Immigration - looking in the wrong queue
COMMENT: Immigrants are neither the scourge or the solution, says Deborah Hill Cone.
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Eric Crampton: Red tape still stands in the way of needed skills
This week's changes can attract more skilled migrants but we need to reduce red tape.
Benefit numbers fall by 1700
Social Development Ministry reveals fewest people on the benefit in 20 years.
Editorial: Residency rule changes might not lift workforce skills
EDITORIAL: The right if skilled migrants to gain residence will now depend on their pay.
Carers deserve every cent they've won
COMMENT: An undercover mission shows how greatly carers deserve pay rise.
Chance to redress blot on Auckland history
COMMENT: There is a chance to revisit a sensible suggestion of an Arrival Museum.
Who will fund Auckland's future?
COMMENT: What will Auckland's housing market look like in decade, asks Liam Dann.
Q&A: Why do we live in flood zones?
Why do so many New Zealand communities lie in flood zones? An expert explains.
Editorial: Auckland needs urgent work
EDITORIAL: Auckland cannot close the door on growth but it can build what is required.
Big jam: 1 in 3 main roads face snarl-ups
Auckland's population growth is leading to traffic chaos on the city's roads
Auckland under pressure: Is it broken?
In case you missed it: Investigation finds city's infrastructure reaching breaking point.
Hidden Pacific campaign hits over target
A joint effort by Herald and World Vision fundraising campaign sees them make $200,000.
Liam Dann: Housing bubble springs a leak
COMMENT: Don't panic, housing bubble hasn't popped. But it has released a bit of hot air.
Lead exposure linked to lower IQ: study
Poorer outcomes for some blamed on NZ's leaded petrol.
Solomons and NZ can teach each other
COMMENT: Alex Waimora is from the Solomon Islands but has been living in NZ for four years.
Kiwis among world's prolific 'pre-loaders'
Kiwis have been revealed as being among the world's most prolific pre-loaders.
Sewer tests flush out city's meth use
Tests of the contents of Auckland's sewers have revealed worryingly high rates of methamphetamine.
PM on tax cuts: 'Something will be covered'
Adjusting tax brackets is part of the discussion.
Liam Dann: Give baby boomers a break
Baby boomer bashing won't solve the problems, says Liam Dann.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Creative NZ backs Wairoa song
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.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Hastings' biggest citizenship ceremony
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.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Whakatane Mayor says decline prediction doesn't mirror reality
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.
Watch NZH Local Focus: 'People come into our district' - South Waikato Mayor ready for growth
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
Watch NZH Local Focus: Mayor says Kawerau won't become a ghost town under his watch
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.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Decline? What decline? Hauraki Mayor talks up region
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.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Stratford Mayor says region not dying
Stratford mayor Neil Volzke, says he disagrees with the Maxim Insititute's regional population decline report. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Rotorua Mayor ahead of the game on forecast population decline
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.
Watch NZH Focus: Regions population on the decline
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.
100,000 facing starvation in South Sudan
Joyce Luma, head of the United Nation's World Food Programme in South Sudan, called the famine "man-made".
Sick parents can't visit kids in NZ
Chinese immigrant and only-child Chen Wang's biggest wish is to see his 60-year-old mother, Jie Qu, come through the Auckland Airport arrival hall.
Super Diverse Women Q&A: Rez Gardi
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.
Immigrant millennials over-represented in low-paying jobs
Despite having better work ethics, refugee and immigrant millennials (RIM) still struggle to get good jobs in New Zealand, a study has found.
'I still have the label of refugee'
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.