Hipkins used his first speech of the 54th Parliament to accuse the new government of "trashing" NZ's reputation, while Luxon called him an "arsonist".

Poor communication between police and paramedics has emerged as a key issue in the inquest into the murder of 51 worshippers at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre on 15 March 2019.

Readers, were you aware that polls show conservative Canadians are more prone to believing in conspiracy theories than liberal Canadians? I’m kidding — of course you were. The pollsters haven’t stopped asking about it since the pandemic hit: Insights West in April 2021, Angus Reid in November 2021, Abacus Data in June 2022, Leger Marketing in the spring of 2022, and again this week. And we in the media can’t get enough of it: “Conspiracy theories are popular in Canada, especially among conservatives, poll says,” was The Canadian Press headline for this week’s Leger poll.

Red Bull’s Christian Horner led a flurry of denials from F1 teams that they complained about Toto Wolff or Susie Wolff, amid the FIA’s investigation.

The Chrises have switched sides and were slinging sledges.