Mayor and councillors sworn in
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Having teenage years disrupted by war influenced the research of economist Gail Pacheco.
How can NZ prevent another measles epidemic?
'Innovative new thinking' needed to prevent future measles epidemic in NZ, expert says.
Northland retirement villages booming
A $60m retirement village planned for Whangārei gets the green light from councils.
Chinese app allows data access to 100 million users' phones
The app enables authorities to retrieve all data and can even activate an audio recorder.
Local Focus: Equity for Māori is core issue for Whanganui DHB
A new holistic approach to health for Whanganui DHB. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
Could the cure to smoking be found in... smoke?
Compounds in tobacco smoke might ironically prove key to stubbing out the harmful habit.
Liam Dann: When NZ mortgage rates hit 8.75%
COMMENT: When the HOS launched, the economy was booming but confidence was also low.
On our knees: The surging surgery costs blamed on obesity crisis
Each publicly-funded surgery costs about $20,000.
Why NZ could be humanity's 'lifeboat' in an extinction
NZ could serve as an "ark" to reboot civilisation if a deadly pandemic swept the planet.
New residents wax lyrical about the beauty of Northland
Newcomers to Northland talk about what the region offers.
Staff squeeze: Fewer teachers given to Auckland's schools
53 per cent of schools have been given fewer teachers in 2020 than they have now.
Letters: Lunches will feed bad habits
Between the developed and developing worlds we have two different population problems
Editorial: Generation Anxious reaches out for help
We say: Each new generation struggles with stress, it seems this one is different.
Racism cuts Māori out of local elections, says Far North mayoral candidate
Racism claim: Far North council is "white man, white man, white woman, white man".
34,500 new homes planned for South Auckland
Drury and Pukekohe to grow by more than the population of Palmerston North.
Whangārei social advocate vying for two seats
Housing and homelessness top priorities for Northland social advocate.
Health cost from dust in Northland $3m a year
Dust from unsealed roads is killing one Northlander every two years.
Letters: Let me go with dignity too
People who are for marijuana and against abortion and euthanasia are self-serving wallies.
Auckland school choice set to tighten
Housing infill will force zoning schemes at 103 of Auckland's 140 unzoned schools.
Jacinda Ardern: 'Welcome home'
The PM celebrated World Refugee Day at the Māngere Refugee Resettlement Centre yesterday.
Frank Greenall: Budget puts wellbeing first
It's false language used to describe false economics, but most don't see any dichotomy.
Lean Budget 2019 for health if figures correct
Finance Minister stresses some figures released by Opposition are incorrect.
Mind the gap: Society compared to that reflected on screen
People from a variety of origins need to be represented on New Zealand television.
Million Milestones: New levels of tolerance needed as NZ counts down to 5 million
The combined Asian, Pacific and Maori population will outnumber Europeans in Auckland.
Million milestones: Sex in NZ made world headlines when population hit 4m
It took 30 years for NZ's population to climb to four million in 2003.
Million milestones: 1973 - The year our TVs turned to colour
New Zealand hit a population of three million in 1973.
Population: NZ's amazing growth stats as we close in on 5 million
Net migration the main factor driving population growth in the past five years.
Local Focus: Measles cases are a case for vaccines
The case for immunising is strong. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Hosking: 13,000 beneficiaries can't be bothered working - they're getting away with it
Comment: Welfare is being treated as a relaxing hammock rather than a safety net.
'Catastrophic' decline threatening the Earth
It's easy to think this is someone else's problem and there's nothing we can do.
Local Focus: Bringing vibrancy back to the heart of Hastings
Hastings is investing in a vibrancy project. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Teacher trainees highest in four years
New teacher trainees jumped 10 per cent last year to the highest since 2014.