Editorial: Caucus vote could be gamechanger
National Party politics - and, by extension, New Zealand politics - have suddenly become very uncertain.
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Editorial: Successor to Key will have plenty on plate
John Key's bombshell announcement yesterday has thrown New Zealand politics into turmoil.
Editorial: Income limit on mortgage may be useful
It is hard to understand why Finance Minister is wary about giving the Reserve Bank the power it wants to impose an income limit on house mortgage lending.
Editoral: Have your say on top Kiwi heroes
As the end of the year draws closer, we start to recall those who made a difference to New Zealand in 2016.
Editorial: Columbus shaped music culture
New Zealand pop pioneer Ray Columbus has been fondly remembered this week.
Safety plea would serve bar victims
The police yesterday called off the search for Taulagi Afamasaga.
Editorial: Tarnished legacy of a revolutionary
"Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me." Those were the words of Fidel Castro in October 1953.
Editorial: Let's be wary with Lions set to roar
The British and Irish Lions team to tour NZ next year will potentially be the finest side representing the four Home Unions to travel to our shores.
Editorial: Land-banking lessons from Britain
A stoush over "land banking" developers is brewing in Britain - and local authorities in New Zealand may well be interested observers in the result.
Editorial: Tougher stance on dangerous dogs
The Government's latest move to crack down on dangerous dogs is commendable and some will say well over due.
Editorial: McCully easily impressed with Filipino strongman
Among his many duties, Foreign Minister Murray McCully gets to rub shoulders with some fairly noxious individuals.
Health targets can miss their mark
Doctors at Waikato Hospital have raised disturbing allegations about the way the district health board makes its decisions.
US will be left behind on trade deals
In the world according to Donald Trump the Trans-Pacific Partnership is dead.
Editorial: Time for rethink on allowance
A survey which revealed access problems to the child disability allowance has raised more questions than answers.
Editorial: Post-quake Budget tough call for Key
The consensus view of the nation's economists is that New Zealand is well placed to take the rebuild costs from last week's quake in its stride.
Editorial: Trump's team clear marker of direction
The contours of Donald Trump's White House administration are emerging.
Editorial: Wall can honour 20 years of trying
It has been more than 20 years since the first major effort in New Zealand to promote legalised euthanasia.
Why did modern buildings fail in quake?
Statistics NZ boss Liz MacPherson was unusually blunt for a Wellington bureaucrat as she assessed the damage to her department's headquarters.
Editorial: France needs help to resist terror
It is a year since terrorists launched co-ordinated attacks in Paris and slaughtered 130 innocent people.
Editorial: Are you alright mate? Kiwis pull together
Once again the worst of circumstances brings out the best in New Zealanders.
Editorial: Govt takes responsibility for shelter
Emergency housing funding marks the Government's acceptance that it must ensure every New Zealander has adequate shelter.
Editorial: Shock AB loss taken on the chin
New Zealand experienced something last weekend even more rare than an All Black defeat. It was a defeat accepted with good grace.
Editorial: When prisoners deserve compassion
The proper response when someone is terminally ill is to offer support and comfort.
Editorial: Hillary Clinton deserves to win
After 240 years since independence, and in light of the man who craves the job, Clinton would be deserving as the first woman in the White House.
Editorial: Labour's 'neet' idea better than the dole
The Labour Party is by no means alone in worrying what to do about 74,000 young people who are in neither employment, education or training.
Editorial: Seclusion ban a step toward managing difficult pupils
It is unbelievable that a difficult child could be locked in a tiny cell at any New Zealand school nowadays.
Editorial: Let's drop Guy Fawkes
How much better, for them and everyone who enjoys fireworks, if it marked an event with meaning in New Zealand.
Editorial:Labour needs to crack Auckland
Labour needs to show Auckland and the country it has the makings of a fresh, modern government.
Editorial: Saudi sheep deal leaves bitter taste
Not many Kiwis may be satisfied by the Auditor General's report into the propriety of the Government's gift of a sheep-breeding establishment to a breeder in Saudi Arabia.
Editorial: A cloud on Clinton's campaign
The email story has been the most conventional element of this most unconventional campaign.
Editorial: Mistake to cherry-pick on light rail
Labour's pledge to invest $680 million in a light rail system has rightly been labelled "pork barrel" politics by Steven Joyce.
Editorial: Turnstiles on wilderness is not the answer
It will be a sad day if New Zealand decides to charge for access to tracks in its national parks.
Euthanasia checkpoint a step too far
The police tactic of gathering details of individuals by setting up a drink-drive checkpoint would seem to stray from the powers granted to police under the Land Transport Act.
'People underestimate me all the time'
For a day this week, Paula Bennett was PM. How she tackles two new roles in Cabinet will define her chances of one day taking up that job permanently.