The death of Reporoa boy Connor Phillips as a hunting party was unloading firearms in Kaingaroa Forest on Sunday is the fifth fatal accident with firearms in New Zealand this year.

A conference of property investors in Auckland this weekend is liable to hear some tough talking about rental houses.

At the beginning of this month, New Zealand acquired an effective capital gains tax.

All Blacks' sluggish form is a Rugby World Cup worry ... and so is the sad slump in the fortunes of South Pacific teams.

Obama's possible successor picks up the challenge of US love-affair with weapons.

Most people will be more than aware that, like all public relations campaigns, this one will not reveal the full picture.

Editorial: The police have no real idea of how many firearms - legal or illegal - there are in the country. So poor is the record-keeping that there is not even a national register of seized guns.

Sometimes it takes someone a little removed from the fray to put the right perspective on the TPP issue.

For many people, the violence of Chris Brown's attack on singer Rihanna left no room for shades of grey, or for forgiveness.

A sudden surge of population puts too much strain on the social and physical infrastructure of receiving countries, but it also severely diminishes the hope that the forsaken country can ever recover.

The Australian Government made non-citizens who had served more than a year in prison liable for deportation.

Scientists and other research staff have suffered the insecurity and trauma that happens in all organisations in changing markets.

Theo Spierings has every right to be among our best-paid chief executives.

The many Golfs and Polos on the streets of Auckland's plushest suburbs used to speak volumes of the enviable reputation of Volkswagen's cars.

Labour leader Andrew Little was badly shown up by the Greens this week.

Editorial: No government likes to have its immigration decisions made by others But many governments are being led by their better citizens in this crisis. New Zealand's is one of them.

Political parties - especially those that position themselves to the left of centre - in countries like ours will watch with interest what happens to the British Labour Party's new leader.

There's been emerging evidence showing that a healthy diet can reduce the risk of depression and cognitive decline.

Editorial: Red Peak should be in the first ballot. The only question is whether it replaces one of the panel's four or becomes a fifth option.

Pity the Australians - they have been watching Prime Ministers fail for too long. Leadership coups provide compelling drama but they should not happen when a party is in power.

The astounding thing about Lydia Ko's first triumph in a golf major, the Evian Championship in France, is it seemed so matter of course.

The 2015 Harmful Digital Communications Act had its critics as it passed through Parliament.

Fears that young people are influenced by popular culture should not be the basis for arbitrary banning of award-winning books.

The Prime Minister has been too quick to rule out the addition of Aaron Dustin's Red Peak to the shortlisted flags that will be the subject of next month's first referendum.

There have been ripples of criticism in Britain over the Cameron Government's revelation that RAF drones have killed two British nationals in Syria.

The Cabinet's response yesterday to the Syrian refugee crisis is no more than a token gesture.