Helen Clark is profoundly competent. Competence aside, she still faces a very merky, messy and secretive appointment process at the UN

Source: UN / Al Jazeera

Meet Theresa May - the woman set to become Britain's next leader as the country plots its exit from the European Union

Today in NZ Herald Focus we have an exclusive interview with Kiwi free-diver William Trubridge about breaking his own world record and the Salvation Army says that 300 thousand New Zealand children are now living in income poverty. Also anther Kiwi is breaking barriers this week as Flight Lietenant Emmet Cox takes to the skies over Britain flying with the Red Arrows acrobatic team

This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus - Affco New Zealand has been fined $30,000 for failing to follow safety rules after an employee was impaled on a hook at the meatworks in Rangiuru. The injured worker was awarded $25,000 . The front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have swept to victory with ease in New York primary and we meet the country's first court dog, Louie

On NZ Herald Focus this afternoon with Niva Retimanu, John Key meeting with officials in China, we have the first interview with the Hastings gym owner offering a free membership to the people who robbed him and Saturday’s big Lotto winners come forward to claim their $22 million dollar prize... And Tony Veitch delivers his unique brand of sports news and commentary from the beach in Bali.

COMMENT: Jack Ma of Alibaba has offered to help small businesses in NZ to access his e-commerce site, writes Barry Soper. He'll even train them how to sell their product which he's effusive about.

Never, ever apologise or be embarrassed for doing well. Someone like Paula Bennett exemplifies this and reflects the aspirational country we are.

We have countless reporters feeding us information on New Zealand's involvement in the Panama Papers. But for the most part they don't seem to know what they're actually dealing with.

Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton slammed Bernie Sanders on his gun control voting record during a round-table discussion in New York Monday. She says he's failed to take a strong stand against stopping the spread of firearms. (April 11)

The UN isn't going anywhere. It needs someone to run the show so why not Helen Clark? Kiwis should be mature enough to put politics aside at a domestic level in order to see the bigger picture here.

Source: Newstalk ZB

The Greens are arguing that our banks are some of the most profitable in the world and they're right. When we do well, business does well and that includes the banks.

New Zealand's vote against changing the flag shows that a potential shift to a republic is a long way off, Deputy Prime Minister Bill English says.

Labour leader Andrew Little has told one of his MPs that a tweet attacking the owner of a "flash beach house" for flying the alternative flag was inappropriate.

"It's a big, dumb thing that only gets more expensive over time," Oliver said. "It's like getting a pet walrus. You think it's stupid now - wait until you learn what a bucket of sea cucumbers costs. You've not prepared for that."

US President Barack Obama says he and Cuban President Raul Castro had a "frank and candid conversation" on human rights and democracy, and are making progress in tearing down barriers between the two nations.

Tony Waring talks about how he sculptured an iron NZ flag that took him 35 - 40 hours. He also gives his view on the flag debate.

Mike takes on Labour's Andrew Little and his proposal to make banks pass on cuts to the Official Cash Rate.

Donald Trump is responding to Mitt Romney's evisceration of him by noting that that the 2012 GOP presidential nominee begged for Trump's endorsement.

Mike Hosking says gangs are a massive, multi-generational problem that are dangerously close to being in the 'too hard' basket.