Ambition Kiwi-style
By Jane Clifton in Commentary
Issue 3690 29th Jan 2011
New Zealanders have a distinct attitude to success and ambition, according to a global market research firm, and it's not all about the money.
The world of difference
By Jane Clifton in Commentary
Issue 3690 29th Jan 2011
Anthropologists look at the different strokes that drive different folk.
Fault lines
By Karl du Fresne in Commentary
Issue 3690 29th Jan 2011
The story of Pouakani doesn't echo through our social history like Bastion Point or Parihaka, but it's another important symbol of Government dishonour.
Reign of error
in Commentary
Issue 3690 29th Jan 2011
The English language is constantly changing, but when rules are flouted, confused communication is sure to follow.
Bouchier's law
By Geraldine Johns in Commentary
Issue 3690 29th Jan 2011
When Josephine Bouchier - the first member of the New Zealand judiciary to take maternity leave while serving on the bench - was made a judge at 35, some believed the Justice Minister had made a terrible error of judgment. But she has proved the critics wrong.
Fishy business
By Hamish McKenzie in Commentary
Issue 3690 29th Jan 2011
Drug cartels are running wild on the Texas-Mexico border, but Kiwi journalist Hamish McKenzie asks whether the story of a recent disappearance is too good to be true?
Dan Wootton
By Bess Manson in Commentary
Issue 3690 29th Jan 2011
'I want to be the best. Always have.'
Advance Australia
in Editorial
Issue 3690 29th Jan 2011
Although we might have to practise saying this out loud, Australia's success is good for us.
Refusing to take it
By Bill Ralston in Life
Issue 3690 29th Jan 2011
It's amazing what a rant about rubbish can do for my in-box.