If the debate about defence spending has moved from whether we should increase it to by how much, there’s a similar but likely less popular discussion to be had about our investment in soft power.

Reception desk at GP surgery: if you have got this far you’re doing well, given NZ is spending just a third of other OECD countries on primary health care. Photo: Lynn GrievesonMōrena. Long stories ...

The following is the full transcript of an interview with Shawn Fain, president of United Auto Workers, that aired on "Face ...

Prime minister Kevin Rudd released the 2009 defence white paper in May of that year. It is today remembered mostly for what it said about the strategic implications of China’s rise; its plan to double ...