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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.

Opinion: 'Lots of secrets': Inside the gripping documentary on Polkinghorne trial
Steve Braunias reviews the documentary of the trial of the century.

Editorial: The many unanswered questions behind Seymour's Treaty bill
OPINION: The debate, it would seem, has only just begun.

Nadine Higgins: Deposit rates tumbling – where do I put my savings now?
OPINION: Term deposit rates have fallen from 6% last year to about 4.3% now.

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

Shane Te Pou: Who will fill David Parker’s big shoes for Labour?
OPINION: Labour needs new stars who have ideas for where the centre left needs to go.

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?

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

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.

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.

Simon Wilson: Why are we raising speed limits around schools?
OPINION: 155 schools in Auckland are getting higher speed limits in their neighbourhoods.

Liam Dann: Big OCR call today as tariff turmoil threatens NZ recovery
US trade policy may force a rethink on how low the OCR has to go.

Audrey Young: Why David Parker will be missed
OPINION: David Parker has brought a moderate voice to the table on Treaty issues.

Richard Prebble: How NZ’s fiscal policies leave us exposed to trade shocks
OPINION: Labour and National have increased debt, leaving NZ vulnerable to shocks.

Editorial: Our new defence strategy highlights shifting global landscape
OPINION: Increasing defence is about protecting NZ, not choosing sides in a conflict.

Michael Burgess: Only one choice for next America’s Cup host
OPINION: Organisers need to go to the one place that would put the event back on the map.

Opinion: The other deficit: How our most vulnerable children are suffering
OPINION: The learning support deficit is a result of decades of under-investment.

Sir Keir Starmer: The world as we knew it has gone – nobody wins from a trade war
Telegraph: The UK PM plans to champion the voice of British industry on the world stage.

Editorial: NZ’s lack of e-waste policy needs urgent attention
OPINION: About 71% of Auckland’s kerbside bins contained e-waste in a recent audit.

Letters: We fail the Ghandi test when it comes to treatment of our most vulnerable
OPINION: Trump tariffs may make history for all the wrong reasons

Thomas Coughlan: Defence overhaul will hit spending in other areas
OPINION: $12 billion does not go a long way in the defence world.

Property Insider: Fletcher’s $15m ‘mistake’, debate on granny flat law relaxation
What do people in the sector say about Fletcher Building closing its $15m plant?

Michael Burgess: The big questions over Eden Park’s future
As it stands, two of three biggest teams in this city have no interest in using Eden Park.

Alex Powell: The biggest threat to Lawson's Red Bull future reveals itself
OPINION: What we learned from the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.

Editorial: New NZME campaign aims for a better today and better tomorrow
OPINION: We hope that On The Up’s stories will challenge, motivate and uplift.

Simon Wilson: AT’s new targets mean more spending on roads, less on public transport and cycling
OPINION: AT has revised its spending plans in the light of new Government directives.

Letters: New Zealand shoppers can hit back at Trump’s tariffs
OPINION: It's up to us, the ordinary people of New Zealand, a reader writes.

Opinion: Markets face uncertain year after volatile first quarter
OPINION: The S&P 500 fell 4.6% in March, its biggest drop since 2022.

Sasha Borissenko: Family trusts no longer as attractive as they used to be
OPINION: Last week the trustee tax rate increased from 33% to 39%.