A diplomatic motorcade is meant to project order. Clean route, controlled timing, visible security, protected guests, a city briefly rearranged around nati
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New Zealand should be careful before narrowing who gets to vote
Voting rules look technical until they decide who counts as part of the political community. NZ First’s proposal to restrict voting to citizens only, repor
New Zealand’s mega-ministry will only work if it changes incentives, not letterheads
New Zealand’s new mega-ministry sounds like a bureaucratic reshuffle. It should be judged as something more demanding: a test of whether the state can stop
Auckland’s new birthing unit should make New Zealand ask a bigger question
A new birthing unit is easy to celebrate. It is also easy to misunderstand. The opening of a primary birthing unit in central Auckland should not be treate
The Waitangi Tribunal Cost Debate Is Really A Test Of Constitutional Patience
Opinion: The latest reporting on government spending linked to urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiries will understandably provoke a sharp reaction. Millions of
Wellington should stop treating the Golden Mile as a nice-to-have
Opinion: Wellington’s Golden Mile argument is often described as a transport fight: bus priority, private cars, footpaths, construction pain, retailers, co
Driving with cognitive decline should not be left to families to police alone
Opinion: New Zealand is uncomfortable talking about when an older person should stop driving. That discomfort is understandable. A licence can mean indepen
Police AI should not be restarted quietly when public trust is the whole point
RNZ reports that police use of AI has restarted after officers used unapproved models. The same report says one of the systems was 45 percent inaccurate on
New Zealand should learn from Williamson’s quiet excellence before it turns it into nostalgia
Kane Williamson’s retirement from international cricket, reported by RNZ , will naturally produce highlight reels and farewell language. But the more usefu
Emergency alerts should be treated as a trust system, not just a phone feature
New Zealanders will hear Emergency Mobile Alert tests from time to time, and the official advice from Get Ready explains how the system works. The technolo