People should be able to come home at the end of their working day. In New Zealand, that is less sure than in Australia or the United Kingdom.

Exactly a century ago, when New Zealanders marked the first anniversary of the Gallipoli landings, they would have been heartily sick of war.

The latest honour bestowed on the Rugby World Cup-winning All Blacks is the tribute which best illustrates their extraordinary consistency.

Our forebears came to NZ to escape perpetual tenancy and have property of their own. That has been the Kiwi dream and there is no reason to give it up now.

Ratepayers in Hawkes Bay have every reason to expect accountability and transparency from a big irrigation project in the region.

Australia's politics continue to be as turbulent as New Zealand's are calm.

It may be a reflection of an unusually long and warm summer, now past, that the numbers of homeless on Auckland's streets appears to have increased lately.

An international conference at the United Nations headquarters this week is expected to agree that the UN's "war on drugs" is over, and it has failed.

Rugby is an industry in which New Zealand dominates the world, and the remuneration of its international players reflects its success.

Councils everywhere will welcome the Government's move to take the water fluoridating decision out of their hands and give it to DHB's.

It would be useful to hear the conclusions of someone from outside, not least because the Panama Papers call into question New Zealand's good faith as an international citizen.

A four-point drop in a Colmar Brunton poll taken for TVNZ last week must be a shock to supporters of the Labour Party.

Statistics rule our world in many ways, but their value is surely taken too far when they tell us the rate of successful criminal prosecutions is too high.

An appealing aspect of Lydia Ko is that she retains, despite her stunning successes and the machine building around her, an infectious sense of fun.

John Key is taking a risk defending the foreign trust regime in the wake of the global trust fund scandal and its New Zealand links.

The moderation and maturity of Muslims in New Zealand was evident once again in their response to the Egyptian initiative.

The announcement at long last that Helen Clark is a candidate for the post of Secretary-General of the UN is one all NZers can greet with pride.

Tenacity, competence and caution have been touchstones of Helen Clark's enduring political career.

Simple rules and advice might help young New Zealanders avoid the fate which awaits too many older Kiwis.

When NZ cricket followers reflect on the competitions wrapping up in India, they ought to conclude it was a job well done.

Four weeks ago, the Herald published a special series on burglaries.

Multinational tax policy isn't easy or simple and it isn't usually sexy. But, like a lot of things, the internet has livened up the debate.

The Labour Party appears to be considering a radical new system of social welfare. It is hard to see any real benefit. It would be a universal setback.

A revised count has concluded nearly twice as many New Zealand soldiers served in the 1915 Ottoman campaign than previously accepted.

Just as the last voters in the flag referendum were putting their papers in the post this week, the Prime Minister announced the next Governor-General.

When the future of the current flag is once more up for discussion, we ought to put everything on the table.

There seems little doubt that the beachhead US economic forces are re-establishing in Cuba will eventually lead to a new era of political freedom.

The company assuredly would not again put buses on the road if its drivers were refusing to take fares, and passengers would know which side was to blame.

EDITORIAL: Witty messages on the back of a vehicle can be amusing, however not those displayed on the campervan company Wicked Campers.