Perversely, Brexit and the threatened policies of Donald Trump may have greatly helped New Zealand's prospects of an agreement with the EU

COMMENT: Prime Minister Bill English will meet Theresa May tonight - but the Trump factor means his visit isn't getting much attention in the UK.

As New Zealanders are well aware, but probably Australians are not, many of these people who are detained are not Kiwis in any real sense.

There could hardly a worse time for Iran to lose its powerful moderating figure, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who has died aged 82.

Waitangi Day has provided an insight to the character of successive prime ministers ever since Norman Kirk made it a national holiday.

The 'Family First' group has put an interesting idea into debate for this election year.

These are brilliant ideas which may soon take shape. Perhaps 2017 may not be so bad after all.

Debate raging on social media over Mad Butcher comment was worthy of attention.

When the official holiday period finished at 6am yesterday there had been 15 fatal crashes on New Zealand roads since the Friday before Christmas.

All too soon students will be back at school and questions will resume about about how well our education system prepares them for later life.

COMMENT: Farming does not get the public attention is deserves.

Seldom has a year started with so much upheaval in prospect.

The nation's New Year Honours look back much further than one year for New Zealanders whose contribution deserves recognition.

There is no better way to end a year than to choose one New Zealander among many who contributed something exceptional to national life.

Suspiciously quickly, the Government re-opened SH1 south of Kaikoura just before Christmas.

The All Blacks long ago developed an ability to dominate the country's sports thinking; year on year. High achievement in the national

A year always feels like it has flashed by until we look back at some of the events that happened.

A philosopher writing in the Herald this week, Massey Professor Bill Fish, pointed out that Santa Clause is real.

The US President-elect, Donald Trump, (which still sounds like a joke) made Twitter his preferred means of communication in his election campaign.

New Prime Minister Bill English faced one big question when it came to shaping his Cabinet: how much change does the country really want?

Chris Kelly did not take long to disappear from Massey University's governing body after his careless remarks about woman vets.

The new cabinet Prime Minister Bill English unveils tomorrow will be assembled with two objectives in mind.

The end of an economic era may have occurred yesterday.

The Government must ensure every firm trading here pays its fair share for the stability and services they all enjoy.

Bill English made a good start to his premiership yesterday, making some personal declarations even before he was sworn in.

The National Government today takes the greatest risk of its tenure - a leadership change.

The contest for the National Party leadership and the job of Prime Minister lasted barely 72 hours.

New Zealand whitebait are one of the few dining pleasures to escape the culinary assault of reality chefs.

David Shearer is a loss to our politics.

National Party politics - and, by extension, New Zealand politics - have suddenly become very uncertain.