After visiting clubs and speaking to members, Shelley Bridgeman wonders why any women would want to spend their leisure time in such a testosterone-rich environment.

Patricia Greig hasn't been a member of a social media website for six months and life couldn't be better. Six months, cold turkey. And there's no going back.

If New Zealand becomes a member of the UN Security Council early tomorrow, hoping to get a pay-off for the hundreds of thousands of dollars in schmoozing we've done to get there, let us see how much of an independent voice we will retain.

Attempts to put a ban on the word female in Labour have failed. It seems to be like having a sore tooth they can't help poking, despite the pain, writes Claire Trevett.

Kiwi companies are increasingly turning to trade fairs in China as a gateway to the international and Chinese market.

An incident in Auckland on Sunday shows that, sooner rather than later, firearms locked in police cars will prove too far away to save lives.

Say what you want about John Key, but he's so relaxed he's horizontal, writes Mike Hosking. He's real, and he loves it. Why couldn't David Shearer do that?

There probably isn't a better example in test rugby than Liam Messam to illustrate what hard work, patience and perseverance can do for a career, writes Gregor Paul.

The Labour Party is doing itself no favours with the way it has decided to elect its leader.

Yes, you can avoid the runs when you travel.

David Skipwith opinion: It's not easy to admit but I actually have some sympathy for Ben Flower in the wake of his sucker-punch on Lance Hohaia.

Gay engagement shouldn't be any different than straight engagement (after all, that was the point of marriage equality), but it is, writes newly engaged Lee Suckling.

In order to go faster first we must go slower.

I was intending to give Snowden and the topic of mass state surveillance a rest, as it is starting to feel done to death already.

Our official watchdogs on food safety in the Ministry for Primary Industries need a reminder of whose interests they serve.

The rugby wheeze coming out of Oz is not always on the money.

With the most resounding mandate in living memory, what's a third-term National Party-led Government to do?

There are big questions that beg answers arising from the Serious Fraud Office's failed action in what was billed as the biggest alleged fraud in New Zealand's history.

Shall we talk about misogyny and its starring role in the test match build up this week? Nah, best not. Best we just avoid the subject altogether.

Displaying your defeated enemy's heads on poles is a time-honoured New Zealand military practice.

With Nanaia Mahuta entering the race to be Labour leader, Bryce Edwwards asks if the days of the party’s ‘pale, male, and stale’ leaders are over.

Young adults represent the future of New Zealand's economy, so what areas are they moving to? Find out here with the Herald's latest data blog.

Do you get a buzz when you hear New Zealand mentioned on the screen? Here are 10 movies that reference New Zealand.

It was labelled the biggest fraud case in NZ’s history but has ended up the biggest courtroom loss for the Serious Fraud Office in a finance company trial so far.

Sally Hibbard spoke to a leading dog trainer and behavior expert who made it very clear that there is no definitive way to stop an attack, but offers these tips.

Sometimes it feels like technology has turned against you. Paul Casserly mourns the death of his PVR and contemplates all the shows he had recorded but never got the chance to watch