EDITORIAL: Leader's visit shows China is serious about filling trade vacuum left by US.

EDITORIAL: Defence HQ should expect to report to the public on missions like Afghanistan.

EDITORIAL: Air New Zealand and Qantas - put aside differences to fight external charges.

EDITORIAL: So what comes next?

EDITORIAL: The story of War on Terror is riddled with controversy and failure.

EDITORIAL: Auckland Council is scheduled to debate the issue today.

EDITORIAL: The second most powerful man in China arrives in our country at a time of great political uncertainty for international commerce.

EDITORIAL: Most of us have a life we have chosen for the simple reason that we want to be happy.

EDITORIAL: The more we know about organ donation the more donations there might be.

Aucklanders have responded well to the call to conserve water.

EDITORIAL: There is a phrase which ought to guide policymakers and politicians when considering big projects - on time and within budget.

EDITORIAL: Auckland's needs a downtown stadium - a big one.

EDITORIAL: Bastions of liberalism need to practice the tolerance they preach.

COMMENT: Spending a bed tax to attract more tourists makes no sense, says an economist, says Tim Hazledine.

Editorial: Auckland is New Zealand's biggest tourism market and principal gateway to the country.

COMMENT: A successful woman offers some advice to mark International Women's Day, writes Ziena Jalil.

COMMENT: New research finds pay gap has little to do with women doing different work.

Paris might seem like a long way from New Zealand however it's just a press of a button.

EDITORIAL: Australian Senator Stephen Parry thinks New Zealand ought to restore the "upper house" of our Parliament.

In "clean, green New Zealand" just 72 per cent of rivers, streams and lakes are considered safe for swimming and it will remain that way for a while.

EDITORIAL: Labour needs to beat National in September. Can it do so by campaigning with the Greens?

Good luck to a school that aims to instil manners in a generation living on its phones.

HIV-positive figure's condom-free message clashes with international medical advice.

EDITORIAL: Geological testing confirms New Zealand is a dry ridge of a lump of continental crust.

EDITORIAL: Education should open doors for everyone to fulfil their potential.

COMMENT: In the fight for survival, the Maori Party needs to say it will go with Labour if it has the choice in 2017, writes Claire Trevett.

This Government has never had much time for the NZ Superannuation Fund set up by the previous Government.

It may be wondered whether a country of NZ's size and population is well served by such a fragmented civil defence organisation.

There are, clearly, mechanisms which could help better manage pressures arising from tourism - and sustain the appeal of our natural assets.

Auckland's Mt Albert electorate is having one of the strangest election contests New Zealand has seen.