As John Key prepares for a White House visit next week, New Zealand's Pacific role is growing in value.

Stir caused by opera character's sexual identity shows society still mired in paranoia.

Floods, hurricanes, droughts - will climate change mean more wild weather ahead? That's a risk the insurance industry is taking very seriously, reports Peter Huck.

Self-defeating policies will cost more lives unless leaders show some nerve.

Society needs to look at a different approach to the drug problem.

A planned crackdown on "cannabinoid" substances will severely curtail the use of controversial synthetic cannabis product Kronic, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne says.

The Government will not revisit a controversial law that allows internet providers to disconnect users for alleged copyright infringements, despite a UN report that said internet access was a human right.

The United Nations has declared internet access a human right and criticised "three strikes" laws like that in New Zealand.

It's foolish to rush into further commitments on cutting carbon emissions, writes Phil O'Reilly

Having crafted up the world's first gaming netbook (the M11x), Dell subsidiary Alienware has opted to strike out for the middle ground with the slightly larger M14x.