Suspiciously quickly, the Government re-opened SH1 south of Kaikoura just before Christmas.

The All Blacks long ago developed an ability to dominate the country's sports thinking; year on year. High achievement in the national

A year always feels like it has flashed by until we look back at some of the events that happened.

A philosopher writing in the Herald this week, Massey Professor Bill Fish, pointed out that Santa Clause is real.

At the start of last month, the tarnished Lance Armstrong was the defendant in a federal courtroom in Washington as lawyers ripped apart his life.

The National Party's decision not to contest the Mt Albert byelection can be well understood, but that does not make it right.

The US President-elect, Donald Trump, (which still sounds like a joke) made Twitter his preferred means of communication in his election campaign.

New Prime Minister Bill English faced one big question when it came to shaping his Cabinet: how much change does the country really want?

Chris Kelly did not take long to disappear from Massey University's governing body after his careless remarks about woman vets.

The Government must ensure every firm trading here pays its fair share for the stability and services they all enjoy.

Bill English made a good start to his premiership yesterday, making some personal declarations even before he was sworn in.

The National Government today takes the greatest risk of its tenure - a leadership change.

New Zealand whitebait are one of the few dining pleasures to escape the culinary assault of reality chefs.

The contest for the National Party leadership and the job of Prime Minister lasted barely 72 hours.

David Shearer is a loss to our politics.

National Party politics - and, by extension, New Zealand politics - have suddenly become very uncertain.

John Key's bombshell announcement yesterday has thrown New Zealand politics into turmoil.

It is hard to understand why Finance Minister is wary about giving the Reserve Bank the power it wants to impose an income limit on house mortgage lending.

The police yesterday called off the search for Taulagi Afamasaga.

"Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me." Those were the words of Fidel Castro in October 1953.

The British and Irish Lions team to tour NZ next year will potentially be the finest side representing the four Home Unions to travel to our shores.

A stoush over "land banking" developers is brewing in Britain - and local authorities in New Zealand may well be interested observers in the result.

Among his many duties, Foreign Minister Murray McCully gets to rub shoulders with some fairly noxious individuals.

The Government's latest move to crack down on dangerous dogs is commendable and some will say well over due.

Doctors at Waikato Hospital have raised disturbing allegations about the way the district health board makes its decisions.

In the world according to Donald Trump the Trans-Pacific Partnership is dead.

A survey which revealed access problems to the child disability allowance has raised more questions than answers.

The consensus view of the nation's economists is that New Zealand is well placed to take the rebuild costs from last week's quake in its stride.

The contours of Donald Trump's White House administration are emerging.

It has been more than 20 years since the first major effort in New Zealand to promote legalised euthanasia.