By happy coincidence, today is not only the "Mondayised" holiday for Waitangi Day, but also New Year's Day on the Chinese calendar.

Worksafe will need to show its approach to farm safety is reducing workplace casualties or farmers could find themselves being held to account in the courts.

The fallout from the Iowa contest in the United States presidential race was swift.

Looking back, it is hard to recall a greater diplomatic achievement than the comprehensive trade and investment agreement that will be signed by representatives of 12 countries in Auckland today.

Free tertiary education is a daring reversal of the thrust of educational and economic policy of the past 30 years.

Last year Labour unified itself. This year, it will be rolling out its headline-grabbing policies, writes Rachel Smalley.

Auckland reaches its 176th anniversary. The city has to fit many more people in and the plan needs to ensure it is done well.

Before departing on his Antarctic expedition, the British explorer Henry Worsley explained his motivation for traversing the frozen continent all alone.

New Zealanders often appear unable or even unwilling to repay their debts, especially those owed to the state or city hall.

If we want an inclusive city that can accommodate the next generation of New Zealanders, tough calls will need to be made.

New Zealanders have just a week left to voice their opinions on voluntary euthanasia and whether it should be considered under law.

For almost two decades, the Sky Tower has dominated the Auckland skyline.

Paying state tenants to leave Auckland is first sign Govt is thinking outside the square.

Bringing Iran back from the cold has implications for New Zealand. With restrictions lifted, exporters should expect demand to rebound.

Not for the first time in her political career, Corrections Minister Judith Collins finds herself in hot water.

When the weather is kind, the Hauraki Gulf teems with runabouts filled with fishers hoping for a catch.

One of the joys of sport is the unpredictable nature of competition - the underdog beating the odds to record a famous win, or the favourite inexplicably falling short with victory in sight.

Academic research into public health problems has an uncanny way of confirming the concerns of its funder.

A promising young rugby player with a "glittering career" ahead of him has been given a discharge without conviction after admitting an assault on a man who was at a bar with his ex-girlfriend.

The business year starts gradually and, usually, nervously. This year is no exception.

When the Christmas-New Year period ended for accident statistics on Tuesday morning, 12 more people had died on the roads.

President Barack Obama's tearful intervention this week in America's gun control debate had an immediate impact.

With two months until we vote on national symbol, it is important to view proposed new design in action.

Like most long-established Australian retailers in this country, Dick Smith felt like one of ours. How could it have failed?

The modern pre-Christmas frenzy is closely followed by sales where consumers rush to buy more stuff to clutter their lives.

A new year, 2016. Suddenly we are into the second half of the second decade of the 21st century.

In February, it will be five years since the collapse of the deficient Canterbury Television building in Christchurch.

The latest weapons in the police crime fighting arsenal are containers to gather samples from Auckland's wastewater treatment plants.