What we saw on Sunday is a model plant based on proven technology and proven processes.

More migrants bound for Europe die crossing the Sahara than crossing the Mediterranean.

Instead of making them superfluous, blockchain may well make banks better at what they do.

No promise Trump could make would persuade the North Koreans to surrender their nukes.

Kiwi ingenuity and respect for nature could crate a new dawn for the forest industry.

Some parents must be unhappy that they pay GST unnecessarily and cannot claim tax credits.

Readers have their say on Whanganui's charms, teachers' pay; marijuana and abortion

It's true -- politics seems incredibly boring compared to sex

People still smoking? Price fags out of the market and they'll be gone.

COMMENT: A call came through from the Secretary of State. I said, "How are you, Rex?"

Why not develop the larger council carpark near the river especially for freedom campers?

Boards with women on them succeed at a higher rate than those with only stale, pale males.

We are a caring community, so try to be part of the solution, not the cause of the problem

How would post-Putin Russia revive its democracy in the face of opposition from oligarchs?

The idea was so good, being go-ahead New Zealanders we naturally had to abandon it.

Stephen Hawking: Born: 8 January 1942, Died: 14 March 2018 - brave and brilliant.

The US may be ordered to close down the Mexican border completely within 20 years.

An MIT study shows falsehoods have far greater and faster reach than fact on social media.

Bridges emphasis on female roles looks tokenist and naive.

Those with the resources to determine the truth seem so determined to keep it hidden.

One rainwater head made a satisfying sucking sound as I pulled out handfuls of wet needles

We want our new Government to be brave and stop new fossil fuel exploration in NZ.

Jones confuses medicinal cannabis with the 'dope' that has harmed remote Maori communities

Readers speak out - Catholic Church, abortion and social housing in the wrong place.

A home's most important attributes are more than skin deep. writes columnist Rachel Rose

Just because something is "trending", it doesn't make it right, let alone tasteful.

Columnist Terry Sarten is wondering where the cool went.

An out-of-control Chinese satellite carrying toxic chemicals is plummeting towards Earth

COMMENT: I left Parliament for the last time. I didn't look back.

New Zealand's boom and bust episodes are a fundamental economic flaw.