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Editorial: Too soon to jump to stimulus

The elusive surplus has disappeared again. It is just two months since John Key and Bill English were celebrating the final figure for 2014-15, an unexpected surplus.

Editorial: Child poverty needs more direct action

The latest report tells us 29 per cent of children lived in poverty in 2014, up from 24 per cent the previous year. About 14 per cent live in material hardship, lacking several of the items most New Zealanders would consider essential.

Editorial: Climate goals must now flow into daily life

Getting so many nations, including "developing" nations such as China, to sign on to emissions reductions certainly makes the agreement historic.

Editorial: Reserve Bank moves right for economy

Climate change may still seem a distant threat, but a "Super El Nino" summer is already evident.

Editorial: Govt ought to keep clear on medicines

Two petitions are circulating for the funding of the new immunotherapy drug against melanoma, Keytruda.

Editorial: Obnoxious Fury just asking to be silenced

The new heavyweight boxing champion of the wwooorld is going to get very boring very quickly.

Editorial: Little to gain by honouring NZ's civil wars

What more could a national holiday do except reopen old wounds and invite continued debate? We have enough of that around Waitangi Day.

Editorial: Ombudsman badly needs health check

For the past year, the Office of the Ombudsman has been reviewing the Official Information Act.

Collins played cards wisely to earn return

Judith Collins' return to John Key's Cabinet is a credit to her. It would have been easy for someone of her temperament to have reacted differently to her dismissal.

Editorial: Vote on flag design really does matter

Admit it, the ballot paper is still sitting on the sideboard while you wonder what to do.

Editorial: Dashed RMA reforms show NZ's priority

For better or worse, National's failure to raise importance of economic considerations clearly underscores the public's bottom line.

Editorial: Shared border with Australia a tidy solution

We should welcome Australian Senator Ian Macdonald's goodwill towards improved access to Australian citizenship for New Zealanders.

Editorial: Data attitude casts bad light on Govt policy

These disturbing contracts seem symptomatic of an unfortunate attitude that has permeated the public service under this Government. Its "no surprises" principle seeks to control the release of any information which might be awkward to explain.

Editorial: Goff favourite but needs to exert control

Phil Goff is the instant front-runner, if not a near certainty, to be the next mayor of Auckland.

Editorial: Govt tinkering with pool laws raises red flag

It does not seem 28 years since legislation was passed requiring home swimming pools to be fenced.

Editorial: Housing hikoi sign of rising social unrest

A "hikoi for homes" in Auckland today may be the forerunner of social unrest on a greater scale.

Editorial: Sportsmanship nearly as good as winning

In a week when we have lost one of our model sportsmen and marked the retirement of another, it is thrilling to see a good spirit catching on.

Editorial: Labour coffers of concern to all donors

Ever since the party's former president, Mike Williams, stepped down there have been murmurs that his successors did not have the same persuasive touch with business donors.