Roads and vehicles must be "more forgiving" to curb a road toll which averages more than one death a day, the AA says. Figures released by the Ministry of Transport today show 371 people died on the roads over the past year.
Nobody wins unless everybody wins. It's a phrase on a post it that's been stuck to my computer monitor for weeks.
Former PM Helen Clark says concerns by the US Embassy over the screening of Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 for a Labour Party fundraising event showed "outright bullying" and "unprofessional" conduct by officials.
Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions is challenging enough. But what if we can't even measure the pollution we're trying to reduce?
NZ women still struggle to gain leadership roles and suffer from high levels of domestic violence, a report says.
In contrast to the train wreck at Copenhagen a year ago, decent progress was made at Cancun, writes Brian Fallow.
New Zealand won't join in Australian court action over Japanese whaling but will have input into the case.
NZ is among the world's top three countries for its humanitarian response to international crises, an aid watchdog says.
The rift between developed and developing nations on how to extend or replace the Kyoto Protocol has not been healed.
Tony Blair is to be recalled before the Iraq inquiry.
A sudden epidemic of polio has ravaged the Democratic Republic of Congo.