My chat with Karen Hao

OPINION: Canterbury’s Anglicans would not have voted to reinstate the Christ Church Cathedral if they were told parish funds would be needed, says the Bishop.

Who are all these people?

OPINION: “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: its loveliness increases; it shall never pass into nothingness.” Thus wrote Keats on the subject of my coffee plunger.

The most pressing need for young people is face-to-face contact, Youth Hub founder Dr Sue Bagshaw says.

My review of @rubbasoul.bsky.social's oral history of The Clean has just been published on Newsroom. newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/16/b...

Gobsmackingly good review of Night, Ma by @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social by @secondzeit.bsky.social newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/09/b... ^DR #pukapuka #booksky

OPINION: He’s an old man who lives in fear of being found out.

Acclaimed tech founder and New Zealander of the Year Sir Rod Drury was the subject of a complaint alleging misconduct, which led to an investigation when he was CEO of a major tech company, a Stuff investigation can reveal.

Read this headline without getting a B 52s earworm. Impossible.

OPINION: Public trust in news in has risen for the first time since records began in 2020.

The Redcliffs land was once a burial ground of the Waitaha people, a collective name for the first Polynesians to settle the South Island in the 1300s.

Friday drinkers enjoyed their pub meet ups, minus ‘archaic’ liquor laws this Easter weekend. pub christchurch liquor Click the link in our bio or go to thepress.co.nz for more.

The war in Iran reminds New Zealanders there was a time when that country and ours were friends. Could a regime change in Iran bring those times back?

Christchurch-based Soraya Lane is by no means alone in the South Island as a respected international figure in a genre that is sometimes overlooked in literary circles.

Easter Bob

Minnesota took centre stage, in what organisers expected to be mass demonstrations involving millions of people. The event's headliner was Bruce Springsteen, who performed “Streets of Minneapolis”.

Police and WorkSafe are investigating after a two-vehicle crash at the Beachlands Speedway on Saturday night.

Philip Trusttum was practically born with a pencil in his hand, and he’d barely put his brush down when he died.

Cycling in Christchurch surged 13% last week as fuel prices hit $3 per litre.

My story about Hugh Wilson, the botanical revolutionary of Banks Peninsula www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

One of my favourite @thepress.co.nz front page graphics

Seven years

EXCLUSIVE: The three different Budget scenarios the Government is planning for as the war in Iran raises the prospect of fuel shortages, rationing and global economic shock.

If we get carless days in 2026, all the anti-vax cookers will turn into I'll-drive-any-day-I-want motorists

The Prime Minister says he has the full support of his team but sources have told The Post the phones are running hot.

Great piece about a unique time in this city

Seen in Ōtepoti today

From today, the public will be asked for their views on whether the cathedral should have more public money - such a move will increase rates.

Thoughtful piece with fine writing by @secondzeit.bsky.social about this city’s centre. You’re there @publicaddress.bsky.social, as you well deserve to be for helping some of us make sense of our lives over the last 15 years. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

I marked the quake anniversary by redoing a quake walk from 2011 www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

On the eve of the 15th anniversary, former Earthquake Recovery Minister reveals what he thinks about the cathedral, going to the brink with insurers and his one regret.

A cordon walk was a sobering experience for journalist Philip Matthews in 2011. How does central Christchurch look now, 15 years on?

The iconic fish replica had just been refurbished, at a cost of $300,000

OPINION: Why the Government has a woman problem.

You have got to see this

Breton Dukes on the front of the Sunday paper

New Breton Dukes story!

What an incredible, insightful, and poetic piece: "Twin Peaks is my comfort show: not because it makes me feel better, but because it assures me the world is worse and that I am not alone in noticing."

Turning his hand to fiction, Dukes’ new novel Party Boy helped him process dark memories of Otago Boys’ High.

The Cafe Continental was meant to crown Sumner as New Zealand’s premier watering place, but a fire left only twisted iron and unanswered questions about the hotel’s so-called safety.

For the first time in more than 40 years, this year’s Rakaia fishing competition will not involve fishing. What has gone wrong?

Claris Harvey traces the life of her ancestor, uncovering a story long buried.

The sudden disappearance of a small native fish from Canterbury’s rivers has broken an ancient cycle, revealing how the Rakaia River is being steadily drained of life and energy. Video by @aldenwilliams. Click the link in our bio or go to thepress.co.nz for more.

Interview with Brian Boyd about his link to Epstein

The 2026 Ockham Book Awards longlist is out - includes Jacinda Ardern, Dominic Hoey, Steve Braunias, Catherine Chidgey and Erik Kennedy @erikkennedy.com www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-... #TheOckhams

Congratulations to @hendysh.bsky.social, whose book The Covid Response is on the longlist for the General Non-Fiction Award at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-... 🎉