Editorial: Climate goals must now flow into daily life
Getting so many nations, including "developing" nations such as China, to sign on to emissions reductions certainly makes the agreement historic.
Getting so many nations, including "developing" nations such as China, to sign on to emissions reductions certainly makes the agreement historic.
Climate change may still seem a distant threat, but a "Super El Nino" summer is already evident.
Two petitions are circulating for the funding of the new immunotherapy drug against melanoma, Keytruda.
The new heavyweight boxing champion of the wwooorld is going to get very boring very quickly.
What more could a national holiday do except reopen old wounds and invite continued debate? We have enough of that around Waitangi Day.
For the past year, the Office of the Ombudsman has been reviewing the Official Information Act.
Judith Collins' return to John Key's Cabinet is a credit to her. It would have been easy for someone of her temperament to have reacted differently to her dismissal.
Gun sales in the US have increased. Requests for access to courses at shooting ranges are up.
Rob Campbell, once one of the sharpest young minds in the trade union movement, has kept a lower profile since his thinking changed radically in the 1980s.
As the Prime Minister said, "It makes no sense to be calling for emissions restrictions on one hand while subsidising emissions on the other."
When Brendon McCullum testified at the trial of Chris Cairns, the defence asked why he had not come forward with his allegations much sooner than he did.
Labour leader Andrew Little has carried out a refreshing reshuffle of his parliamentary line-up.
The origin of some of our most nutritious food does not bear thinking about. Milk, eggs, even some fruit, are nutrients intended for the young of other species.
Admit it, the ballot paper is still sitting on the sideboard while you wonder what to do.
For better or worse, National's failure to raise importance of economic considerations clearly underscores the public's bottom line.
We should welcome Australian Senator Ian Macdonald's goodwill towards improved access to Australian citizenship for New Zealanders.
These disturbing contracts seem symptomatic of an unfortunate attitude that has permeated the public service under this Government. Its "no surprises" principle seeks to control the release of any information which might be awkward to explain.
Phil Goff is the instant front-runner, if not a near certainty, to be the next mayor of Auckland.
In a week when we have lost one of our model sportsmen and marked the retirement of another, it is thrilling to see a good spirit catching on.
Ever since the party's former president, Mike Williams, stepped down there have been murmurs that his successors did not have the same persuasive touch with business donors.
It is possible that Jonah Lomu was better known worldwide than any New Zealander at any time, even Sir Edmund Hillary.
COMMENT: Announcement that Len Brown is going to the world climate change conference in Paris will anger many.
Paris is a special place, a city the world associates with romance, culture, good times and the fine things of life.
Next week everyone of voting age will receive an official envelope inviting us to select a new flag. The sight of a voting form can be sobering.
How hard would it be for the Prime Minister to apologise?
Investigations into six tertiary institutions, from Southland to the Bay of Plenty, have identified more than $25 million in misappropriation. One of them, we reported this week, has been stripped of its registration.
Labour MP Kelvin Davis is right. It is disingenuous of John Key to say Australia's detainees at Christmas Island are free to leave if they want.
Seldom has New Zealand seen, at any level of politics, a rise and fall as rapid as that of Len Brown.
Auckland house prices have been driven by speculative demand as much as - or probably more than - a shortage of supply.