Keeping young people from a life of crime involves education and housing as well as police, Bill English tells Auckland crowd.

Migrants do not dilute New Zealand's cultural identity despite more coming from non-traditional source countries, experts say.

Lincoln Tan poses questions on the Immigration challenges facing NZ.

PM Bill English talks down prospect of migrant infrastructure levy which Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse says would be unfair for migrants.

The perception that migrants take jobs from Kiwis and push up house prices are widespread, but the fear is overblown, a new report has found.

A new report from the New Zealand Initiative suggests immigrants cover the increase cost of infrastructure.

Today is an anniversary not just for Auckland but everywhere from Taupo north.

The Otago Regional Council's very existence is on the line as the Dunedin City Council considers the merits of a unitary council for the city.

The Government talks up the prospects of a new supply of housing for first-home buyers in Auckland, but is there a funding gap?

COMMENT: As the world's population becomes more urban our cities are increasingly coming under pressure to sustainably accommodate everyone.

The 750 refugees who arrive in NZ each year now face a whole new journey navigating our foreign land.

Doctors' strike at 18 DHBs to disrupt care for thousands of patients

What happens when a town triples in size overnight? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

It's a classic clash between urban growth and farmers.

A treasure trove of bird's eye-view photographs taken since the 1930s are now available to the public online. The new website shows

Auckland commuters can groan in agreement with a report that reveals the city has the worst travel times and reliability in Australia and New Zealand.

As if Australians didn't have enough pesky species to worry about, a new study finds their country is effectively crawling with feral cats.

New Zealand needs to show Israel there is a cost of continuing war, by refusing to accept imports or Israeli visitors from the occupied territories.

COMMENT: While the proposal is good in theory, it's no panacea for the challenges of our modern economy.

COMMENT: Forward planning for walking and cycling in urban areas hasn't previously been great.

New Zealand's booming migration and tourism set new records in November, with arrivals continuing to increase and departures steadily lower.

Less than half of young renters voted at the last election, and more than 90 per cent of property owners over the age of 50 voted.

Bill English delivered a few surprises in his first media appearance, including poetry, a u-turn on gay marriage and a nod to the trade unions.

Water supply levels in both Franz Josef and Fox Glacier are being monitored as the tourist season ramps up again.

COMMENT: Targeted immigration can be good for an economy. It can bring in new ideas, cultures and increased entrepreneurship.

Eighteen per cent of GP clinics closed their books to new patients

Almost all of New Zealand has had a "hotspot" feeling to it this year, but one part of Auckland is about to boom with 254 per cent growth.

New Zealand is growing at the fastest rate since the 1970s with the population expanding by 2.1 per cent a year. Tristram Clayton talks to NZ Herald property editor Anne Gibson for further information.

Auckland is falling off the pace in its natural tendency to produce disproportionately more economic output than the rest of the country.

COMMENT: It's often said that through our innovations in science, agriculture and medicine humans have become masters of our biological destiny.