Time for a fresh look at how rates are calculated.

Robot vehicles will kill many driving jobs and reduce demand for oil and private cars.

Rodeos have been a part of country life. It allows farmers to show off their skills.

Politics kept Air NZ alive when it was down to its last gasp. Now politics wants payback.

The Swiss have got it right. Being non-aligned doesn't mean being unfriendly or friendless

Air NZ has turned its back on the regions and taxpayers are right to be upset

WDC has no revenue problem; it can just raises the rates. We have to live within our means

A safeguarded legal protocol around assisted dying has to be better than what we have now

We can't have politicised police; we must be sure police act for our safety not against it

What we saw on Sunday is a model plant based on proven technology and proven processes.

More migrants bound for Europe die crossing the Sahara than crossing the Mediterranean.

Instead of making them superfluous, blockchain may well make banks better at what they do.

No promise Trump could make would persuade the North Koreans to surrender their nukes.

Kiwi ingenuity and respect for nature could crate a new dawn for the forest industry.

Some parents must be unhappy that they pay GST unnecessarily and cannot claim tax credits.

Readers have their say on Whanganui's charms, teachers' pay; marijuana and abortion

It's true -- politics seems incredibly boring compared to sex

People still smoking? Price fags out of the market and they'll be gone.

COMMENT: A call came through from the Secretary of State. I said, "How are you, Rex?"

Why not develop the larger council carpark near the river especially for freedom campers?

Boards with women on them succeed at a higher rate than those with only stale, pale males.

We are a caring community, so try to be part of the solution, not the cause of the problem

How would post-Putin Russia revive its democracy in the face of opposition from oligarchs?

The idea was so good, being go-ahead New Zealanders we naturally had to abandon it.

Stephen Hawking: Born: 8 January 1942, Died: 14 March 2018 - brave and brilliant.

The US may be ordered to close down the Mexican border completely within 20 years.

An MIT study shows falsehoods have far greater and faster reach than fact on social media.

I have always insisted on my right to actually practise what my country preaches.

Central Districts Field Days are on again this week. It's a great day out.

Bridges emphasis on female roles looks tokenist and naive.