Opinion

Dog attacks have become a  regular occurrence in New Zealand  and children younger than 10 are twice as likely to be bite victims.

The accolades have been rolling in for John Key. The Prime Minister yesterday chaired the United Nations Security Council meeting on Syria and the previous day gave a speech to the UN General...

Finance Minister Bill English has stepped in to try to resolve what is now a troubled political issue on the establishment of the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary.

Illegal fish dumping is so widespread in New Zealand that if the rules are property enforced, more than half of inshore fishers will go out of business, New Zealand has been told.

While much of the detail contained in the ``strategic assessment'' of the Dunedin Hospital redevelopment was previously known, seeing the cold hard facts grouped together is confronting.

The true Olympic spirit has been alive and well at the Rio 2016 Summer  Paralympics.

The outcry over the case of Aucklander Nikolas Delegat, from the wealthy Delegat family,  is perfectly understandable.

There has been near-universal approval for new family violence measures, which  will go part of the way to reducing one of the most serious blights on the face of New Zealand life.

New Zealand's attempts to normalise relations with Fiji since the 2014 elections have received another setback.

The level of detail the United States presidential candidates are required to furnish to the media and voters is astounding and Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton is about to provide even more.

Later this week, New Zealand will have to justify to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child a controversial aspect of its youth justice system.

Greg O’Connor has  presided over  some major issues in his time as the face of the Police Association, the police officers’ union.

The extension of the Government’s Housing Accords and Special Housing Area (SHA) legislation may have provided breathing space for the Queenstown Lakes District Council, but there is still no...

How the mighty have stumbled.

Dunedin ratepayers have reasons to smile as council debt falls much faster than expected. Debt at the end of June dropped to $217 million, $30 million below budget and well below the target of $230...

There may have been no golden glow to the end of long-standing New Zealand sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens but his contribution to New Zealand rugby should not be underestimated.

Homelessness is officially defined in New Zealand as having no options to acquire safe and secure housing and affordable accommodation is a key measure to address homelessness.

Mum, Dad and the 2.3 kids?

Voluntary euthanasia.