Independent Analysis and Reportage
Netflix’s three-part documentary about Kylie Minogue covers her nearly 40 year career, as Minogue sits in her archive room going through slides and mementos.
Some budget commentators have missed the mark entirely. Let’s bust some myths and set the record straight.
A lot has to go right for the $37.8 billion in NDIS savings to be delivered without leaving disabled people to fall through the cracks.
Rich countries have been burning through oil stockpiles and seeking other suppliers to avoid the global energy crunch. But these measures have limits
As authoritarian influence and disinformation grow across the Indo-Pacific, Australia is still failing to back one of its strongest assets: trusted journalism.
There are long-term questions regarding support for Ukraine if far-right populists win more power in the EU’s most powerful states.
A rediscovered academic paper from 1921 suggests New Zealand’s classic ‘fush and chups’ vowel sounds may have emerged fastest in Auckland’s colonial melting pot.
An obscure Belgian soccer player arguably made a bigger mark on the world game than stars such as Diego Maradona and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Investment in carbon removal technologies is rising rapidly, but some models overestimate how much carbon is captured because they don’t cover all Earth processes.
In this extract from his newly published essay collection, the author traces the imperial British origins of a quintessential Kiwi chore.
Key features of the famous monument defend it from earthquakes – but we can’t know if that’s what the builders had in mind.
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The French National Assembly has voted to allow “native” voters to take part in New Caledonia’s local provincial elections scheduled for next month. However, the French parliament’s Lower House also refused to include their “spouses”, just like the Senate did two days earlier. Amid debates in