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Could public debate over New Zealand's potential role in a polarising security deal reach similar levels to the Iraq War or the TPP trade deal?

MELBOURNE: Former New Zealand prime minister and current member of the International Commission Against the Death Penalty, Helen Clark, has praised Thailand for decriminalising cannabis, but has also called on the country to end capital punishment, especially for those convicted of drug offences.

A public debate is needed before New Zealand moves ahead with any efforts to join the controversial security deal, groups say.

Andrews government bought a Flinders Street site for $40.3m in 2021 but it has sat empty since

Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark is calling for drug use to be decriminalised and for drug users to no longer be incarcerated.

New Zealand may be pressured into increasing its own defence spending following Australia's signficant submarines deal with the US and UK.

A dollar spent wisely on mitigation brings transformational economic benefits. So we can justify investing in both mitigation and adaptation, as China, India and many other countries are doing. Humanity can still, just, prevent catastrophic climate change if each country shoulders its share of climate responsibility.

Waitangi organisers are trying to push political leaders to the side at Sunday's pōwhiri, but Labour's deputy leader says it's not for them to decide who speaks.

How Labour's economic handling of the Covid crisis created an explosion in inequality. By Elliot Crossan

In part one of a series looking at the resignation of Jacinda Ardern, Elliot Crossan asks did she resign because Labour faces certain defeat in 2023?

The over-qualified recruiters for international agencies are banging on Jacinda Ardern's door, writes Jonathan Milne, but she can afford to take her time.