EDITORIAL: Auckland cannot close the door on growth but it can build what is required.

In case you missed it: Investigation finds city's infrastructure reaching breaking point.

Auckland's population growth is leading to traffic chaos on the city's roads

A joint effort by Herald and World Vision fundraising campaign sees them make $200,000.

COMMENT: Don't panic, housing bubble hasn't popped. But it has released a bit of hot air.

Poorer outcomes for some blamed on NZ's leaded petrol.

COMMENT: Alex Waimora is from the Solomon Islands but has been living in NZ for four years.

Kiwis have been revealed as being among the world's most prolific pre-loaders.

Tests of the contents of Auckland's sewers have revealed worryingly high rates of methamphetamine.

Wairoa butcher Kiri Gilbert believes any time is the right time to uplift a community, and he's done just that - through song. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Hastings has congratulated its largest number of newly officiated New Zealand citizens just as Statistics New Zealand released population projections stating Hawke's Bay would grow steadily over the next 30 years. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Whakatane Mayor Tony Bonne is confident in the success of the region, despite a Maxim Institute report projecting population decline in the next two decades. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Recent report predictions that rural districts may see a population decline in years to come is being rebutted by the South Waikato which has had 1.3% population rise in the last year. - Made with funding from NZ On Air

Kawerau Mayor Malcolm Campbell discusses what the industrial service centre needs to do to ensure a prosperous future, after a Maxim Institute report forecast population decline in the area in the next two decades. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Hauraki District Mayor John Tregidga is optimistic about the future of his region - despite dire predictions. But - he wants Government agencies bought back to the district. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Stratford mayor Neil Volzke, says he disagrees with the Maxim Insititute's regional population decline report. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Rotorua Mayor Steve Chadwick discusses the release of the Maxim Institute population decline report today, and what the Rotorua Lakes Council are doing to buck the trend. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Bernadine Oliver-Kerby talks to Alex Penk, CEO at Maxim Institute, about how the population in the regions are expected to decline over the next 30 years.

Daily and weekly doses effective, but not monthly.

The Herald this week marks the launch of Super Diverse Women. Today, Lincoln Tan talks to a laywer who came to New Zealand from Pakistan.

Despite having better work ethics, refugee and immigrant millennials (RIM) still struggle to get good jobs in New Zealand, a study has found.

Rez Gardi came to NZ under the refugee quota system. After spending nearly 20 years in Auckland, Gardi says she still feels like a second class citizen.

Avondale and Mt Roskill could be next in line for large-scale housing projects, the Government says.

The gap between housing supply and demand in New Zealand is growing by 40 homes a day.

As our population ages, retirement at 65 is becoming out of reach for most.

The Government now says its rheumatic fever target might not be met until next year or even mid-2019.

Kiwi researchers will investigate whether microbes found inside our gut could hold the key to battling the development of diabetes.

Peter Foster knows first hand how tough it can be to make a go of it in New Zealand, and he doubts the billionaires heading to NZ will last long.

COMMENT: There is frustration as well as fury in the messages mainstream media are receiving. Somehow we need to work out what is not being said.

COMMENT: Readers of a certain age might remember when there was a degree of prejudice against the wave of immigrants from the Netherlands, Brian Fallow writes.