New Zealand'I thank my lucky stars I still have one'Holding his only surviving daughter after a horror car crash, Donald Coulter says: "I thank my lucky stars I still have one. I still wish I had two." 10 Feb 04:30 PM
EconomyStudent revenue up despite fewer visitors studying hereGrowth from India, Vietnam and Saudi Arabia supporting traditional sources.30 Jan 04:30 PM
WorldFood, oil shortages predicted as population soarsAustralia's big cities are eating the nation's future as they spread out across shrinking farmland, increase pollution, threaten water supplies and hit the quality of life.25 Jan 04:30 PM
EmploymentNZ-UK govts discuss visa concernsGrowing problems for New Zealanders trying to obtain British visas will be up for discussion in talks with British ministers this week. From April, the number is to be limited to 21,700 a year, compared to about 28,000 in 2009.17 Jan 02:01 AM
Aged care<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Baby boomer burden startsThis lucky generation of retirees...08 Jan 04:30 PM
BDBDEconomyMigration stays positive, but Aust still attractive to kiwisNew Zealand attracted more new migrants in November as long-term arrivals were steady, though Australia's attraction for kiwis persists.20 Dec 11:00 PM
LifestyleThe secrets of long lifeThe quest may no longer be for the elixir of immortality but with an ageing population there is increased awareness of what it takes to live long and well, writes Dionne Christian.07 Dec 12:00 AM
New ZealandLook how we've changed - New Zealand 38 years onTwo studies of human development, one launched in the 1970s and the other from earlier this year, reveal how different society is today.26 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandThe changing face of New ZealandNew Zealand will look like a much different place in the future, if the early results of a longitudinal study are anything to go by.25 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandSocial problems linked to wealth gap: studyThe greater the gap between rich and poor, the more likely people will grow up a drug user, a criminal, less educated, obese, pregnant while a teenager, even less trusting of others.21 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandMore births, and women still live longerAll NZ regions had more births than deaths in the past year, with Auckland contributing 45 per cent of NZ's natural increase.19 Nov 01:40 AM
New ZealandFacing the futureForget Paul Henry’s narrow vision of a New Zealander. People from nearly every country in the world have made Aotearoa their home. Five new New Zealanders tell Shelley Bridgeman how they came here and why they became Kiwis.16 Nov 04:30 PM
LifestyleCarbon footprints in the sandDita De Boni wonders what the environmental impact of having children really is.01 Nov 02:30 AM
LifestyleLife in the middle agesNo stage of life has a worse reputation than middle age. There might be some very good reasons for that, writes Shane Gilchrist.21 Oct 11:30 PM
