For a day this week, Paula Bennett was PM. How she tackles two new roles in Cabinet will define her chances of one day taking up that job permanently.

It is galling to realise so many former MPs are still claiming up to 90% of the cost of air travel for themselves and their spouse from taxpayers.

EDITORIAL: The public have a right to ask what is going on at Whenuapai if a mission such as this one cannot be executed successfully.

Trump is giving Putin dangerous encouragement and the rest of the world can only hope it will end with the election.

The idea of a downtown sports stadium for Auckland will not go away. New mayor Phil Goff has wasted no time reviving the idea.

The chance to set a record for successive test victories has been within the All Blacks' grasp before.

Just when it seems Donald Trump could not go lower in his quest for the US Presidency, he does.

A short statement issued by the Prime Minister on Wednesday marked the end of an era in New Zealand's defence and foreign relations.

Young New Zealanders value very highly their right to stay and work in some other countries.

Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee got a stern rebuke from China when he made the mildest of observations about Beijing's expansionist maritime policy.

New Zealand Rugby is moving to repair its tarnished image after a series of unedifying episodes involving at their core the treatment of women.

Helen Kelly, the trade unionist who died yesterday after a brave and public battle with cancer, never shirked a fight. She campaigned

Under mounting pressure as housing costs dominate public debate it looks like National is finally gearing up on social housing.

Restaurant Brands, struck a deal with the Unite Union in which workers' hours and shifts will be guaranteed on a permanent basis.

The garden will be completed in time for the centenary of Passchendaele, finally a place of peace where far too many young NZers died in the horror of war.

EDITORIAL: Donald Trump is already a monster in the popular imagination - especially in this country.

The turnout for the Auckland Council election was profoundly disappointing. What has happened to the hopes once held for a unified, strongly led city?

How disappointing then, that yet another one has let rugby down.

How many times over the years have we seen the junior doctors' union complain about the unconscionable hours they work in public hospitals?

Voters need to assess which of candidates looks more capable of doing so. The elections matter and so does your vote.

Some of our successful recent Olympians have drawn public attention to the salaries paid to those who dispense taxpayers' money to athletes.

It is hard to dislodge the tawdry episode of Len Brown's workplace affair from any assessment of his legacy, the Weekend Herald says in an editorial.

What exactly could Trump say on this subject that would not be worse for him than for Hillary Clinton?

Otago researchers have found differences in health outcomes for babies born under the care of midwives compared with those looked after by doctors.

This year's Mood of the Boardroom found more concern about the housing market than might have been expected from business leaders.

If Hillary Clinton wins the US presidential election in six weeks' time, a great deal of the credit could go to her demeanour in last night's first debate.

Arnold Palmer, who died yesterday aged 87, was a kind of father figure of golf for the generation that grew up with television.

Among our eight universities, one should be capable of making its presence felt in the English-speaking world. Auckland should be up there.

The collapse of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's marriage spells the end of the portmanteau term "Brangelina".

Serious questions require to be answered about the size and format of the competition.