The turnout for the Auckland Council election was profoundly disappointing. What has happened to the hopes once held for a unified, strongly led city?

Due to the crimes of Russian hackers, the little-known term "therapeutic use exemption" has gained currency in New Zealand.

How disappointing then, that yet another one has let rugby down.

COMMENT: Helen Clark's push for the top United Nations job failed through no fault of her own.

How many times over the years have we seen the junior doctors' union complain about the unconscionable hours they work in public hospitals?

Voters need to assess which of candidates looks more capable of doing so. The elections matter and so does your vote.

Some of our successful recent Olympians have drawn public attention to the salaries paid to those who dispense taxpayers' money to athletes.

What exactly could Trump say on this subject that would not be worse for him than for Hillary Clinton?

It is hard to dislodge the tawdry episode of Len Brown's workplace affair from any assessment of his legacy, the Weekend Herald says in an editorial.

If Hillary Clinton wins the US presidential election in six weeks' time, a great deal of the credit could go to her demeanour in last night's first debate.

Arnold Palmer, who died yesterday aged 87, was a kind of father figure of golf for the generation that grew up with television.

Among our eight universities, one should be capable of making its presence felt in the English-speaking world. Auckland should be up there.

The collapse of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's marriage spells the end of the portmanteau term "Brangelina".

Serious questions require to be answered about the size and format of the competition.

The beauty about New Zealand's quota management system for commercial fisheries was that it would be self-policing, in theory.

If the US turns inward and protectionist under its next President, trading countries will look elsewhere for global progress.

Investors deserve transparency. We need to know where our money is invested and exactly how much it's costing us.

Sharemarkets fell sharply on reports that at least two members of US Federal Reserve board favour raising its base interest rate when it meets this week.

The sentence given to Nikolas Delegat for assaulting a policewoman has been widely condemned.

With next election just a year away, John Key looks likely to deliver National a fourth term, the first PM to achieve that feat since Sir Keith Holyoake.

Hillary Clinton has stumbled, verbally and physically, in the past few days.

Larger countries may be able to protect their own steel makers but New Zealand needs to think carefully.

The irrepressible Tim Shadbolt's three decades as a mayor - at opposite ends of the country - could end next month when Invercargill voters pass judgment.

New Zealand Rugby's chief executive Steve Tew has conceded, "we have not got it right".

Teachers in Auckland this week held the first of 50 planned stopwork meetings around the country over a Government proposal called a "global budget".

It is a relief that a G20 summit hosted by China produced nothing worse than a dispute over steps the US President would use to alight from Air Force One.

It is too soon to say the market has turned, but it might be wise to wait and see.

A new political party aiming to represent Indian and other Asian immigrants ought to be welcomed by all New Zealanders.

Consumer finds 70 per cent of us regularly buy and receive vouchers and nearly a quarter of us have had a card expire.

When a bug in Havelock North's water supply caused an outbreak of campylobacter weeks ago, we asked the question, how could this happen in NZ?