Plagiarism is bad form. Campuses throw out undergraduates caught cribbing lines. But that's not the way it works in Donald Trump's world.

Having once been too reliant on one export market, NZ does not want to be in that position again, whether the market is post-Brexit Britain or China.

Russia and her allies have started a fightback to stay in the Rio Olympics after the sensational disclosures about a state-directed doping programme.

The Vice-President should enjoy his 24 hours here. His personality and his politics are closer to a Kiwi style than most American officials we greet.

Having summoned democracy to his side, the Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may need to be more willing to honour it.

Two pathfinding odysseys are circling the globe in unconventional carriers.

China refused to participate in the Sea Law case and does not recognise it as a legitimate exercise under international law.

It is hard to escape the sense that Hekia Parata should have gone further when announcing a limited inclusion of digital technology in school curriculum.

State housing and building programmes are just the political branding of a package that contains more potent taxation inside.

Way out in space, so far that it takes a message nearly an hour to reach earth, the Nasa craft Juno is doing what the classical mythologists anticipated.

John Chilcot produced his verdict on the Blair Government's decision to join the US' invasion of Iraq. None of its findings are a surprise.

First Trump, then Brexit, now the Australian election has produced a rebellion of sorts.

Editorial: The PM's announced $1 billion fund for interest-free loans for infrastructure to support new housing developments is another piece in the continuing response to its most pressing problem.

Editorial: If Ports of Auckland was on the sharemarket, it would not be still enraging Aucklanders with these bids for more of the harbour.

Serious social imbalances take shine off good performances in polls and economy.

The ritual unveiling of the New Zealand Olympic uniform follows a now familiar path.

When most of us look at a map of Auckland's railways, a spur line to the airport appears obvious and easy.

The Prime Minister was too quick to declare his confidence in this country's treatment of foreign trusts following the "Panama papers".

The test table is being set for the real deal before the next Rugby World Cup - the British and Irish Lions tour next year.

The City will no doubt survive as a financial capital but United Kingdom is unlikely to.

The Government's decision to extend the service of New Zealand soldiers in Iraq beyond next February's deadline is the right one.

The EU has overreached its remit in many respects, yet the world is better when Europe is together. Britain should stay.

National has been remarkably conciliatory so far for a party so long in power. An extension of paid parental leave deserves its consideration.

Teina Pora's legal team are right to hold out on the Government's compensation offer until the issue of inflation adjustment is resolved.

The deathknell sounded for yet another custom this week, with the TAB hanging up the service which let punters place bets over the phone by talking to an operator.

Bullies once confined their behaviour to the schoolyard. The digital world has changed all that, as our revealing series about cyberbullying illustrates this week.

We will never know precisely why a 29-year-old American went to a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and started shooting people.

This year has carried hopes of a breakthrough for "pay equity", which means equal pay for women not just with men doing the same work but with men doing different work.

Back in the day Wales could run on to a rugby paddock and field a team stacked with A-list names.

In a country where it is perfectly safe to drink water from a tap, it is incredible that anybody can make money by selling water in bottles.