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.

Last year Labour unified itself. This year, it will be rolling out its headline-grabbing policies, writes Rachel Smalley.

Auckland reaches its 176th anniversary. The city has to fit many more people in and the plan needs to ensure it is done well.

Before departing on his Antarctic expedition, the British explorer Henry Worsley explained his motivation for traversing the frozen continent all alone.

Crackdown on cash jobs is welcome, but IRD should not forget corporate big fish.

The Prime Minister's reading of the politics of the issue is an implicit tribute to the effort of the departing mayor, Len Brown, as it was three years ago.

New Zealanders often appear unable or even unwilling to repay their debts, especially those owed to the state or city hall.

If we want an inclusive city that can accommodate the next generation of New Zealanders, tough calls will need to be made.

New Zealanders have just a week left to voice their opinions on voluntary euthanasia and whether it should be considered under law.

For almost two decades, the Sky Tower has dominated the Auckland skyline.

Not for the first time in her political career, Corrections Minister Judith Collins finds herself in hot water.

When the weather is kind, the Hauraki Gulf teems with runabouts filled with fishers hoping for a catch.

One of the joys of sport is the unpredictable nature of competition - the underdog beating the odds to record a famous win, or the favourite inexplicably falling short with victory in sight.

As far as scoops go, Sean Penn's interview with the fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sensational.

Critics worry Auckland Council's shortlist of designs do not reflect brief for quiet, passive and contemplative area in the Domain.

Academic research into public health problems has an uncanny way of confirming the concerns of its funder.

A promising young rugby player with a "glittering career" ahead of him has been given a discharge without conviction after admitting an assault on a man who was at a bar with his ex-girlfriend.

The business year starts gradually and, usually, nervously. This year is no exception.

When the Christmas-New Year period ended for accident statistics on Tuesday morning, 12 more people had died on the roads.

President Barack Obama's tearful intervention this week in America's gun control debate had an immediate impact.

With two months until we vote on national symbol, it is important to view proposed new design in action.