Around a quarter of Americans who were raised as Muslims have left the faith.

Wonder at the prospect that we are not alone and what possibilities await us as a species.

Wanganui's future economic wellbeing is being controlled by Taranaki farmers.

Cosby created a fictional model that inspired others to become their best selves.

Sallies in the front line as Kiwi kids go without the basics

Held up at a railway crossing? Think again before you curse those trains.

OF is something to cherish. We all get older, and it depends on what you want from life.

Virginia Lake is a lovely place, but its deterioration is saddening.

Brazil's democracy is now the weakest it has been since military rule ended.

Readers have their say on religious intolerance; racial 'privilege'; and Israel Folau

I'm chilled, laidback, likeable ... your affable First Bloke, but I don't brag about it

Is it too soon to be closing access to NZ's oil and gas reserves?

It's not easy looking good with a baby bump

I'm amazed by the media and content that is an insignificant puddle of dross.

How to spot an internet addict

Dressing gowns get a dressing down at cinema where sartorial style matters

Whanganui council should have hidden construction site for Anzac service.

The most common response to unwillingness to meet a standard is to lower the standard.

The greatest mentors in my life never had to explain themselves. They led by example.

Not all autistics are locked into being Rain Man people (from the movie).

International trade and communication have superseded Commonwealth ties.

Our Government would be overjoyed if we all upped-sticks and moved across the ditch.

Four weeks is plenty of time to study cracks appearing in coalition government

Ardern's "acceptance" of Trump's missile strike on Syria was diplomacy at its best.

From solemn parade to 'positive patriotism' - how Anzac Day has been kept alive

Nurses are at the front line of health services, from the cradle to the death bed.

Overpopulation, coupled with land growing export crops, raises the spectre of famine.

I'm all for personal choice, but I deem butt-picking inappropriate, so I go out for a word

The Waitotara Conservation Area is a tramping backwater ripe for developing greater use.

White helmets, unprotected in T-shirts and jandals, "save" poisoned people. Totally fake.