Edwin Mares is a philosophy professor at Victoria University of Wellington, working in formal logic and the philosophy of ...

The two best New Zealand books of 2024 – Delirious, the beautiful novel by Damien Wilkins about growing old with one foot in the grave, two if you’re a couple, and the deeply moving memoir Hine Toa by ...

Tens of thousands of handsets and other devices are likely to become redundant by the end of the year as NZ shuts down the 3G phone network.

Whether we want to accept that AIs can think about things really depends on whether we want to attribute to AIs human-like emotional responses to things, such as desire ...

Health NZ cost-cutting specialist Leo Foliaki was previously publicly censured by the Institute of Chartered Accountants, writes Jonathan Milne ...

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Is the NZ Herald’s new editorial mission an example of cheerleading for one side of politics or just a move to cheer us all ...

Analysis: Don't get caught up in the hype – there's a lot of water still to flow under the power line before a high voltage cable linking the Australian and New Zealand electric grids is up and ...

Paul Goldsmith's energy between the wickets does not seem to have spilled over to his work on lobbying reforms as Justice Minister. File photo: Lynn Grieveson The Government’s failure to progress a ...

Comment: Real democracy is not about the efficiency with which people delegate their power and rights, but about exercising ...

What happened in the Oval Office between Trump, Zelenskyy and Vance could not have been further from regular diplomatic practice. Photo: Getty Images Expert opinion from University of Otago - Ōtākou ...

Analysis: 300,000 submissions, 500 voices, 80 hours of hearings – David Seymour has delivered on his promise of a national ...