Karl du Fresne

Fred Tulett, a former Southland Times editor who died on Monday , has been described as “old school”. It was an apt description and one tha...

There was a time in living memory when New Zealand politicians rarely spoke to the media. Press conferences were unusual events. Prime minis...

The inquest into the Christchurch mosque massacres has unexpectedly become a source of national shame and embarrassment. A procession of w...

I wrote this the day before the election, explaining my decision not to cast a party vote: "I see no good whatsoever coming from this e...

WorkSafe NZ hasn’t exactly emerged covered in glory after its four-month court action over the Whakaari-White Island disaster of 2019. In fa...

Something curious popped up in my comments box recently. It came from someone who chose to remain anonymous (now there’s a surprise) and ask...

By Spiro Zavos On a wet Paris night of driving rain, in a match of Shakespearean drama with a slippery field and ball that made handling and...