Category Opinion

Analysis: Seldom have the actions of one Cabinet minister been more thoroughly exposed by a statutory tribunal than those of the Hon Paul Goldsmith in his moves to limit Māori customary rights on the coastline. The Waitangi Tribunal’s urgent report…

When the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, vowed last week to get “tough” on persistent school absenteeism, you might have expected someone like me – a former teacher, a mother of five and a firm believer in education – to applaud.…