Auckland commuters can groan in agreement with a report that reveals the city has the worst travel times and reliability in Australia and New Zealand.

As if Australians didn't have enough pesky species to worry about, a new study finds their country is effectively crawling with feral cats.

New Zealand needs to show Israel there is a cost of continuing war, by refusing to accept imports or Israeli visitors from the occupied territories.

Women diagnosed with breast cancer could get a clearer prognosis with a new model built from the data of thousands of New Zealand patients.

A jab for a pregnant woman can protect her baby

COMMENT: While the proposal is good in theory, it's no panacea for the challenges of our modern economy.

COMMENT: Forward planning for walking and cycling in urban areas hasn't previously been great.

New Zealand's booming migration and tourism set new records in November, with arrivals continuing to increase and departures steadily lower.

Less than half of young renters voted at the last election, and more than 90 per cent of property owners over the age of 50 voted.

COMMENT: Targeted immigration can be good for an economy. It can bring in new ideas, cultures and increased entrepreneurship.

Eighteen per cent of GP clinics closed their books to new patients

Almost all of New Zealand has had a "hotspot" feeling to it this year, but one part of Auckland is about to boom with 254 per cent growth.

New Zealand is growing at the fastest rate since the 1970s with the population expanding by 2.1 per cent a year. Tristram Clayton talks to NZ Herald property editor Anne Gibson for further information.

Auckland is falling off the pace in its natural tendency to produce disproportionately more economic output than the rest of the country.

COMMENT: It's often said that through our innovations in science, agriculture and medicine humans have become masters of our biological destiny.

There is an urgent need for "culturally appropriate" elder care, and an Indian trust says having ethnic wards at existing rest homes is the way to go.

Rising employment, low inflation and a recovery in the dairy sector point to robust economic growth.

Political Roundup: Will next year's general election be shaken up by rising populism?

COMMENT: New Zealand has so far escaped the issues faced by other countries with large influxes of people coming across their borders.

Experts say house crisis is driving us towards a tale of two Aucklands, where the only homeowners will be those who are left the family home by parents.

New Zealand's unemployment rate fell below 5 per cent for the first time since December 2008.

COMMENT: Two high-profile collapses from NZX-listed companies lately won't do wonders for the way bystanders perceive share investing.

Crime is on the up in New Zealand, with latest figures showing an increase in burglaries, assaults, abductions and sex offences over the last year.

Fast-growing councils, including Auckland, will be required to free up land for housing under a policy signed off by the Government today.

COMMENT: A look at this week's new population projections should give Phil Goff and his council a sobering reminder of the massive task ahead of them.

Auckland is bracing itself for an additional 700,000 people in the next 30 years.

New Zealand's population is predicted to hit 5 million in about 2020 and could reach this milestone sooner.

Bill English announced a bigger surplus than expected as a growing economy underpinned by population delivered a bigger tax take than anticipated.

Investors need to consider the increasing debt being taken on by some retirement village operators, according to a report.

Rural New Zealand is facing a GP shortage as the current workforce ages.