Education Minister Hekia Parata has talked for years about replacing the decile system of school funding.

With the approach of summer in Europe, leaders of the European Union last week made what seems a good deal for genuine asylum seekers.

Next month hundreds of New Zealanders will face the pre-dawn chill on Gallipoli Peninsula to commemorate Anzac Day.

A worst-case outcome - a four-year ban - would spell the end of Maria Sharapova's professional days and a spectacular fall from grace.

The Herald's startling burglary series this week has revealed that nearly every homeowner has a story about the crime.

The Labour Party is justifiably celebrating a victory on legislation to end "zero-hour contracts" even if it is victory on a fine point of law.

Little more than two years have passed since the country had an intense debate on the rightful limits of the state's powers of domestic surveillance.

Athlete Nick Willis has displayed remarkable personal courage by disclosing he once suffered an addiction to pornography.

NZ Defence Force is living to regret its suggestion that Jon Stephenson had fabricated an important element of his 2011 story on the SAS in Afghanistan.

If you are searching for a phrase which encapsulated Martin Crowe, cricketer, that would do nicely.

Watching the progress of Donald Trump in the Unites States presidential primaries has been compared with watching a train wreck.

Thank heavens for the rain. The warm, wet summer has been fantastic for growing grass, and our farmers needed that.

Immigration is a hot political potato in most developed countries. Some now suggest the solution to Auckland house prices is to stop immigration.

Last night, the 2016 rugby season kicked off, just two days after test cricket's summer ended.

Thousands of young New Zealanders face serious challenges in their lives. Ten per cent of them are obese, and nearly a quarter overweight.

Clearly, those who enjoy what Auckland has to offer in the arts - and 91 per cent of Aucklanders say they attend at least one event a year - are spoiled for choice.

Today, nobody is greatly surprised 10,000 offer to pay personally for a public beach all thanks to the new internet phenomenon of "Crowdfunding."

The Salvation Army's annual stocktake on New Zealand's social health has earned high credibility. It owes this to its recognition of progress as well as problems.

It is too easy to panic politicians in election year, particularly in local body elections where the turnouts are usually low.

Threats to tear up Trans-Pacific Partnership have damaging implications for our trade.

Regardless of how the two-test series against Australia ends, the career of Brendon McCullum will be long cherished by cricket fans.

Sport is often a model for life, never more so when it comes to fair play and enforcement of the law.

Herald on Sunday has found primary school children do only 15 minutes a night on average and the experts seem happy with that.

By happy coincidence, today is not only the "Mondayised" holiday for Waitangi Day, but also New Year's Day on the Chinese calendar.

Worksafe will need to show its approach to farm safety is reducing workplace casualties or farmers could find themselves being held to account in the courts.

The fallout from the Iowa contest in the United States presidential race was swift.

Looking back, it is hard to recall a greater diplomatic achievement than the comprehensive trade and investment agreement that will be signed by representatives of 12 countries in Auckland today.

Free tertiary education is a daring reversal of the thrust of educational and economic policy of the past 30 years.