Consumer finds 70 per cent of us regularly buy and receive vouchers and nearly a quarter of us have had a card expire.

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?

Five months ago the Herald published a revealing series about burglaries in New Zealand.

EDITORIAL: In the space of a few years, the KiwiSaver industry has established a significant presence in New Zealand's financial landscape.

Truancy is obviously damaging to a child's education, but so is its well-to-do relative: family holidays during term.

Most Western countries have quiet Sundays. We had only one remaining. Councils will probably succumb to their business lobbies, one after another.

During a visit this week to the NZME offices, a relaxed Eric Murray and Hamish Bond were clearly in a post-Rio Games mood.

It is a principle of the New Zealand justice system that the administration of the law should be equal and transparent.

As Auckland expands under the Unitary Plan, the council is going to have to deal with the kind of tension that has emerged at Brookby near Clevedon.

An Auckland mayoral election with no fewer than 19 candidates presents voters with a dismaying task.

When sportspeople have reason to suspect someone has gone so far as to bug their team room, something has gone wrong.

If medals were awarded for brainlessness, Ryan Lochte would be on the podium.

After a nervous start, we got there. Yesterday New Zealand achieved its record haul of medals, eclipsing 1988 in Seoul and London four years ago.

COMMENT: Sometimes, a really effective policy simply doesn't get the appreciation it deserves.

The Prime Minister is unmoved by a poll for the Drug Foundation showing most New Zealanders now support legalising, or at least decriminalising, cannabis.

How could a thousand people fall ill anywhere in New Zealand from drinking tap water?

After the disappointment of the All Black Sevens at the Olympics this week, some rugby fans were suggesting they should lose that title.

Despite everything, the Olympic Games are working their magic.

The response of police to reports of people running up big bills in restaurants and then disappearing raises concerns not only for the restaurant owners.

As the curtain rises on the 31st Olympics, the prospects for a memorable games in Rio de Janiero are uncertain.

The description "head coach" on Kevin Roberts' CV is probably one he deeply treasured.

COMMENT: London's Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, wrote an important article for the Mail on Sunday this week.

The debate over the Bain murders looks destined never to be resolved in the public mind.

Regulation is hard to get right. The political climate tends to swing from excessive freedom to excessive restriction or vice versa.

It is a tough task for teenagers to make sound decisions about their career path.

After winning the Rugby World Cup last year, All Black coach Steve Hansen could probably name the tenure of his next contract.

For the past two weeks, reporter David Fisher and photographer Mark Mitchell have taken us on a journey through New Zealand as it is today.

New Zealand's prison muster is closing in on 10,000 inmates, about the population of Greymouth.

Predators have a price tag. According to a University of Auckland study, the cost of ridding New Zealand of pests over 50 years is about $9 billion.

We are going to see Russians winning medals and an Olympic movement in disgrace.