Opinion

How do you turn out good children? A poster I saw at a preschool seemed to have it right. If you want your children to behave, it said, behave yourself. That seemed like good advice when my children were at kindy and still susceptible to parental… More

As seen in Haiti this year and at home in recent days, few natural events disrupt human society more than large earthquakes. It is a stroke of good luck that the Christchurch earthquake hit in the early hours of the morning. There could have been… More

In Italy at the weekend, the world's smartest economists gathered to discuss weighty issues, such as whether governments should pump more stimulus into their ailing economies. At the same time in New Zealand, a massive earthquake was making that decision… More

You would think it would be a fairly clear cut case: employer has a contractual right to drug test post incident; employee returns a positive drug test and dismissal ensues. In the eyes of the Employment Relations Authority, it was - Ms Katrina Thomson… More

Momentum. The Warriors have got it. So too, the Tall Blacks, and the Australian netballers, although there's so little between them and the Silver Ferns that yesterday's result might not mean much in the bigger - Commonwealth Games - picture in a month. It… More