House prices have risen faster than wages in all but four regions in New Zealand, according to analysis by the Labour Party.

COMMENT: Candidates vying to replace the PM should keep in mind doing exactly what the voters said might not be wise.

Following the Brexit vote, odds are growing that governments will be jolted by mounting populist pressures worldwide.

COMMENT: I mean no disrespect to older people. I hope to be elderly myself one day. I just don't want them voting any more.

Landbankers could have property seized by the Government if the land is within certain areas marked for housing development. Housing

WATCH: New Zealand's migration gain per capita is currently running nearly three times as high as the UK.

Despite what we like to think - wealth is not evenly distributed, in fact it's the worst it's been in over a decade.

COMMENT: New Zealand's economic miracle - the desire of people to come and live here - is showing signs of peaking.

The pace of growth in New Zealand's services sector slowed in May, although inbound migration continues demand.

COMMENT: Something remarkable happens tomorrow in countries such as New Zealand.

New Zealand continues to post record net migration arrivals, with a 67,400 gain over the past year, led by arrivals from Australia, China and the Philippines.

COMMENT: New Zealand's progress nudges our population growth ahead of Australia, writes Brian Gaynor.

Plummeting numbers of bees, butterflies and other insect populations are placing world food supplies under threat, a United Nations report has warned.

Could the aging of the US population be behind all sorts of other phenomena, from anti- growth activism to the decline in business dynamism and entrepreneurship?

Davao city's reputation as one of the safest, vibrant and best-run cities in the country is drawing business people in the thousands.

Fairyland or doomsday? asked China's state-backed newswire. Sure looks like doomsday.

New Zealand is becoming a super diverse nation, but its diversity story is a stratified one - drawn along ethnic and economic lines.

Several provincial centres once labelled dying "zombie" towns have reversed the trend with their resident numbers climbing in the last year.

Why are toilet paper sales soaring in Japan despite a falling population?

Auckland could take another 86,400 dwellings in the next eight years without any risk of over-building.

International travel figures released support suspicion that the economy's potential growth has been cut by slower population growth.

Migrant arrivals climbed 15 percent to 115,700 in the year, while departures fell 8.1 percent to 57,400.

New research has found that only four per cent of New Zealanders agreed they felt close to people in their local area.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully has taken Shane Jones, David Shearer and Winston Peters with him for his trip to the Cook Islands, where he is holding talks.

A new motorway interchange north of Auckland opens on Wednesday, providing direct access for 10,000 Millwater residents.

The Asian rate reached 62 per 1000 women aged 15 to 44 in 2012, ahead of the European and other group on 57.

Prime Minister John Key has announced a suite of new schools which will be funded in next month's budget, catering for 4000 extra students.