the UN failing?
7 Jan 2026Many are now asking whether the United Nations has any future at all if it cannot fulfil its first promise of maintaining international peace and security.
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Big Oil doesn't share Trump's Venezuelan vision
Analysis: There's plenty of reasons oil industry bosses aren't keen to go into Caracas.
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Trump's new US mission statement: Strength, force, power
6 Jan 2026Analysis - An interview with Donald Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller laid bare how the White House sees its place in the world now.
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Trump’s intervention in Venezuela: The three warnings for the world
6 Jan 2026Analysis: The Trump administration is using domestic laws to ignore global rules entirely - it's a new strategy, but one with no international legal basis.
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Can office culture survive the work-from-home revolution?
5 Jan 2026For jobs that allow it, hybrid work is the new normal, allowing employees to work both remotely, usually from home, and in the office, writes Barbara Plester.
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Trump attacked Venezuela and arrested its president. Is that legal?
A look at the legality of a US attack on Venezuela and the arrest of the country's president.
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NZ report card 2025: How we fared in key global and domestic rankings
29 Dec 2025To borrow a phrase from old school reports: Shows great potential but needs to try harder, Alexander Gillespie writes.
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US has been here before, but seizure of Venezuela's Maduro is unprecedented
Analysis: The seizure of a foreign leader is a blatant sign of the Trump administration's aggressive but unfocused might-makes-right approach.
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Ancient African bedrock reveals the violent beginnings of life on our blue planet
2 Jan 2026In remote corners of the world, geologists have found tiny relics of Earth's very ancient surface, writes Simon Lamb.
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JD Vance tries to have it both ways on Nick Fuentes and antisemitism
23 Dec 2025Analysis - Vance could inherit a conservative movement that is increasingly riven over antisemitism and conspiracy theories in its midst.
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Parliament's year in numbers: Who spoke the most and how many bills were introduced?
21 Dec 2025Analysis: We look back at this year's Parliament in data, including just how much coffee fuels our democracy?
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Australia defeats words with actions to complete rapid Ashes romp
22 Dec 2025Anaylsis: In the pre-series furore, with England crowing and injury concerns mounting, Australia stayed quiet. Its response was emphatic.
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How Bondi shooters gained access to now-banned guns
Analysis: With Australia's strict gun laws, how was Sajid Akram able to legally own the gun he used to slaughter innocent people in Bondi on 14 December?
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Putin's brazen new tactics
Analysis: Undercover Russian personnel have been placed on board ships carrying the country's oil and they're spying on Europe, intelligence sources say.
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