We have always wondered whether the very words All Blacks put terror into the hearts of other rugby nations. Now we know.

Migrants' choice to wear burqas may be alien to West but respect gives them space to adjust to new ways in their own time.

Both claim to be journalists, Cameron Slater and Nicky Hage have found their work subject to the scrutiny of the High Court.

Editorial: While it is in our interests to provide all reasonable assistance to enable them to establish a new life here, we should not sympathise with their predicament too much.

Sometimes historical mistakes are so monumental it is pointless to wonder what might have been.

The Auckland Council intends to hold a debate and a vote on whether to oppose exploratory oil drilling in an area of seabed off the west coast.

Employed people have not always had a year of notable achievements to celebrate on Labour Day but this year they do.

For six months former All Black Mils Muliaina waited to answer a charge of sexual assault in a Cardiff night club after a rugby match.

With revelations holding us up to ridicule, Key should treat his position with more respect.

Eliminated hosts deserve high praise for stunning standard of event so far.

After the smiles and the high-fives, minister must resist pressure to spend extra cash on tax cuts or bolstering social programmes.

Turnbull's and Key's burning issue on their agenda is the detention and deportation of non-Australian citizens who have been convicted of crime.

Labour's leader, Andrew Little, faces a dilemma over what sort of deputy he needs.

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.

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.

Every time the Prime Minister tries to advance something that does not address one of the country's more pressing problems, he is harangued.

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.