COMMENT: There has been serious attention paid to concussion in sport recently.

COMMENT: New Zealand's economy has grown by 3.6 per cent in the past year, one of the top performers in the OECD - ahead of Australia, the US and UK.

COMMENT: There is widespread evidence that interactions between people and marine mammals can have negative outcomes.

COMMENT: Winston Peters is a political showman who likes to keep 'em guessing, including those in his own party.

The New Zealand First conference in the weekend showed that Winston Peters is becoming the hybrid "Trump and Sanders of New Zealand politics".

COMMENT: Although it's an undeniably old-fashioned trope, there will aways be plenty of cinematic drama to mine from the father/son dynamic.

When a bug in Havelock North's water supply caused an outbreak of campylobacter weeks ago, we asked the question, how could this happen in NZ?

COMMENT: Every time Father's Day rolls around, it makes me think about the huge influence a father can have upon a daughter.

Heading into a third year of low prices, questions have to be asked whether the dairy industry is on a false path. If so, where is the path back to firm ground?

Co-operatives need a new, dynamic business model, says Ruth Richardson.

COMMENT: There is little NZ can do about high dollar or inflation.

COMMENT: Here are some of the life lessons Byron Wien has learned in his first 80 years.

It's hard not to be impressed by the intellectual and technological grunt going into horticultural industry, Barry Soper writes.

COMMENT: Getting rid of that big debt involves paying more, more often.

COMMENT: Businesses are facing new forms of competition, digital disruption, and staying relevant to customers.

COMMENT: We owe it to coming generations to do as much as we can to repair the damage of the past and to re-create a New Zealand.