Free-trade agreements are inevitable for loan-dependent NZ, but expect one way enforcement. Meat-gate was reminder we should not be naïve signing agreements with the Chinese.

HIDESIGHT Imagine if whalers could ranch their own whales. You could sponsor one and follow it by computer – and no doubt there'd  be a phone app.

MOTORING This is a cheap and cheerful car, no question. But as with almost every small Ford, the fundamentals are right.

Theo Spierings says running New Zealand's biggest company is like being manager of the Dutch football team. 

That’s certainly the trend at the moment, with more and more candidates for office coming from a media background.

The first six films confirmed for the 2013 programme includes the world premieres of four from New Zealand.

Walton's First Symphony was initially regarded as modern, dissonant and difficult, but the Sydney Symphony made it seem like a perfectly controlled runaway train.

The Economist  versus The Politician -  can, or should, New Zealand do something about the high dollar? Readers can quiz Labour's finance spokesman and NZIER's principal economist on this and other finance issues.

COMMENT The Non-Aligned Movement was certainly relevant during the bleak Cold War era, but those days have long passed.