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By Jean Edwards: Raised to be meek and submissive in a world dominated by men, six former Gloriavale women have won an extraordinary legal victory.

New Zealand's sensational first quarter of their first game at Netball's World Cup sets up a big win and big expectations, writes Merryn Anderson

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: What are the longer-term ramifications for Labour of minister Kiri Allan's arrest and resignation? Plus a big reversal on climate policy, and how to handle opinionated public board members.

A joint letter from the heads of Civil Contractors NZ and Infrastructure New Zealand was sent last week, and a separate letter from Transporting New Zealand was sent earlier this week raising concerns over the delay of the Government Policy Statement on land transport.

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias

Christopher Luxon’s drive for party votes hits an Act-shaped judder bar

Analysis: The relationship between Antony Blinken and Nanaia Mahuta is clearly a strong one with the US Secretary of State referring to her by first name in front of media from both countries.

The vaping industry should back up its call for stronger steps to protect our young people from vaping with some action, says Janet Hoek

After Auckland's CBD shooting the knives were out for home detention sentences – but is it the justice system we should be pointing at, or is the problem more deeply-rooted?

It was musical chairs for Auckland Council committees this week, with one swap-out proving especially controversial.

The Government created 10 water corporations to give local communities more control, but new changes to the Three Waters reform package ensure they will share the same employment contracts, the same IT systems, and more. Jonathan Milne reports from the Local Government NZ conference in Christchurch.