Young New Zealanders value very highly their right to stay and work in some other countries.

The Prime Minister, an endlessly agreeable politician, entertains talk of tax cuts whenever the Budget surplus turns out to be higher than expected.

A year out from the next election, a political bidding war has surfaced over police numbers.

Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee got a stern rebuke from China when he made the mildest of observations about Beijing's expansionist maritime policy.

Helen Kelly, the trade unionist who died yesterday after a brave and public battle with cancer, never shirked a fight. She campaigned

New Zealand Rugby is moving to repair its tarnished image after a series of unedifying episodes involving at their core the treatment of women.

Under mounting pressure as housing costs dominate public debate it looks like National is finally gearing up on social housing.

Restaurant Brands, struck a deal with the Unite Union in which workers' hours and shifts will be guaranteed on a permanent basis.

The garden will be completed in time for the centenary of Passchendaele, finally a place of peace where far too many young NZers died in the horror of war.

Due to the crimes of Russian hackers, the little-known term "therapeutic use exemption" has gained currency in New Zealand.

How disappointing then, that yet another one has let rugby down.

COMMENT: Helen Clark's push for the top United Nations job failed through no fault of her own.

How many times over the years have we seen the junior doctors' union complain about the unconscionable hours they work in public hospitals?

Voters need to assess which of candidates looks more capable of doing so. The elections matter and so does your vote.

Some of our successful recent Olympians have drawn public attention to the salaries paid to those who dispense taxpayers' money to athletes.

What exactly could Trump say on this subject that would not be worse for him than for Hillary Clinton?

It is hard to dislodge the tawdry episode of Len Brown's workplace affair from any assessment of his legacy, the Weekend Herald says in an editorial.

Otago researchers have found differences in health outcomes for babies born under the care of midwives compared with those looked after by doctors.

Arnold Palmer, who died yesterday aged 87, was a kind of father figure of golf for the generation that grew up with television.

Among our eight universities, one should be capable of making its presence felt in the English-speaking world. Auckland should be up there.

The collapse of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's marriage spells the end of the portmanteau term "Brangelina".

Serious questions require to be answered about the size and format of the competition.

The beauty about New Zealand's quota management system for commercial fisheries was that it would be self-policing, in theory.

If the US turns inward and protectionist under its next President, trading countries will look elsewhere for global progress.

Investors deserve transparency. We need to know where our money is invested and exactly how much it's costing us.

Sharemarkets fell sharply on reports that at least two members of US Federal Reserve board favour raising its base interest rate when it meets this week.

Very few New Zealanders have ever seen the Kermadecs, a subtropical arc of islands 1000km north of New Zealand.

The latest steps proposed by the Govt to try to curb this country's high rate of domestic violence do not appear likely to make much difference.

The sentence given to Nikolas Delegat for assaulting a policewoman has been widely condemned.

With next election just a year away, John Key looks likely to deliver National a fourth term, the first PM to achieve that feat since Sir Keith Holyoake.