Science
World’s oldest shipwreck discovered off coast of Turkey
A shipwreck off the coast of Turkey is the oldest shipwreck in the world, our team of archaeologists believes.
News
Editorial coverage from the Auckland New Zealand Wire newsroom.
- Culture
NAZA: harrowing documentary shows how killing in Gaza became just another day’s work
NAZA, a confronting new documentary by Israeli journalists Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, exposes how killing civilians in Gaza is a calculated, bureaucratic and disturbingly routine military practice.
- Government
Domestic violence is a national crisis in PNG. The Chiefs NRL team must do more to support women
In 2028, the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Chiefs will make their highly anticipated National Rugby League (NRL) debut after unprecedented Australian federal government investment, a flurry of big-name singings, lucrative tax breaks and seemingly…
- Technology
Voters want stronger action on AI. Can NZ afford to keep taking a soft approach?
Next month, ChatGPT will mark its fourth birthday. In that short time, the popular chatbot and other generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools have transformed society as we know it.
- Technology
Who’s paying whom? The circular money machine behind the AI boom (or bubble)
Imagine a company that sells you equipment, invests money in your business, and then rents back what you build with it. It’s your supplier, your investor and your customer all at once.
- Government
Guilfoyle resigns as ambassador to Greece – adding to the global vacancies sapping US embassies
The United States is down one more ambassador. On Oct. 13, 2026, it emerged that President Donald Trump had asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, a MAGA loyalist and ex-fiancée of Trump’s son Donald Jr., to resign her position as U.S.
- Health
NZ’s health system suffers from chronic ailments only cross-party consensus can treat
With news of hospitals unable to provide safe care, workforce shortages and difficulties in accessing services, health is again a major voter concern leading up to next month’s general election.
- Government
What happens in your brain when you can’t stop laughing?
Do you remember the last time you were laughing and simply could not stop? Perhaps it was a situation when you should not have been laughing at all.
- Culture
Spider-Man’s 1,000th issue: the enduring appeal of the tortured Hamlet of superheroes
This autumn marks a special occasion in the Marvel universe: Spider-Man, perhaps the most popular superhero of all time, has reached issue #1,000 in the comics series.
- Government
Just politics or the ‘opposite of clever’? The risks and rewards of strategic voting
As the pitch of the election campaign intensifies in New Zealand, a very particular species of political phenomenon has emerged: so-called strategic (or tactical) voting and its potential consequence, a parliamentary overhang.
- Government
We can’t block a livestream, but Australia could ban execution footage from the US – to an extent
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s intention to broadcast the live execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan has been met with global criticism and outrage.
- Health
Only structural change will fix NZ’s glaring health equity gap – what voters should know
The performance of New Zealand’s health system – from hospital staffing and resourcing to access to primary care and general practitioners – is a key election battleground once more.