New Zealand's continuous pursuit of economic growth is depleting the country's resources while failing to satisfy our material desires, says an Auckland academic.

All eight of New Zealand's universities are being taken to the New Zealand Copyright Tribunal for refusing to agree to an increased annual licence fee which allows lecturers to copy authors' work for students.

New Zealand universities have spent more than $250,000 dishing out honorary degrees to celebrities and visiting dignitaries, a Herald investigation into the eight institutions has found.

New Zealand's mostly Australian-owned banks are not as profitable as they appear, despite very strong earnings, the NZ Bankers Association says.

Join us for a replay of live chat about gender diversity in the New Zealand workplace with Lesley Whyte.

The results are in, for the competing funds' first five years. If yours is trailing the field, is it time to switch? Tamsyn Parker reports.

Buying a home has become more affordable in every part of the country over the the past twelve months - except in Auckland.

The days of discovering forgotten leftovers at the back of the fridge will be over if an industrial design student from Wellington has his way.

The Wellington Zoo's six-year-old male giraffe Seun died today after an operation to cure a painful hoof condition.

To mark the Herald relaunch we're taking an in-depth, week-long look at what it means to be Kiwi. Today - why we choose NZ over anywhere else on the globe.