Editorial: Call for change hard to deny

The voters have spoken, and now it is up to the leaders to listen. Too much is made of a small party's options when it finds itself in a position...

How the banks give you a 'sucker score'

Your credit score should really be called a "sucker score". Why? Because it's a number that exists for only one reason: to tell banks how much...

Editorial: Moral right to govern

The voters have spoken, and now it is up to Winston Peters to listen. Too much is made of small parties' options when they are needed to construct...

John Armstrong: English keeps National juggernaut rolling

And so the National Party juggernaut just keeps rolling on and on and on. Who or what can stop Bill English and company rolling into a fourth term...

Jack Tame: Worms - the perfect city pet

It was the cruellest prank ever played in the Tame household. Mum and Dad, having resisted years of begging and pleading, called their brood into...

Clement: Get KiwiSaver working for you

Don't want to be on Struggle Street when you retire? Then make sure your KiwiSaver is working hard for you. If you're one of the 600,000 people...

Dann: Ten things for govt to worry about

In theory the new government - whatever its final form - will inherit a benign New Zealand economy. Despite the social issues highlighted through...

Heather du Plessis-Allan: Steven Joyce and dead cat

We're going to talk about a dead cat. It's got nothing to do with Gareth Morgan. But, there was a dead cat this election campaign and you...

Rodney Hide: All winners in democracy

Well, we did our bit. We voted. It's now up to those we elected to do theirs: form a Government and run the country for the next three years. It's...

Kerre McIvor: Walking away from the dream

My wonderful work husband is leaving me. And I couldn't be happier for him even though I will miss him dreadfully. After two years of co-hosting...

'Yes, I yell at my kids and I'm ok with it'

The intention was to keep it light. Peppy even. And I believed, in that moment, it had been a success. So, I said. Guys, I said, clapping my hands...

Can you name the governor-general?

In a few days or weeks, it will fall upon the governor-general to sign off on the new government for which you voted yesterday. The role of...

Threat to Apple-Samsung smartphone duopoly?

Google late Wednesday announced that it would pay US$1.1 billion ($1.5b)for employees from HTC's smartphone unit, prompting waves upon waves of...

Mike Hosking: There is no 'youth quake'

If you subscribe to the "numbers don't lie" line of thinking, the youth quake isn't coming. We know this because the number of registered votes for...

Mary Holm: Trying to time markets is unwise

However, we have $232,000 invested in shares: $72,000 that we manage ourselves; and some in managed funds with, for example, ASB and AMP. At...

When does self-care become narcissism?

"You've got to put yourself first." This is something we say to our friends and our family all the time, and often even ourselves. We're told to...

NZ pension funds lagging behind Aussie

One of the most important decisions with any savings plan, particularly KiwiSaver and other superannuation schemes, is asset allocation. Asset...

Braunias: Secret Diary of Ruakaka kauri swamp

There I was minding my own business as I have done for these past few millennia when I heard the unmistakable noise of a 2001 Komatsu PC120 -6...

Editorial: Relish the quiet today, and vote

Those who go to polling booths today will do so in sudden quietness after the cacophony of campaign argument and exhortations. By law, all party...

Prospecting for water on Mars

• Sophia Casanova, PhD Candidate - Mining Engineering, UNSW and Andrew Dempster, Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research;...

Editorial: Amputee's inspiring story

The story of William Pike is one readers should not have passed by in the paper today. The 32-year-old North Shore school teacher talks about being...

Gear Friday: The Samsung Frame

Television makers try something new every year to sell more sets. We've gone from 3D to curved screens, high resolution and now... Samsung's thinks...

O'Sullivan: Risk mitigation absent

Country made to look like Mickey Mouse. Congratulations, New Zealand Inc. Once again 'You' (businesses, the defence forces, local and central...

Marvelly: Unearth rich Māori history

Youngsters given valuable opportunity to learn about their past. Answer me this: When did the invasion of Parihaka take place? Who was the first...

John Roughan: America living with electoral consequences

Our civilised politics and intelligent election campaign has been so absorbing it has almost blotted out events in the wider world, even the talk...

Glimpse into the future of cricket

Cricket could get a glimpse into the future on Boxing Day. South Africa has announced its ambition to host the first four-day test of modern times...

Claire Trevett: Chasing Jacinda and Bill

"Wear flat shoes" read the advisory for National leader Bill English's campaign diary, way back at the start of the election campaign. It became...

Smalley: A good govt needs a strong opposition

So this is it. It's tomorrow. The country goes to the polls. And I still can't pick it. And I think that's the perfect situation to be in on the...

Kevin Hague: Water corridor protection important for all

Forest & Bird chief executive Kevin Hague says the hotly debated Water Conservation Order is about protecting a unique but "vulnerable corridor' of...

Expected election win Merkel's final peak

COMMENT On top, but it's downwards from now on Chancellor Angela Merkel's likely win in the German parliamentary elections on Sunday is the...

Grant Robertson: Labour's monetary policy not unusual

The New Zealand Herald editorial, "Labour should leave the Reserve Bank alone", contains a number of inaccuracies. As I said in a well-attended and...

Major issues lurk as Kiwis go to the polls

Politics in New Zealand tends to straddle the middle ground. This is unlikely to change much after Saturday, regardless of which party gets the...

Coalitions would leave cupboard bare for Maori

By Jon Stokes In just a few more hours the nation's social media feeds will return to primarily baby and holiday photos, and inspirational quotes....

How are we doing? Ask the numbers

Sideswipe: Thursday 22: Spotted in Devonport

Back in 1930, George Kinder of Milwaukee set a record for endurance bowling. He bowled for 50 hours and 20 minutes, rolling 362 games. He had to...

Liam Dann: Why both parties face a fiscal hole

The last big economic stats before the election - GDP and migration - are not likely to shift many voters but they do offer a warning for the next...

Young: Remarkable Ardern, rejuvenated English

The blossoming of Jacinda Ardern as a political leader has been one of the features of the 2017 election campaign. Her leadership over seven weeks...

Political Roundup: The sad decline of the crucial minor parties in 2017

One of the great contradictions of this year's general election is that the minor parties have gone into significant decline at the exact same time...

Dominic 'Furious' George: How farmers can bridge the rural-urban divide

For a small country New Zealand has certainly seen its share of protests. In fact, we have quite a legacy in this regard; the 1912 Waihi miners'...

Karl Puschmann: Seinfeld takes on Seinfeld

What's the deal with Jerry Seinfeld? That's the question his new comedy special attempts to answer by taking a nostalgic look back at how Jerry the...

Steve Braunias: The best of Election 2017

Best bodyguard: Jacinda Ardern's hipster bodyguard Iain broke the internet but he was a bit of a cold fish. Bill English had a Maori guy who carried...

Manhire: Shocks galore in extraordinary election

Historians have debated, and will continue to debate, the critical moments in the general election of 2017, but on one point they agree. The...

TV awards are back, with a gap

TVNZ has dropped out of the news and current affairs categories in the 2017 New Zealand Television Awards. The broadcaster says news should be part...

Anthony Hua: Here is why we youth don't vote

There's a flaw in our democracy. There's a level of miscommunication, of misunderstanding between the youth of our country and its leaders. It is a...

Hosking: Greens get desperate

So the Greens think they can win the Nelson seat. Do we believe this? I doubt it. A late-breaking phone poll that has them closer than ever to...

Editorial: Beware Labour monetary policy

One of most important policies underpinning the stability of the New Zealand economy seldom enters election debates. The Reserve Bank's mandate to...

Jake Bailey: Give Christchurch a chance

By Jake Bailey There has been a lot of discussion about the Christchurch rebuild over the past month or so. A bit of discussion about stadiums, the...

The 10 best things you can do for your health

Running two businesses, managing a busy 3-year-old and being 7 months pregnant certainly has its challenges but with a healthy mindset and the...

Time running out for a 'youthquake'

In June I asked the question here, would the "youthquake" that shook the Westminster landscape in the British election happen in New Zealand? The...

The verdicts on the final leaders' debate

Our Herald panel of experts give their verdicts on the final leaders' debate between National leader Bill English and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern....

Split voting will determine which side wins

The choice this Saturday is between a continuity of the Clark-Key-English pale pink governments or to elect our first red-green government. James...

Comment | 7 election questions no one's asking

We all know politicians can't give straight answers, but are we even asking them all the right questions? Here are seven election elephants that...

Sideswipe: Thursday 21: Here, Trip Hazard!

Scientists at the University of Buffalo have found that men find smart women "sexy", but only in theory. A study published in the Personality and...

English looking ahead but rival is a sensation

Two more earthquakes, a failed fuel pipeline, election claims and counter-claims - this is no time for complacency. The sooner the election can be...

How to make YouTube useful for your business

YouTube can be remarkably useful for almost every business, every manager I can think of - sales, human resources, IT, customer service, marketing,...

Barry Soper: Ding ding as Ardern, English square off again

Well she was beginning to choke on the stardust but going into last night's TVNZ debate there was little glitter for Jacinda Ardern who'd just...

Where to start when you're drowning in debt

Each week the New Zealand Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking The Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it's where to start if...

Best should represent South Africa in sport

And so the rugby world order wobbles precariously on its axis once again as the All Blacks bludgeoned the Springboks into utter humiliation in...

Digger hitting fuel line: an on-brand Kiwi crisis

So we know it was a digger, but we don't know whose digger? Odd. But on the bright side, the Isis kauri squad haven't faxed in to claim...

What you need to know about owning a dog

All dogs need exercise and attention, some breeds more than others. Owning a dog is a daily commitment. It gets you out of bed early, forces you...

Edwards: More lighter sides to elections

"Jesters do oft prove prophets" wrote political commentator William Shakespeare. So how much can we actually take contemporary satire as insightful...