Investing works if the rules are simple, as in football.

Headmaster couldn't swim but leaped into river as boys struggled

Reasons given for drop in New York crime rates clearly wrong

Staff busy preparing and planning collections, exhibitions and education programmes

Astonishing skill on display but some of the behaviour sickens

It's a genetically modified Fifa World Cup in Russia so fans should expect the unexpected

Police must work to high standards, writes Bruce Bisset.

New damn proposal has merits

Hospitals can be violent places.

Plastic Free Hawke's Bay, Te Matau a Māui has been launched.

A little kindness from a lot of people goes a long way.

Don't blow the whistle on the ref if you can't step up and steer a game yourself.

Wine, mirth and song at Grape Debate.

Tragic accidents a devastating reminder for road safety.

Scheme's 11th birthday is cause for celebration and chance to reflect

Two fires, quake and possible axe, but trees stood tall through it all

Helpers make huge impact on what is delivered for community.

Month of temperance set to test.

Proceedings in Russia in the past fortnight suggest Fifa is establishing a world order.

World Cup: It's been a roller-coaster ride so far

PM looked beautiful holding her baby, it was very different story with my first

PM's choice of name for baby girl throws up all sorts of musings.

The wall of wood presents many opportunities.

Call me a Luddite, but if I take a taxi flight I would like to have a pilot beside me.

Statue maintains her dignity through adversity

Prison sentence after wallet theft

Two versions of the national anthem 19 years apart.

It's no far-fetched fantasy, tax systems will be revolutionised.

A piecemeal approach to building stop banks led to flooding further downstream.

Let's identify good quality referees and give them a simpler set of rules to work within.