OpinionFran O'SullivanFran 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....16 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandOn the move: The life of a renter totA 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.08 Dec 04:00 PM
WorldChina joins school zone gold rushEven the most silver-tongued estate agent would struggle to wax lyrical over 5 Dongluoquan Hutong.07 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandTranstasman age gap getting biggerNew Zealand's population is tipped to age at a faster rate than our Australian neighbours.04 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandAuckland housing gap: 18,000 homesAuckland's housing crisis will not be solved even if the Government's ambitious forecasts for residential construction are achieved, official documents show.02 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionPatrick Nolan: Baby Boomers could drive us bustOn his 60th birthday Woody Allen is supposed to have joked that "practically a third of my life is over". Optimistic maybe, but illustrative - as Patrick Nolan explains.01 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandAsian children's poverty rates riseAsian youngsters are now more likely to suffer overcrowding and poverty-related illnesses than European children, a report has found.01 Dec 04:00 PM
AgribusinessFood producers must adapt: reportNew Zealand primary producers need to be prepared to do things differently in a rapidly changing world if they are to retain their place in global food markets, says KPMG.12 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandReturn of the living deadEconomists have written them off and their educated young are leaving. Still they refuse to die quietly. Some are reinventing themselves in a bid to breathe life into our zombie towns.01 Nov 07:37 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Councils a waste of chicken sandwichesSo without enough to do, the elected body ponders long-term planning objectives and reads a great deal of paper on subjects such as environmental sustainability.31 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandDotcom's NZ status hits speed bumpImmigration NZ says Kim Dotcom might be deported if he has failed to disclose a dangerous driving conviction. So where could he go?30 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionBernard Hickey: Prepare to pin on your nappiesAdult nappies will soon outsell baby nappies in Japan. And according to Harvard economics professor David Bloom, that's a stark warning for NZ.25 Oct 04:00 PM
WorldBaby isolated in Australia over Ebola fearsA one-year-old who'd recently returned to Victoria from West Africa was isolated after showing symptoms similar to those of Ebola.21 Sep 05:56 PM
WorldThe most terrifying thing about EbolaWhat 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.20 Sep 02:28 AM
OpinionEditorial: Shrewd Scots will vote to stay with UKScotland's blood flows strongly in New Zealand's veins. A high proportion of this country's colonial settlers were Scots.17 Sep 05:49 AM
EconomyChina's baby boom wagers go bust on child cost burdenAfter China's loosening of its one-child policy, living costs are deterring couples from having more than one child.21 Aug 02:00 AM
New ZealandWho'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?19 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandNZ population growth speeds upNew 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.14 Aug 07:06 AM
New ZealandPutting faces to our namesIn 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.09 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionMichael Barnett: Let's aim high to fund city rail loopMichael Barnett writes: Two things stand out in arguments about how to fund Auckland's $2.6 billion City Rail Link, and other expensive new or upgraded infrastructure.28 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionEric Watson: Redefine holidays and holy daysEric Watson writes: Are there potentially a large number of Kiwis who feel aggrieved because our "most important" public holidays are Christian holy days?26 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionVerity Johnson: The changing Kiwi childhoodThe other day, I realised that we've had cows in the garden for the past six years, and I've never milked them, writes Verity Johnson.26 Jul 02:32 AM
OpinionBernard HickeyBernard Hickey: Spectre of 'Zombie towns' a worry for us allWhat would "peak population" mean for NZ? The country hasn't had to think much about depopulation before, writes Bernard Hickey.20 Jul 12:16 AM
New ZealandOne nation with many facesSingapore-born Chloe Kannangara is of Irish-Dutch and Singaporean-Sinhalese descent - but considers herself to be "half Asian, half Kiwi".16 Jul 05:30 PM
WorldScientists sacked amid fears over flu virus lab researchSenior American scientists have been abruptly dismissed from a US Government advisory board on dangerous biological agents.16 Jul 06:53 AM
LifestyleLife begins at eightyOlder people in New Zealand are happy with their health. About 60 per cent in an extensive survey of the very old told researchers their health was good, very good or excellent.13 Jul 05:00 PM
WorldScientist blasted over superfluSenior scientists have criticised an American university for allowing research on a pandemic strain of flu virus that escapes the human immune system.02 Jul 11:14 PM
WorldScientist creates deadly fluA controversial scientist has deliberately created a pandemic strain of flu that can evade the human immune system.02 Jul 12:37 AM
New ZealandYoung Maori to change face of NZMore than a third of all Maori today are children, which could lead to a rise in racial intermarriage and other changes that could shape the country, a demographer says.01 Jul 05:00 PM
WorldIs climate change destabilising Iraq?This winter was not a good one for farmers in the Fertile Crescent.29 Jun 02:48 AM
New ZealandConference to tackle Asian growthThe Asian population could hit 800,000 in 10 years and more than two-thirds will be living in Auckland, a Chinese conference this weekend will be told.29 May 05:00 PM
