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Fatty diet wreaks havoc in islands
Pacific health experts are calling for a quota on the amount of fatty food exported to the Pacific Islands, where heart disease, diabetes and obesity are the norm.
Ageing China migrants a 'major concern'
Nearly 40 per cent of immigrants from China gaining New Zealand permanent residence last year were aged 50 or over, sparking calls for younger migrants.
Overwhelmed city, struggling country
Auckland will be expected to accommodate a million extra residents over the next 30 years, with few plans for new schools, hospitals, courts and prisons. Big super-schools and robocops could provide an answer.
Devastation in wake of urban drift
As a shell-shocked Auckland grapples with how it will cope with a population growth of one million people, the people of Matamata-Piako have the opposite problem.
Sense of community lost as rolls expand
For most parents of primary-aged children, their school's sense of community, of "family", is vital.
Big squeeze in Auckland schools
Already-full schools face being made to cram in more students as the Government struggles to cope with the growth in Auckland's population.
Dita De Boni: Cram in a real Kiwi experience
Hurrah for the news that more and more New Zealanders are cutting short their OE to return to the (currently brown) grass of home, writes Dita De Boni.
Construction boom at city campuses
Auckland's universities are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on new buildings, transforming not only their campuses but the shape of the city they serve.
Asians dominate NZ immigration
Asians are dominating in visitor and international student numbers and in most family-migration categories to New Zealand.
Dick Quax: High density urban housing never been embraced
Aucklanders have never embraced the kind of concentrated living arrangements envisioned in the Unitary Plan, writes Dick Quax.
Editorial: Rant sad way to highlight racial trend
It is telling that the increase in immigrants projected in the Auckland Council's 30-year plan has attracted very little comment. Until now, that is.
Kerre McIvor: Get it right and win a resthome
I don't know about you, but the Census was a bit of a letdown for me.
Study visas drop despite Govt fixes
The number of new international students approved to study in New Zealand has dropped nearly a quarter since 2009 despite government measures to boost the industry.
Peter Calder: Super City riles Rodneyites again
The folks in rural Rodney never were too keen on being in the Super City.
Auckland boom: blessing or curse?
Towns in New Zealand's regional areas should be made more enticing to slow the mammoth population growth expected in Auckland in the next decade, a sociologist says.
NZ population to reach 5m by 2026
New Zealand's population growth is expected to slow over the next 10 years and at the same time an increasing number of Kiwis are leaving to live overseas.
Chris Bradley: Good city design must pass stress test
A Herald editorial has made a case for Labour's new housing policy and the intensification of terraced houses and apartment units in Auckland it will lead to.
Live Chat Replay: Auckland economy
Join us at noon today for a live chat with Geoff Cooper, economist for Auckland City.
House supply gap begins to close
Auckland's critical housing shortage worsened again last year - but the gap between population growth and house-building may be closing at last.
Waikato 'can take city's overflow'
Waikato town planners are bracing for an overflow of Aucklanders from the Super City as it seeks to find living space for its booming population.
Fake refugees escape expulsion
Just eight people have had their refugee status revoked after a long-running saga involving a global people-smuggling ring.