EDITORIAL: It is hard to think of something more distracting than texting.

EDITORIAL: The best way is probably not to rely on it to control yourself.

EDITORIAL: Peters must not cause Ardern to lose any more sleep than a new baby will do.

Amelia Kerr is a superstar in the making who could be turning heads for a decade or more.

Trump's halt to military exercises could make the summit a success.

EDITORIAL: So long as the information is in public interest, it deserves the protection.

EDITORIAL: Labour needs to keep its nerve on criminal law reform.

EDITORIAL: They have a rare chance to settle this 65-year stalemate once and for all.

COMMENT: Graphic warnings on soft drinks might do some good.

Fair Pay Working Group has to resolve some serious economic pitfalls.

EDITORIAL: Patients have to trust they will be safe with construction work around them.

EDITORIAL: New Zealand should have building materials at world prices.

EDITORIAL: The Govt is rightly proud that the majority of honours recipients are women.

EDITORIAL: Hate speech is better answered by free speech.

EDITORIAL: World hasn't been watching as we like to suppose when public money is provided.

EDITORIAL: Healthy homes legislation should have been in force for the start of winter.

It's valuable for a nation to share a life experience such as the birth of a baby.

Auckland's new "targeted" rates should be tied more closely to specific projects.

EDITORIAL: Until gaps are addressed elsewhere, their effects will be felt in the classroom

EDITORIAL: One teenager Denver Woolley owes his life to the helicopter heroes.

EDITORIAL: Too many families have been torn apart by a failure to make safety a priority.

EDITORIAL: Both John Logan Campbell and Apihai Te Kawau helped create the foundations.

The EU's announcement of free trade talks with NZ signals a rejection of US protectionism.

EDITORIAL: Staff who revealed Murray's overspending in confidence should not be exposed.

EDITORIAL:Dignity and humane treatment appear lacking in difficult case of Ashley Peacock.

EDITORIAL: Royalty all the stronger for an infusion of American culture.

EDITORIAL: The royal family has a new dimension this morning.

EDITORIAL: A rugby stadium on the Auckland waterfront would be better than Eden Park.

The Government realised it first needs to reassure business owners and investors.

The Budget has room for more spending but it needs to be justified.