The Bulletin: Why Southern Lakes airports matter for the whole country

Good morning, and welcome to The Bulletin. In today’s edition: Focus put on airports around Southern Lakes, deal appears to have been reached on climate change law, and leadership crisis in National appears to have abated. The Southern Lakes area, including the tourist drawcards of Queenstown and Wanaka, face some huge decisions over airport infrastructure. It’s a … Read more

Matt Nippert and the beautiful possibilities of investigative journalism

All week this week the Spinoff Review of Books examines a new book devoted to investigative journalism in New Zealand. Today: an excerpt from the book, in which James Hollings backgrounds an investigation by Herald legend Matt Nippert. Late in 2016, then-Prime Minister John Key was in Peru for a summit of world leaders. At … Read more