Anne K. Rutherford

OPINION: Christopher Luxon wants New Zealanders to give his government another three years. With election day approaching on 7 November, the question is whether his record gives voters enough reason…

OPINION: Christopher Luxon’s words were only part of the problem during Tuesday night’s TVNZ Leaders’ Debate. The pictures told their own story. Again and again, Luxon looked down towards the…

OPINION: Christopher Luxon can apologise as many times as he likes, but apologies do not put dignity back into a welfare system increasingly defined by punishment. Newsletter Banner Weekly Newsletter…

OPINION: Paul Goldsmith wants New Zealanders to become familiar with move-on orders. Come election time, those orders may follow him all the way back to the Beehive. Newsletter Banner Weekly…

OPINION: Opportunity Party’s surge in the polls is being presented as evidence that New Zealand voters are ready for something new. The more important question is what happens when a…

OPINION: There comes a point when a political talking point has been disproved so thoroughly that continuing to repeat it becomes impossible to defend as simple political spin. New Zealand…

OPINION: A claim circulating within the media orbit Labour risks electoral defeat by being too responsible and refusing to over-promise gets the political mood wrong. After years of expensive announcements,…