OpinionEditorial: Free doctors visits unfair on taxpaying generationWhen policymakers in the modern world worry about the cost to future taxpayers of ageing populations, pensions are only part of it - healthcare also contributes to the bill.11 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandDingle youth project expands to tackle jobsMountaineer Graeme Dingle's youth charity is branching out from its original outdoors focus to try to connect school-leavers with employers and jobs.11 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandNats include 18, 19-year-olds in schemeA further 3500 young people on welfare could have their spending tightly controlled by an adult supervisor if National is re-elected.11 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldSchool says bienvenidos to a growing changeFor the first time, US public schools are projected this northern autumn to have more minority students than non-Hispanic whites.10 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionMatt Heath: No matter how good, it can be even betterI tuned into an annoying discussion on the radio this week. It was a bunch of baby boomers claiming young people who haven't seen war have no right to complain.10 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionBrian RudmanBrian Rudman: Time to cull the human-attacking dog breedsLet's not get sidetracked over whether or not Housing New Zealand's dog ban failed.05 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandSex offenders register signed offNew Zealand's first sex offender register has been signed off by Cabinet, but will only be available to agencies and not the general public.04 Aug 02:35 AM
New ZealandAnyone can overcome bulliesI look in the mirror and wonder how I managed to survive the torture and humiliation I faced when I was a teenager, writes Jesse Greenslade.03 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandTown that turned its prospects aroundPinepine Savage holds proof in her own life that it is possible to turn around a town that everyone had written off.03 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandFamily overwhelmed by generosityAn Auckland Congolese family whose children are sponsored by NZ donors have been overwhelmed by readers' generosity since their story featured in the Herald.03 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionPaul Moon: Look closer to home for cause of WW1Even while "the monstrous anger of the guns" was hauling millions to their death, the blame game was already well under way.28 Jul 05:30 PM
LifestyleGentlemen better off checking IQ levelsIf he knows what's good for him, the modern gentleman will prefer brains, not blondes, according to a study of marriage.28 Jul 05:00 PM
Banking and financePoor bank access stuns wheelchair userWheelchair users who can't get into a new bank branch in downtown Auckland say its inaccessible design makes New Zealand look like a "Third World" country.28 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionRichard Keegan: Children need our unconditional supportPicture your son or daughter watching an event at the Commonwealth Games, then turning to you and saying: "I want to do that."28 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: Targets achieved - mostlyPoliticians hate targets. The risk associated with them is all too apparent.27 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandNew Advisor sees room for improvementHelping close achievement gaps in our classrooms will be a priority for a leading academic appointed to a major new science education role.27 Jul 05:00 PM
EconomyNZ ranks in top 10 of countriesNew Zealand has retained its rank as one of the world's most developed countries.27 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandKiwis sponsor African kids in AucklandKiwi donors are sponsoring three African children - in Mt Roskill. The trio came here as refugees in '08 need the sponsorship because the family can't make ends meet.27 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionDeborah Hill ConeDeborah Hill Cone: Get real about things you are grateful forWhen you are feeling in the depths of despair it does not help at all to be told to count your blessings, writes Deborah Hill Cone.27 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandStreet activist Bradford puts her thinking cap onLife-long street activist Sue Bradford has turned to the academic world in a bid to overcome the "mindless activism" of much of New Zealand's protest movement.25 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: Poverty Street not a lifetime addressIs poverty for life? A Treasury report suggests not, writes Brian Fallow. Only 24 per cent of those at the bottom decile in 2002 were there seven years later.23 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionCatriona MacLennan: Strangling law will help tackle domestic violenceIn his Dialogue piece last week Professor Warren Brookbanks questioned whether a specific new offence relating to strangulation would deter domestic violence.22 Jul 05:00 PM
LifestyleBeing a mum 'all worth it'Georgia Hageman was in bed at 4.30am when her waters broke and less than four hours later the 15-year-old Aucklander was holding her baby son.21 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandGovt lags on some targetsThe Government is falling short of key targets it set itself for reducing child abuse and rheumatic fever.21 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionPita Sharples: A te reo strategy for, by and of the peopleToday, Pita Sharples will carry out the first reading of the new Maori Language Bill 2014 in Parliament.21 Jul 05:55 AM
New ZealandRebel's report pre-empts Glenn inquiryThe former director of Sir Owen Glenn's family violence inquiry has produced her own solution without waiting for the inquiry to finish its work.20 Jul 05:00 PM
New Zealand'Vulnerability' like revolving doorChildren's "vulnerability" is more like a revolving door than a fixed state, a new report has found.20 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: Protecting te reoThe curriculum in New Zealand schools is "compulsory" and nobody minds - until it is suggested that all New Zealand children should be given a grounding in te reo Maori.20 Jul 05:59 AM
EntertainmentWe need to talk about NigelHe went inside the minds of our most dangerous prisoners, told us how to bring up our kids, and now Nigel Latta turns moral guardian in search of answers to society’s biggest problems.19 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionVerity Johnson: Let's make a fuss about poverty in NZ'Let's go and have a look around," is how my Dad announces a trip to a town whose main draws are a supermarket and an obese pigeon.18 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionPatricia Greig: She might not be right - why bloke culture fuels abuseThe Labour leader apologised for being a man and the lid came off a sizeable can of worms, writes Patricia Greig.14 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandStrangers' kindness aids mumWhen Lilly McDonald first heard about an online group offering stuff for nothing, she didn't believe it.14 Jul 05:00 PM
WorldJolie puts focus on boat people policyActress Angelina Jolie will visit the asylum seeker detention centre on Nauru in a move likely to put further international pressure on the Australian Government's harsh policies.14 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionDeborah Hill ConeDeborah Hill Cone: Rich or poor, we all need love and connectionWe're all just attachment junkies who desperately need love and connection, writes Deborah Hill Cone.13 Jul 09:37 PM
