OPINION: Your old mate hears an international incident is threatening to blow up the long-standing Anzac alliance as Kiwis and Aussies argue over who wants new Australian resident and former NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

OPINION: The media is already playing the 'who will Winston choose?' game every time the polls show Labour and National neck and neck.

OPINION: A mate of yours truly reckons rural Manawatu families are the latest to suffer under what he calls the Government's "performative restraint" - penny pinching on needed community stuff while the bureaucrat head count and wasteful spending in Wellington charges on undiminished.

OPINION: If old Winston Peters thinks building trade relations with new nations, such as India, isn't a necessary investment in our future, he has rocks in his head.

OPINION: The proverbial has really hit the fan in Wellington and exposed a glaring example of a double standard in environmental accountability.

OPINION: Dark suited spin doctors exist to, well, spin, and the nice cuddly progressive types at Greenpeace Aotearoa practice this dark art with the same cynicism as your average corporate giant.

OPINION: Here w go: the election date is set for November 7 and the politicians are out of the gate with the bulldust and empty promises.

OPINION: ECan data was released a few days ago showing Canterbury farmers have made “giant strides on environmental performance”.

OPINION: First on the scene after the recent devastating storms in parts of the North Island were emergency services and selfless members of the public.

OPINION: Why can't Christopher Luxon stand up to Winston Peters over the latter’s high-profile attack on the proposed Indian FTA?