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.

New Zealand Rugby's chief executive Steve Tew has conceded, "we have not got it right".

The irrepressible Tim Shadbolt's three decades as a mayor - at opposite ends of the country - could end next month when Invercargill voters pass judgment.

Teachers in Auckland this week held the first of 50 planned stopwork meetings around the country over a Government proposal called a "global budget".

It is a relief that a G20 summit hosted by China produced nothing worse than a dispute over steps the US President would use to alight from Air Force One.

It is too soon to say the market has turned, but it might be wise to wait and see.

A new political party aiming to represent Indian and other Asian immigrants ought to be welcomed by all New Zealanders.

Consumer finds 70 per cent of us regularly buy and receive vouchers and nearly a quarter of us have had a card expire.

When a bug in Havelock North's water supply caused an outbreak of campylobacter weeks ago, we asked the question, how could this happen in NZ?

Five months ago the Herald published a revealing series about burglaries in New Zealand.

Most Western countries have quiet Sundays. We had only one remaining. Councils will probably succumb to their business lobbies, one after another.

During a visit this week to the NZME offices, a relaxed Eric Murray and Hamish Bond were clearly in a post-Rio Games mood.

It is a principle of the New Zealand justice system that the administration of the law should be equal and transparent.

As Auckland expands under the Unitary Plan, the council is going to have to deal with the kind of tension that has emerged at Brookby near Clevedon.

Education Minister Hekia Parata is eager to promote change in New Zealand schools.

EDITORIAL: What is to be done with our citizen, William Yan?

An Auckland mayoral election with no fewer than 19 candidates presents voters with a dismaying task.

When sportspeople have reason to suspect someone has gone so far as to bug their team room, something has gone wrong.

If medals were awarded for brainlessness, Ryan Lochte would be on the podium.

After a nervous start, we got there. Yesterday New Zealand achieved its record haul of medals, eclipsing 1988 in Seoul and London four years ago.

The Prime Minister is unmoved by a poll for the Drug Foundation showing most New Zealanders now support legalising, or at least decriminalising, cannabis.

COMMENT: Sometimes, a really effective policy simply doesn't get the appreciation it deserves.