Texas high school student Alyssa Brown was not expecting to see a question about Taylor Swift on her Advanced Placement US government and politics exam. Read...

Power Play - The He Puapua report on how to better uphold indigenous rights was supposed to chart a new way forward but has become bogged down in the swamp of politics, Meriana Johnsen writes. Read...

The Five Eyes intelligence alliance has expanded into politics but faces a split in dealing with Beijing. Read...

A rancorous election in the Spanish capital highlights the country`s deeply divided politics. Read...

Well before he entered politics, former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull was known as New Zealand’s handyman. Read...

ANALYSIS: The Government faces a huge task managing the politics and practicalities of creating a national heath service. Read...

OPINION Just over a week ago, I marched Queen St with thousands of people - young, old and middle-aged - led by an increasingly organised group of school kids. Placards etched with memes, slogans, controversy and bleak truths spoke... Read...

Independent experts may be happy with the pace of the roll-out but it’s getting everything lined up by July to reach goals that is the big challenge. Read...

OPINION: It offers up an eclectic selection, ranging happily from the idiosyncratic and hilarious, to the most worthy and tear-jerking. Read...

OPINION: The politics of Covid is rapidly splitting into border competence v the jab strategy. Read...