Under mounting pressure as housing costs dominate public debate it looks like National is finally gearing up on social housing.

Restaurant Brands, struck a deal with the Unite Union in which workers' hours and shifts will be guaranteed on a permanent basis.

The garden will be completed in time for the centenary of Passchendaele, finally a place of peace where far too many young NZers died in the horror of war.

EDITORIAL: Donald Trump is already a monster in the popular imagination - especially in this country.

The turnout for the Auckland Council election was profoundly disappointing. What has happened to the hopes once held for a unified, strongly led city?

How disappointing then, that yet another one has let rugby down.

Due to the crimes of Russian hackers, the little-known term "therapeutic use exemption" has gained currency in New Zealand.

COMMENT: Helen Clark's push for the top United Nations job failed through no fault of her own.

How many times over the years have we seen the junior doctors' union complain about the unconscionable hours they work in public hospitals?

It is hard to dislodge the tawdry episode of Len Brown's workplace affair from any assessment of his legacy, the Weekend Herald says in an editorial.

What exactly could Trump say on this subject that would not be worse for him than for Hillary Clinton?

Otago researchers have found differences in health outcomes for babies born under the care of midwives compared with those looked after by doctors.

This year's Mood of the Boardroom found more concern about the housing market than might have been expected from business leaders.

If Hillary Clinton wins the US presidential election in six weeks' time, a great deal of the credit could go to her demeanour in last night's first debate.

Arnold Palmer, who died yesterday aged 87, was a kind of father figure of golf for the generation that grew up with television.

Among our eight universities, one should be capable of making its presence felt in the English-speaking world. Auckland should be up there.

The collapse of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's marriage spells the end of the portmanteau term "Brangelina".

Serious questions require to be answered about the size and format of the competition.

Investors deserve transparency. We need to know where our money is invested and exactly how much it's costing us.

Sharemarkets fell sharply on reports that at least two members of US Federal Reserve board favour raising its base interest rate when it meets this week.

Very few New Zealanders have ever seen the Kermadecs, a subtropical arc of islands 1000km north of New Zealand.

The latest steps proposed by the Govt to try to curb this country's high rate of domestic violence do not appear likely to make much difference.

The sentence given to Nikolas Delegat for assaulting a policewoman has been widely condemned.

With next election just a year away, John Key looks likely to deliver National a fourth term, the first PM to achieve that feat since Sir Keith Holyoake.

Hillary Clinton has stumbled, verbally and physically, in the past few days.

Larger countries may be able to protect their own steel makers but New Zealand needs to think carefully.

New Zealand Rugby's chief executive Steve Tew has conceded, "we have not got it right".

The irrepressible Tim Shadbolt's three decades as a mayor - at opposite ends of the country - could end next month when Invercargill voters pass judgment.

Teachers in Auckland this week held the first of 50 planned stopwork meetings around the country over a Government proposal called a "global budget".

It is a relief that a G20 summit hosted by China produced nothing worse than a dispute over steps the US President would use to alight from Air Force One.