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.

Auckland is a great place - but it can be even better. In the second of our five-part Future Auckland series we aim to stimulate debate. Teuila Fuatai reports.

So far, a good number of Chinese families have been less than enthusiastic about the partial relaxation of the one-child policy. Why?

'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....

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.

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

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.

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.

Scotland's blood flows strongly in New Zealand's veins. A high proportion of this country's colonial settlers were Scots.

After China's loosening of its one-child policy, living costs are deterring couples from having more than one child.

Did you know there are 243 Eritreans living in New Zealand and more than four in five are born overseas?

New Zealand's climb to 4.5 million people has been faster in the past year than it has in any other year in the past decade, according to estimates from Statistics NZ.

In a land where Smith, Jones and Wilson once ruled the nursery, Wang, Li and Chen are now the most common surnames for babies born in our most diverse city.

Michael Barnett writes: Two things stand out in arguments about how to fund Auckland's $2.6 billion City Rail Link, and other expensive new or upgraded infrastructure.

Eric Watson writes: Are there potentially a large number of Kiwis who feel aggrieved because our "most important" public holidays are Christian holy days?

The other day, I realised that we've had cows in the garden for the past six years, and I've never milked them, writes Verity Johnson.

What would "peak population" mean for NZ? The country hasn't had to think much about depopulation before, writes Bernard Hickey.