Abuse of Andrew Judd an unpleasant reminder of how far NZ still has to come on race relations.

A month in, and the damage caused by the presidency of Donald Trump is piling up. Three features of the new United States Administration's

The White House on Friday barred news outlets - including CNN, the New York Times and Los Angeles Times - from attending a press briefing.

COMMENT: Willie Jackson is on a crusade to drag poor and young non-voters into political system for "the health of our democracy." And good luck to him.

Hastings mayor Lawrence Yule is the National Party candidate for Tukituki.

There's a growing number of media calling out President Donald Trump for saying things that aren't true. But does that make him a liar?

COMMENT: If we had more people in Parliament who would live long enough to experience the results of their actions, we'd all be better off.

Ratepayers are set to pay between $90,000 and $100,000 if Hastings mayor Lawrence Yule is selected as the National Party's Tukituki

NZ can celebrate being pronounced the least corrupt country in the world. But that doesn't mean we should be complacent, writes Bryce Edwards.

Trump hysteria has become a parody in which the screamiest and stupidest attacks become headlines.

To the sound of 200-300 voices chanting "live, live, Israel, resolution go to Hell", Hawke's Bay pastor Nigel Woodley stood outside

Hawke's Bay protesters travel to Wellington to vent fury at UN resolution.

President-elect Donald Trump's tweeting could prolong one of the most serious incidents between the US and Chinese militaries in recent memory.

The abolition of secret briefings has been labelled dubbed a victory for democracy by re-elected Tauranga city councillor Rick Curach. He

COMMENT: I am still revelling in Donald Trump's victory.

COMMENT: Does the success of outsider Republican nominee Donald Trump signal the time for a political revolution in Godzone too?

How could we have got it so wrong? The pollsters and the politicians, the analysts, theorists and columnists - especially this one

COMMENT: Every reader and viewer saw headlines like 'mathematical impossibility' that Trump could win enough electoral votes.

COMMENT: One of the great joys of politics is being accountable to, well, everyone.

COMMENT: The amazing thing about democracy, when you stop to think about, is that it makes the right decision far more often than not.

NZ First leader Winston Peters was too busy trying to coat-tail on Trump's success to congratulate Trump when Parliament addressed the President-elect's ascendancy.

COMMENT: Irrespective of the platitudes given on the morning after Trump, there will be no healing, no bridge across the divide.

COMMENT: A century ago it was predicted that a moron would one day live in the White House. That prediction has now come true.

COMMENT: This US presidential election is less 'Keeping up with the Kardashians' and more 'Nightmare Neighbour Next Door'.

A Pirate victory in Iceland this week would add to a string of once-impossible election results in the West.

Although no leading politician is likely to claim that "election is rigged", there are numerous problems with democracy and elections that need debating.

Labour MP David Shearer says Government's decision not to meet pro-democracy advocates from Hong Kong following pressure from China is "a bad look".

President Barack Obama lashed out at Donald Trump's increasing claims that the presidential election is rigged, saying it undermines the US's democracy.

COMMENT: Blaming Clinton for her husband's conduct is an example of just how little respect her rival has for women.

Go ahead and sue: New York Times responds to Trump threats over "inappropriate touching" reports from women.