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.

To make trusts more transparent and accountable ought not compromise the ease and speed of company registrations in this country.

The one firm figure in the unfolding holiday pay fiasco is that six employers, including the NZ Police, owe staff $33 million in unpaid entitlements.

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.

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.

Mr Little, though, is better than this. He has the misfortune to be leading the Opposition to a Government whose leader seemingly can do no wrong.

Education Minister Hekia Parata has talked for years about replacing the decile system of school funding.

With the approach of summer in Europe, leaders of the European Union last week made what seems a good deal for genuine asylum seekers.

Next month hundreds of New Zealanders will face the pre-dawn chill on Gallipoli Peninsula to commemorate Anzac Day.

A worst-case outcome - a four-year ban - would spell the end of Maria Sharapova's professional days and a spectacular fall from grace.

The Herald's startling burglary series this week has revealed that nearly every homeowner has a story about the crime.

The Labour Party is justifiably celebrating a victory on legislation to end "zero-hour contracts" even if it is victory on a fine point of law.

Little more than two years have passed since the country had an intense debate on the rightful limits of the state's powers of domestic surveillance.

Athlete Nick Willis has displayed remarkable personal courage by disclosing he once suffered an addiction to pornography.

NZ Defence Force is living to regret its suggestion that Jon Stephenson had fabricated an important element of his 2011 story on the SAS in Afghanistan.

Ranginui Walker walked in two worlds. A brave truth-teller, Dr Walker devoted his career to presenting historical events from a Maori perspective.

No precedent exists for the success so far of Donald Trump, who has been neither a state governor nor a member of Congress.

If you are searching for a phrase which encapsulated Martin Crowe, cricketer, that would do nicely.