Editorial: Aussies show the way with tax initiative
If Australia's initiative works well enough, this country should be quick to follow suit.
If Australia's initiative works well enough, this country should be quick to follow suit.
Rapid increase in visitors who are spending more suggests country offering good value for money.
Some might cheer Ashley Madison breach, but it shows even ordinary people can be hit and hurt by the cyber-zealots.
Screening for any cancer is a big decision and the case needs to be compelling. Only when it is should a national programme proceed.
Foreign Minister Murray McCully ought to stand aside while the Auditor-General conducts her inquiry into the Saudi sheep deal.
No serious road accident involving a visitor to this country represents good publicity for the tourism industry.
Tap beneath the surface of an issue and all sorts of questions emerge.
Two major factors - falling international coal prices and a $320 million mountain of debt - proved the undoing of state-owned coal company Solid Energy.
No one expects 'The Donald' to be President, but his rivals might be better to go for him now before he spoils his party's chances.
The 40 designs selected this week from more than 10,000 proposals have given some focus to the question of whether we should change our national flag.
Even in department stores throughout Europe, it is hard to escape Auckland. That is because of the widespread presence of a Dutch clothing range called NZA New Zealand Auckland.
The Government is right to press ahead with plans to extend the use of electronic monitoring of offenders. But they are far from infallible.
Three years ago, when there was a dramatic fall in the world ranking of America's college graduates, early childhood education was accorded special attention.
Wills and Harry have made the royal family relevant again, but empty honours for their father can only aid the republican cause.
Bravery and resolve of New Zealand's troops' supreme feat of achievement deserves August 8 commemoration.
People need to be left in no doubt about their responsibility to properly train and socialise their dogs.
If there is one event that defines the modern world, it is the blinding, searing, radioactive explosion over the city of Hiroshima 70 years ago today.
The last thing a police officer probably wants to do is tell a woman her new man has a record of violence in relationships.
Lack of moral courage by other spectators at club games allows sideline abusers to get away with their abhorrent behaviour.
A gold-standard free trade agreement, so long the Government's goal for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, is not going to eventuate.
Figures showing bank loans to investors outnumbering first-home buyers by three to one are hard evidence of what has undoubtedly been happening for a long time.
Fights in a prison are probably not unusual, and often worse that the "fight club" video from Mt Eden that has had a political chain-reaction.
Providing migrants with an added incentive to settle in regional New Zealand, rather than Auckland, involves a degree of intervention that would not normally be contemplated by a National Government.
Te reo Maori it is primarily an oral language and has survived long enough now to suggest it will not be lost. But imagine how much better it would be if it was celebrated.
The All Blacks are scheduled to play most of their matches at the Rugby World Cup in England, including the final hopefully, during the hours the bars would be closed.
A cluster of Chinese restaurants does not make a "Chinatown", much as some people might wish it to be so.
Editorial: The resource is not being used as it should be, and stricter policing of the current trade will not, in itself, change that markedly.
Iran and the US have been thrown together in the fight against the Islamic State. Originally reluctant allies, they are now better placed to work in tandem.
The national rail network is an asset that should survive and be put to its best-possible use.
Greece's capitulation to the demands of its euro creditors is a resounding victory for the common currency and takes the eurozone a step closer to common government.