Several incidents before and during the 2011 general election campaign show they need examining nevertheless.

OPINION: It's not a comment you'll hear very much these days - for good reason - but Hamilton City Council made a good decision late last week.

NZ First leader Winston Peters soon made his presence felt when Parliament got down to business for the first time since the election.

OPINION: Boris Johnson, the colourful Mayor of London, urged Britons this week to stop hating the affluence of the top 1 per cent.

OPINION: It would be a curious experiment if the young man - probably a working class lad - was able confront Defence Minister Jonathon Coleman with his story.

All power to boutique grocer Nosh for shaming the supermarkets over the price of fresh milk.

OPINION: What country in its right mind would be happy with a situation in which its national day is more a day of shame than celebration.

A hard core of agitators will always find a pretext to justify belligerent protesting on Waitangi Day.

The case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is undergoing an examination by seven Supreme Court Judges at a hearing in London.

OPINION: Waipa ratepayers should be having a very good look at their council right now.

Non-Maori may well wonder about the opportunities they will be given to voice their opinions.

The Institute of Economic Research's principal economist, Shamubeel Eaqub, is not ruling out another recession.

A glimpse at our trade statistics shows how China has become increasingly important to this country's economic health.

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OPINION: Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, told New York Times readers the other day he was enjoying "the spectacle of Mitt Romney doing the Dance of the Seven Veils" with his income and tax returns.

OPINION: Perhaps the only real surprise about the Government's move to rein in Fonterra's market power is that New Zealand's biggest company professed itself surprised.

The drums are beating for former Hamilton City Council chief executive Tony Marryatt.

OPINION: The arrest in Auckland of founder of the online file-sharing service Megaupload and the website's closure highlight two sets of issues.

OPINION: Council of Trade Unions economist Bill Rosenberg acknowledged the 1.8 per cent annual increase in the consumer price index for the 2011 year shows a big reduction in annual inflation.

Prostitution has been in the news again, with Christchurch street-walkers drawing the ire of people sick of their antics in residential streets.