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As New Zealand First’s number three, Casey Costello could become a minister. Newsroom political editor Jo Moir looks at her path to power and talks to the high-profile men picking big things for her.

The NZ Royal Commission of Inquiry into how the nation handled the Covid-19 pandemic has already spoken to hundreds of people of all persuasions, but the work is definitely taking the hush-hush approach

The numbers of New Zealanders ageing and soon to need care are confronting, and someone needs to be planning now for how to pay for it

Bard Billot on Labour's Boy Blunder

A walkout by one nation marred an otherwise undramatic summit, but the barriers to reconciliation between Nauru and the Pacific Islands Forum are not insurmountable.

Wellington writer Jake Arthur has been judged runner-up at the 2023 Sargeson Prize for his short story "On Beauty", described by judge Vincent O'Sullivan as a story about "how and why a principled female professor tells a male student he is beautiful, and is called before an Ethics Committee"

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

By Susan Strongman: Retired and living alone in Hamilton, Mum ticks a lot of the boxes that put her at risk of loneliness.

Wellington Phoenix forward Emma Main is experiencing a full-circle moment in her first season as a professional football player. 

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

Kiwi producers and importers are both keeping a weather eye on air freight prices with concerns the cohort of airlines that have entered the market when tourism times are good won’t stick around when they're really needed – when cargo demand picks up again. Emma Hatton reports.