Editorial: Bill to simplify Easter trading full of flaws
Michael Woodhouse is right. The rules governing shop trading on Easter Sunday are complex and relatively arbitrary.
Michael Woodhouse is right. The rules governing shop trading on Easter Sunday are complex and relatively arbitrary.
The practice of New Zealanders in their 20s throwing caution to the wind and heading off to London on working holidays is no longer such a cultural phenomenon.
All eyes in the rugby world have turned to the selection of squads for the World Cup. Each major contender has a quandary or two.
The shortcomings at Child, Youth and Family reflect an agency that hasn't coped with a significant switch in societal attitudes to child abuse.
New Zealand was a latecomer in establishing a register for sex offenders. Now, however, Social Development Minister Anne Tolley seems intent on making up for lost time.
New Zealand is a small boat in a storm, but a fairly sturdy one. We have ridden out the past few tempests in the world economy without being swamped and that offers confidence we can survive this one.
Worm farming is a dangerous industry, according to the Government's health and safety reform bill.
If Australia's initiative works well enough, this country should be quick to follow suit.
Rapid increase in visitors who are spending more suggests country offering good value for money.
Foreign Minister Murray McCully ought to stand aside while the Auditor-General conducts her inquiry into the Saudi sheep deal.
No serious road accident involving a visitor to this country represents good publicity for the tourism industry.
Tap beneath the surface of an issue and all sorts of questions emerge.
Two major factors - falling international coal prices and a $320 million mountain of debt - proved the undoing of state-owned coal company Solid Energy.
No one expects 'The Donald' to be President, but his rivals might be better to go for him now before he spoils his party's chances.
A convincing display is needed to quell concerns the ageing team could be following the same path as the 1991 World Cup team.
Last year's Mood of the Boardroom survey showed businesses and consumers cock-a-hoop about this country's economic prospects. The mood yesterday was less confident.
The 40 designs selected this week from more than 10,000 proposals have given some focus to the question of whether we should change our national flag.
Even in department stores throughout Europe, it is hard to escape Auckland. That is because of the widespread presence of a Dutch clothing range called NZA New Zealand Auckland.
Wills and Harry have made the royal family relevant again, but empty honours for their father can only aid the republican cause.
Bravery and resolve of New Zealand's troops' supreme feat of achievement deserves August 8 commemoration.
People need to be left in no doubt about their responsibility to properly train and socialise their dogs.
If there is one event that defines the modern world, it is the blinding, searing, radioactive explosion over the city of Hiroshima 70 years ago today.
The last thing a police officer probably wants to do is tell a woman her new man has a record of violence in relationships.
It beggars belief that any nurses employed in public hospitals would be allowed to decline vaccinations against winter flu.
the mess the Republicans are making of their challenge has been illustrated yet again by Donald Trump's bumptious hijacking of the British Open women's golf championship.
Lack of moral courage by other spectators at club games allows sideline abusers to get away with their abhorrent behaviour.
A gold-standard free trade agreement, so long the Government's goal for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, is not going to eventuate.
Figures showing bank loans to investors outnumbering first-home buyers by three to one are hard evidence of what has undoubtedly been happening for a long time.
Fights in a prison are probably not unusual, and often worse that the "fight club" video from Mt Eden that has had a political chain-reaction.
Providing migrants with an added incentive to settle in regional New Zealand, rather than Auckland, involves a degree of intervention that would not normally be contemplated by a National Government.