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New Zealand Listener, 10 Aug 2026

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ArticlePres­id­ent Trump wants to be king, but there’s a long his­tory of hered­it­ary power in the US.

There’s a ton of legit­im­ate con­cern here about Don­ald Trump’s sad but sadly effect­ive efforts to become the first and there­fore finest-ever king of the US. I’m con­fid­ent he will ulti­mately fail, but even when he does, the US will retain its...

Pres­id­ent Trump wants to be king, but there’s a long his­tory of hered­it­ary power in the US.

ArticleLook­ing a gift house in the mouth

A Can­tab­rian ques­tions the access­ib­il­ity of a stun­ning col­lec­tion of NZ art given to the people of Christ­ch­urch. Art is a pub­lic good. It should be access­ible at low or no cost, sub­sid­ised by the gov­ern­ment and those with the means...

Look­ing a gift house in the mouth

ArticleWho pulls the strings?

Behind the big names lay­ing down the law in Par­lia­ment are some of NZ’s most effect­ive MPs, back­room staffers, lob­by­ists, act­iv­ists and rising stars. You can waste a lot of your life in Par­lia­ment. Polit­ics is adversarial and a lot of it...

Who pulls the strings?

ArticleRough­ing it

Diet­ary fibre has taken a beat­ing in pop­ular­ity stakes, but the push is on to have it recog­nised as an essen­tial nutri­ent. The trend for pri­or­it­ising pro­tein means fibre is often con­signed to the role of dull and worthy sidekick. In 1982,...

Rough­ing it