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Editorial: Space craft pays homage to science

Way out in space, so far that it takes a message nearly an hour to reach earth, the Nasa craft Juno is doing what the classical mythologists anticipated.

Editorial: A cruel lesson in how not to go to war

John Chilcot produced his verdict on the Blair Government's decision to join the US' invasion of Iraq. None of its findings are a surprise.

Editorial: Voters send politicians a message

First Trump, then Brexit, now the Australian election has produced a rebellion of sorts.

Editorial: $1b fund more Govt tinkering on housing

Editorial: The PM's announced $1 billion fund for interest-free loans for infrastructure to support new housing developments is another piece in the continuing response to its most pressing problem.

It's time to get real about Auckland port

Editorial: If Ports of Auckland was on the sharemarket, it would not be still enraging Aucklanders with these bids for more of the harbour.

Editorial: Olympians wear kit for a moment but fern forever

The ritual unveiling of the New Zealand Olympic uniform follows a now familiar path.

Editorial: Big worries for Nats to dwell on at conference

Serious social imbalances take shine off good performances in polls and economy.

Editorial: Airport rail route would be a winner

When most of us look at a map of Auckland's railways, a spur line to the airport appears obvious and easy.

Editorial: PM spoke too soon on poor trust rules

The Prime Minister was too quick to declare his confidence in this country's treatment of foreign trusts following the "Panama papers".

Editorial: End of online betting a sign of the times

The deathknell sounded for yet another custom this week, with the TAB hanging up the service which let punters place bets over the phone by talking to an operator.

Editorial: Pain of cyberbullying is all too real

Bullies once confined their behaviour to the schoolyard. The digital world has changed all that, as our revealing series about cyberbullying illustrates this week.

Editorial: Gun laws make acts of hate deadly

We will never know precisely why a 29-year-old American went to a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and started shooting people.

Editorial: Wait drags on for pay equity breakthrough

This year has carried hopes of a breakthrough for "pay equity", which means equal pay for women not just with men doing the same work but with men doing different work.

Editorial: Lure of history will feed flames for Welsh tonight

Back in the day Wales could run on to a rugby paddock and field a team stacked with A-list names.

Editorial: Bottled water can bear cost of resource

In a country where it is perfectly safe to drink water from a tap, it is incredible that anybody can make money by selling water in bottles.

Editorial: Time to ask questions of constitution

Why should this Pacific nation, half the world away from the sovereign's palace, retain a foreign head of state?

Editorial: NZ must hope Britain has sense to stay

Pity the British. Here in NZ we have referendums on subjects such as the flag; they have them on the make-up of their nation and its place in the world.

Editorial: Great dream for rapid rail gets on track at long last

If the railway works as its planners intend, it will make Auckland a more compact city, boosting its CBD and attracting more dense development.