New ZealandSykes brings years of battling social issues to election campaignWith her Auckland ties, Annette Sykes says she could have easily stood in the Tamaki Makarau electorate.03 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionGeoff Noller: People should decide drug futurePerhaps because of the impending election, public discussion of our cannabis laws has been gaining momentum.03 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandNick Smith pilloried at housing forumHousing Minister Nick Smith was shouted down when he claimed at a forum on Auckland's housing crisis that foreign buyers weren't impacting on prices.02 Sep 09:12 PM
New ZealandOfficer found guilty of racial abuseA Queenstown policewoman accused of racially abusing a taxi driver in the resort last year has been found guilty.02 Sep 05:41 AM
OpinionEwen McQueen: Cinderella effect can't be ignoredOverseas studies support Kiwi research on role of casual relationships in child abuse, writes Ewen McQueen.01 Sep 09:30 PM
OpinionPeter Lyons: I've learned my lesson, life's just not fairTeacher Peter Lyons says he's finally learned a valuable lesson - life isn't fair, so he explains why he's decided to vote the right way this election.01 Sep 09:30 PM
New ZealandCop denies racial abuseA police officer denies allegations she racially abused a taxi driver in Queenstown last year while affected by a cocktail of prescription drugs and alcohol.01 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn Hawkes: Williams a remarkable man in any languageDr Harold Williams has long been featured by Guinness World Records as the world's greatest linguist. He spoke 58 languages.31 Aug 09:30 PM
New ZealandBuilders on urgent hunt for apprenticesNew Zealand's expanding building industry has signed up its 9000th apprentice - but says it is running out of young people to fill the demand for more.31 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandTransgender refugee says NZ paradiseA transgender refugee from Colombia who was knocked back by other countries says she has "found paradise" in New Zealand after being officially recognised as a woman.29 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandNigel Latta: Ten things I've learnedAs his hard-hitting TV series about New Zealand’s biggest challenges draws to a close, Nigel Latta reflects on what he knows now29 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandThree gender options under LabourLabour wants drivers' licences and passports in New Zealand to offer three gender options.26 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionLydia Sosene: Licensors blind to social impact of bottle shopsLydia Sosene writes: A full-strength alcohol outlet would be a recipe for disaster and the social cost on our struggling community will continue to triple.25 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandUnited, the world in a suburbWhen Cecil Lochan settled in Mt Roskill in the mid-1970s, the Fijian-Indian was the first non-European in the street. His neighbour wasn't happy.22 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandCalder: Helping prey fight off the sharksThe Government’s proposal for get-ahead loans is okay, but it won't help New zealanders who are still in serious financial trouble, writes Peter Calder.19 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionPaul Gibson: Still work to do on disabled rightsMost New Zealanders take their rights for granted, but they're rights often not realised by disabled people, writes Paul Gibson.18 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandChoice between the carrot and the stickVoters comparing social policies at this election have a clear choice: "Unrelenting focus on work" with National, or a softer line if Labour wins.18 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: Unfairness of pokie funds must changeThe Auckland Council was an early supporter of Te Ururoa Flavell's Gambling Harm Reduction Bill and it saw the legislation as a toolkit.17 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionDita De Boni: ChCh locals left out in the coldWhen I was in Christchurch recently to interview the two main candidates in the Christchurch Central electorate, I was shocked to see that people on the street seemed even more weary than ever.14 Aug 09:30 PM
OpinionKathy Marks: Gammy critics fail nutcase testDavid and Wendy Farnell blundered their way through a 60 Minutes television interview about their disabled son, Gammy, born to a surrogate mother in Thailand.14 Aug 09:30 PM
Banking and financeLoan shark victim welcomes crackdownA new war on "loan sharks' should help bankrupt Auckland mum Farrah Matthews, who ended up paying $29k for a $12k car - borrowing money at 29 per cent interest.13 Aug 05:00 PM
Banking and financeLoan scheme to knock out 'loan sharks'Almost 1 million families will be eligible for low- and no-interest loans under a new Government-backed scheme aimed at saving low-income families from "loan sharks".13 Aug 12:00 AM
New ZealandPeter Calder: Away from trouble, on to thronePeter Calder writes: Waikowhai Primary School in Mt Roskill is one of 15 schools where the seven-week course called Kiwi Kids has been run over the past eight years.12 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandCandidates face off in EpsomEpsom election candidates faced off at a public debate last night, with one promising to name a convicted sex offender with name suppression under parliamentary privilege.12 Aug 05:00 PM
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 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
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
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
