Greater interaction with Asians, public cultural celebrations and media reports have made Kiwis feel warmer towards Asian people, a study has found.

Population growth, boosted by a record net migration gain, explains about half of the strong economic growth recorded last year.

Migrants are once again setting their sights on New Zealand, a new report reveals.

Auckland's economy is expanding quickly with strong immigration, employment, wage growth and tourist arrivals.

'Time to get a weedeater through here, I reckon," I said to Roscoe Webb, as I gazed across the expanse of waist-high weeds threatening to choke the old headstones at Waikumete Cemetery.

China's Environment Minister has promised to confront an environmental challenge "unprecedented in human history" after an online film exposing his country's pollution crisis went viral with more than 100 million hits in two days.

The allure of the lucky country is fading, as fewer Kiwis leave for Australia and more return - a brain gain forecast to continue this year.

Babies are going out of fashion again as Kiwi women increasingly put work and study ahead of childbearing.

New Zealand, with a population increase of 500,000 in the past decade, is growing faster than Australia and China a new "snapshot" into Kiwi life shows.

Walt Glazer asks whether Auckland should become the Hong Kong of the South Pacific or remain a Kiwi oasis of security for the future.

Salvation Army says housing shortage adding "incredible stress" to families as its State of Nation report shows Auckland's crisis worsened by a record near-4000 houses last year.

Migration figures and the 2013 Census data clearly show that NZ's population is undergoing a significant change.

The net inflow of migrants slowed in December, but it remains strong and economists say it is too soon to conclude it has peaked.

Auckland's elderly, many on fixed incomes, are struggling to pay rates to meet the rising costs of the Super City.

'Je suis Aotearoa." It has a certain piquant charm and would get a great deal of public attention if it was chosen as the branding to unite New Zealanders of all hues, nationalities, races and....

A new study has found that two-thirds of children in private rental housing in Auckland and the Waikato move house within their first two years.

Even the most silver-tongued estate agent would struggle to wax lyrical over 5 Dongluoquan Hutong.

New Zealand's population is tipped to age at a faster rate than our Australian neighbours.

Auckland's housing crisis will not be solved even if the Government's ambitious forecasts for residential construction are achieved, official documents show.

On his 60th birthday Woody Allen is supposed to have joked that "practically a third of my life is over". Optimistic maybe, but illustrative - as Patrick Nolan explains.

Asian youngsters are now more likely to suffer overcrowding and poverty-related illnesses than European children, a report has found.

New Zealand primary producers need to be prepared to do things differently in a rapidly changing world if they are to retain their place in global food markets, says KPMG.

Economists have written them off and their educated young are leaving. Still they refuse to die quietly. Some are reinventing themselves in a bid to breathe life into our zombie towns.

So without enough to do, the elected body ponders long-term planning objectives and reads a great deal of paper on subjects such as environmental sustainability.

Immigration NZ says Kim Dotcom might be deported if he has failed to disclose a dangerous driving conviction. So where could he go?

Adult nappies will soon outsell baby nappies in Japan. And according to Harvard economics professor David Bloom, that's a stark warning for NZ.