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Migrant inflow slows, but we're still gaining

The net inflow of migrants slowed in December, but it remains strong and economists say it is too soon to conclude it has peaked.

Pensioners feeling financial squeeze

Auckland's elderly, many on fixed incomes, are struggling to pay rates to meet the rising costs of the Super City.

Future Auckland: School to shop floor

Auckland is a great place - but it can be even better. In the second of our five-part Future Auckland series we aim to stimulate debate. Teuila Fuatai reports.

'In my mind, one child is good enough'

So far, a good number of Chinese families have been less than enthusiastic about the partial relaxation of the one-child policy. Why?

Fran O'Sullivan: Sloganeering offers little protection for our freedoms and values

'Je suis Aotearoa." It has a certain piquant charm and would get a great deal of public attention if it was chosen as the branding to unite New Zealanders of all hues, nationalities, races and....

On the move: The life of a renter tot

A new study has found that two-thirds of children in private rental housing in Auckland and the Waikato move house within their first two years.

China joins school zone gold rush

Even the most silver-tongued estate agent would struggle to wax lyrical over 5 Dongluoquan Hutong.

Transtasman age gap getting bigger

New Zealand's population is tipped to age at a faster rate than our Australian neighbours.

The most terrifying thing about Ebola

What makes the Ebola virus so terrifying is not its kill rate or its exponential growth. It's the fact that it threatens humanity by preying on humanity.

Editorial: Shrewd Scots will vote to stay with UK

Scotland's blood flows strongly in New Zealand's veins. A high proportion of this country's colonial settlers were Scots.

Will climate change cause new plagues?

46 people convicted for refusing to fill in census form

China's baby boom wagers go bust on child cost burden

After China's loosening of its one-child policy, living costs are deterring couples from having more than one child.

Who's living next door to you?

Did you know there are 243 Eritreans living in New Zealand and more than four in five are born overseas?

NZ population growth speeds up

New Zealand's climb to 4.5 million people has been faster in the past year than it has in any other year in the past decade, according to estimates from Statistics NZ.

Putting faces to our names

In a land where Smith, Jones and Wilson once ruled the nursery, Wang, Li and Chen are now the most common surnames for babies born in our most diverse city.