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Ex-Files: Do I have to send my children back to Australia?
OPINION: My kids and I are settled here but my ex wants them to return to Melbourne.

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Cecilia Robinson: Meta’s worst-kept secret, and the Kiwi who exposed it
OPINION: Meta executives don't let their own teens use their platforms.

Ex-Files: Do I have to send my children back to Australia?
OPINION: My kids and I are settled here but my ex wants them to return to Melbourne.

Opinion: Risk of another GFC rises as trade war takes world to the brink
Dangerous stand-off: This is the economic equivalent of the Cuban missile crisis.
Reviews

Four things I learned about relationships after watching a season of MAFS
OPINION: From gaslighting to grim groom behaviour, Mafs was full of cautionary tales.

‘Be gone horrible woman!‘: Bride and groom battle at brutal final vows
OPINION: Mafs is drawing to a close, but the drama is far from over.

Mafs couple’s last minute love decision sparks confusion
OPINION: One pair refused to accept their own final vows in an unprecedented 360.

Watch: Dua Lipa shocks Auckland fans with Neil Finn duet
Review: The pop star performed one of her 'favourite songs' with a true Kiwi icon.

Karl Puschmann: Is Rebecca Gibney’s musical-comedy a show stopper or a bit flat?
Review: Set in the Bay of Plenty, Happiness is familiar but uniquely Kiwi. But is it good?

Review: Auckland Philharmonia’s Enigma concert relives rich musical memories
REVIEW: Scottish composer’s work thrills fresh from London debut.
Cartoons

Daron Parton’s cartoons: March 1 - 31
Our cartoonist Daron Parton shares his view on current events.
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Lower-paid Americans may bear the brunt of Trump's tariff war
OPINION: The meth trade flourishes because the rewards outweigh the risks.

Letters: Surely Phil Goff was expressing the views of the NZ Government
OPINION: Are we living in trumbolic times?

Letters: MPs should return to governing
OPINION: Sir Peter Beck for 'Kiwi of the Decade'.
More opinion

Kim Knight: Val Kilmer, Cookie Bear and The Body Shop - a Gen X lament
OPINION: 'Everything good gets discontinued.'

Bruce Cotterill: US tariffs won't rattle NZ's market confidence
OPINION: Is tariff panic premature for NZ?

Project 'Loser': Why did Auckland Transport sabotage its own CRL station plans?
Opinion: New CRL precinct plans, new rules for helipads, new ED, new hopes for waterfront.

Letters: Surely Phil Goff was expressing the views of the NZ Government
OPINION: Are we living in trumbolic times?

Jonny Wilkinson: The systemic barriers failing disabled New Zealanders
OPINION: NZ's disabled face healthcare crisis amid staff shortages.

Editorial: Are NZ Rugby fans at risk of losing the All Blacks?
OPINION: NZR has a commercial formula for the All Blacks - it means less home games.

Mary Holm: How to weather sharemarket turbulence
OPINION: Knowing when to invest again is impossible so it's better to stay put.

Forget the Treaty Principles Bill, Luxon's first real crisis lands – and could be the making of him
Luxon has had the luck of being landed with a crisis that is right in his wheelhouse.

Alice Soper: How women’s rugby is hit by gender play gap
OPINION: Top women's players are returning to club level as a World Cup defence looms.

Gregor Paul: Does Scott Barrett want to be ABs captain?
OPINION: Handling on-field and off-field duties for the NZ side is a big challenge.

Opinion: Why $12b for defence but not for fighting child poverty?
OPINION: The Government's $12b plan for defence over four years shows the money is there.

Editorial: An inconvenient truth for those on the moral EV mound
OPINION: We can be one of a handful of countries to reap the benefits of EVs.

Letters: MPs should return to governing
OPINION: Sir Peter Beck for 'Kiwi of the Decade'.

Thomas Coughlan: The Treaty Principles Bill is buried – for now
OPINION: Parliament was pushed to breaking point by the Treaty Principles Bill.

NZME boardroom battle - Editorial independence and the key questions for shareholders - Opinion
OPINION: Are the proposed boardroom changes in the best interests of readers?

How Kiwi fans became an after-thought in NZ Rugby’s commercial strategy
OPINION: Reduction in home tests comes as commercial focus looks overseas.

Audrey Young: Luxon's big opportunity amid tariff chaos
OPINION: If the PM wants to prove he's a true leader, now's the time to do it.

Opinion: Trump has thrown the ultimate safe haven asset into crisis
Telegraph: Trump is demolishing accepted norms, unleashing havoc on the world stage.

Lower interest rates to do heavy lifting reviving the economy - Jenée Tibshraeny
Monetary policy is poised to do much of the heavy lifting spurring economic growth.

Letters: Long way to go before we have a Defence Force that meets our needs
OPINION: Immigration NZ's treatment of family with Down syndrome child disappointing

Editorial: The world’s economy is in the hands of powerful 'morons'
OPINION: Our road to economic recovery just got harder.

Prabani Wood: Failing to get frontline healthcare right has a huge cost
Every dollar invested in primary care saves around $13 on post-primary healthcare.

Opinion: Standing up against the moral panic about Benjamin Doyle
The attack has all the hallmarks of a smear campaign, says Paul Thistoll.

Four things I learned about relationships after watching a season of MAFS
OPINION: From gaslighting to grim groom behaviour, Mafs was full of cautionary tales.