Why did America vote for the least suitable candidate imaginable? And what are the implications for New Zealand politics?

The Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill has now been released and it appears that the provisions take away more rights from ...

A jolting moment in a movie a can stay with you for the longest, longest time. Those Hitchcock birds; human remains in Cambodia’s Killing Fields; what remains of the Statue of Liberty on the beach; ...

Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by Sue Bin Park from the Gigafact team in collaboration ...

As a working scientist I would like to thank Dita De Boni for this piece in yesterday’s Herald: Govt loath to let facts come between friends. National Party loves ‘helpful’ ...

The Press details how increasing numbers of Christchurch parents are faking addresses, desperate to get into the ‘right’ schools even if they can’t afford to be in zone. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The ...

2022, directed by Hanna Bergholm Hatching is a movie that I can genuinely imagine being used to teach film analysis in high school English. I know it’s not actually in English, but unless the rules ...

Auckland Transport created a bit of a kerfuffle with Whangaparaoa residents last year with the suggestion the the Gulf Harbour ferry could be stopped after Penlink opened. Now they’re asking for ...

The Spinoff’s timeline of results, So America’s election day, Tuesday November 5, happens almost entirely on Wednesday November 6 in New Zealand. When do the first polls close? Polls close in parts of ...

This year’s Nobel awards in economics raise critical issues about the future of the world.I was not alone with high hopes when the Soviet Union collapsed. It has been good to see various nations leave ...

Tuesday (Wednesday in NZ) is election day in the United States of America, the land of democracy — where billionaires buy elections, where the President is not elected by popular vote, and where the ...