EDITORIAL: The public have a right to ask what is going on at Whenuapai if a mission such as this one cannot be executed successfully.

Trump is giving Putin dangerous encouragement and the rest of the world can only hope it will end with the election.

The idea of a downtown sports stadium for Auckland will not go away. New mayor Phil Goff has wasted no time reviving the idea.

The chance to set a record for successive test victories has been within the All Blacks' grasp before.

Just when it seems Donald Trump could not go lower in his quest for the US Presidency, he does.

A short statement issued by the Prime Minister on Wednesday marked the end of an era in New Zealand's defence and foreign relations.

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.

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.

EDITORIAL: Donald Trump is already a monster in the popular imagination - especially in this country.

The turnout for the Auckland Council election was profoundly disappointing. What has happened to the hopes once held for a unified, strongly led city?

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.

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.

This year's Mood of the Boardroom found more concern about the housing market than might have been expected from business leaders.

If Hillary Clinton wins the US presidential election in six weeks' time, a great deal of the credit could go to her demeanour in last night's first debate.

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.