The Budget has room for more spending but it needs to be justified.

EDITORIAL: A rethink of the way cows are managed is required to deal with outbreak.

EDITORIAL: Pharmac is the sort of cost controller Americans expected from Trump.

EDITORIAL: Auckland needs a decent domestic terminal much sooner than planned.

EDITORIAL: Awards show industry has adapted to commercial pressure and cultural demands.

EDITORIAL: Auckland tourism is aiming to be better, not just bigger.

Foreign Affairs' big Budget increase needs to be for specified projects.

EDITORIAL: The picture of sexual crime in our corner of supposed paradise is disturbing.

Tana Umaga's team has nothing left to lose after a pitiful season.

EDITORIAL:From patriotism to peacemaking, focus of war commemorations is rightly changing.

EDITORIAL: The name-calling is over, but should we trust what we are witnessing?

EDITORIAL: Charles' takeover looked like more than a purely practical handover.

EDITORIAL: After 20 years, Claire Hills' mysterious killer should pick up the phone.

EDITORIAL: A bill to get young offenders back to school is well worth the support.

EDITORIAL: After six months the Government has yet to show its real character.

Jacinda Ardern seems to be making a fine impression in Europe.

EDITORIAL: Besieging judges' homes is no way for fathers to advance their case.

EDITORIAL: When drones venture near aircraft they are a menace.

EDITORIAL: Rugby is no longer a game for the less well built.

Closing the Waitakeres is not the final answer to kauri dieback.

EDITORIAL: Free speech can be severely threatened these days.

EDITORIAL: Hubbard case highlights need to get rules right for transgendered athletes.

EDITORIAL: Greens' choice of co-leader shows party will push its social agenda.

EDITORIAL: One family's resolve brings a breakthrough in medical science.

EDITORIAL: How sad the NZDF can no longer fire a shot for Anzac Day.

EDITORIAL: Children's false accusations of sexual assault appear to be rare.

New Government plans to bet big on public transport.

EDITORIAL: Judges should not need to be sheltered from criticism.

EDITORIAL: A numerical target provides a much sharper focus than any formula of words.

A privacy scandal has rocked the social media giant but users will decide its future.