Editorial: Zoning fix for housing crisis too simplistic
The Government has settled on a simplistic solution to the Auckland housing shortage.
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Editorial: Refreshed AB squad bodes well for future
In sport, as in business, politics and all competitive pursuits, it can be as hard to stay ahead of the game as it is to get there.
Editorial: Population growth is powering NZ economy
This country would benefit from many more people, and better preparation for their arrival.
Editorial: News media must unite to ride digital upheaval
NZME yesterday applied to the Commerce Commission for approval of a merger with its main rival in the business.
Editorial: Lack of moves on housing disappointing
This is not a Government that often springs surprises, for which we should be grateful most of the time.
Editorial: Risk-takers should pay for their rescue
A party of off-road driving enthusiasts set out in 13 vehicles on Sunday to tackle a notorious high-country dirt track before it was closed for the winter.
Editorial: Labour's bond proposal makes sense
The Labour Party surprised many people last week by advocating the complete abolition of boundaries on urban expansion.
Editorial: New Zealand, Samoa in the ring with Parker
Parker has New Zealand and Samoa behind him tonight as he bids for a chance to go for the summit. Here's to him.
Editorial: Auckland's rugby needs quick cure for the blues
These days Auckland is more like a graveyard for potential All Blacks. They seem to do better in any other franchise.
Editorial: NCEA's poor report card needs action
A survey of 1777 secondary school teachers has found nearly half believe the national assessment system, NCEA, is adversely affecting their teaching.
Editorial: Gotingco case shows we've learned little
It is often said in favour of prisoner rehabilitation programmes that every offender has to be released eventually. That's not quite true.
Editorial: English right to favour cutting debt
We should be reducing debt faster while the good times last, not talking about tax cuts.
Editorial: Fishers need incentives to save stocks
The theory of tradeable quotas always sounded too good to be true.
Editorial: 'Supply' excuse for housing lets govt stand idle
Whatever the source of the demand for Auckland houses, it will remain insatiable if the Government pretends it is purely a problem of supply.
Editorial: Break-up makes for TV dream come true
The Bachelor NZ, the television show which unravelled off-screen these past few days, ended its season a ratings hit.
Editorial: Let's hope Government has learned from errors
The Government should tilt the market in favour of those still waiting for the Kiwi dream.
Editorial: Fine operators over bridge collisions
A man drives into a bridge and a city grinds to a halt. Such is the impact of a crash on Auckland's vulnerable motorway system.
Editorial: Khan victory shows new face of Britain
The election of a candidate of Islamic Pakistani extraction as mayor of London is a proud moment for Britain and inclusion of minorities in its politics.
Editorial: EU refugee solution earns a cheer
It is not often that international solutions work so well but when it happens, it deserves a tentative cheer.
Editorial: Anzac Day ceremonies need to be pepped up
The Auckland RSA deservedly took a barrage of criticism for its failure to include wheelchair-bound veterans in its dawn parade to the Auckland cenotaph.
Editorial: Never any excuse for a man to hit a woman
Let us not soften the language we use about a man who hits a woman. It has been called domestic violence or partner violence.
Editorial: Get cracking to sort out our schools
The primary school system is in trouble. It is failing some of the young pupils who can least afford to be left behind.
Editorial: Govt must act swiftly on rental homes
The requirement for all rental properties to be insulated by mid-2019 was just a step in the right direction.
Editorial: MediaWorks' loss of talent worrisome
The fear is MediaWorks is losing too much talent. It needs to show it is still a serious competitor for visual news and current affairs.
Editorial: A few home truths for our leaders
EDITORIAL: Our "Home Truths" series has concluded with some possible solutions to runaway house prices that leave many facing rented housing for the rest of lives.
Editorial: Wave of Rio joy needed to clear Games of crises
As Olympic torch makes its way from Athens to Brazil, the Latin American country is gripped by crises which threaten to overwhelm the battered host city.
Editorial: Bringing sex harassment into the open
Lizzie Marvelly has today written bravely about harassment she has endured at the hands of men in the music industry.
Editorial: Reserve Bank in quandary over housing
The bank and the Government need new solutions to the economic damage being done by this raging house market.
Editorial: Vacant land the proper focus for tax
The Prime Minister's talk of a new tax on land is a sign that he is worried by the resurgence in house prices, as he should be.
Editorial: Health and safety must be core ethos
People should be able to come home at the end of their working day. In New Zealand, that is less sure than in Australia or the United Kingdom.
Editorial: Today we remember a horrid ordeal
Exactly a century ago, when New Zealanders marked the first anniversary of the Gallipoli landings, they would have been heartily sick of war.
Editorial: Global award tribute to All Blacks' rare record
The latest honour bestowed on the Rugby World Cup-winning All Blacks is the tribute which best illustrates their extraordinary consistency.
Editorial: Rising rents just as toxic to Kiwi dream
Our forebears came to NZ to escape perpetual tenancy and have property of their own. That has been the Kiwi dream and there is no reason to give it up now.
Editorial: Dam project struggling to hold water
Ratepayers in Hawkes Bay have every reason to expect accountability and transparency from a big irrigation project in the region.