Letters: Maori wards undemocratic, glass recycling move 'retrograde'
January 11: Maori voters let down by Maori wards, stopping glass collection 'retrograde'
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Rosemary McLeod: Jobs for poor in Thiel's world
Peter Thiel could help Trump achieve another term as president.
Letters: Maori representation and social problems
Letters to the Editor, January 10, 2018.
Opinion: Plenty on offer in the Bay
Tauranga and Mount Maunganui are the places to be.
Rachel Stewart: I got end-of-humanity blues
COMMENT: Hard to feel jazzed about 2018 knowing Earth and its denizens are on brink.
Opinion: Spare a thought for emergency workers
We, the public, can be a demanding and often ungrateful lot.
Tommy Wilson: What's in a good book?
When the weather falls apart, what better option is there than to curl up with a book.
Letters: Equal treatment, marching orders, tactile museum
January 8: Minority only if you choose to be, fiscal responsibility, tourist attractions.
Opinion: Rain warnings are not for the Kiwi summer
Opinion: Weather warnings are very un-Kiwi for summer.
Tempting Mother Nature by camping in January
In Godzone we're annually forewarned about our destiny to encounter bad weather in January
No one deserves to be groped
No one deserves to be groped. No matter what they are (or aren't) wearing.
Letters: Maori wards, Mounties miss out
January 4: Electing people like yourself, being elected on merit, fun police step in.
Manager put Lorde in impossible situation
Who could have predicted Our Lorde starting 2018 bowed down by international politics?
Letters: Unintentional racism, rule by the people
Wards could prevent unintentional racism, binding votes for all major spending.
New horizons to discover
It's time to tick the next destination off the travel bucket list - but where to?
Thankful for a stable transfer of power
New Zealand, unlike the United States, had a stable transfer of power in 2017.
Letters: Seeing clearly, Israel history, standing together
January 2: Horse and cart days, Israel's history and restoring honour and justice.
Letters: Equal opportunities, sharing with cyclists
December 30: Voting for ability not ancestry, sharing with pedestrians and cyclists.
Here's to 2018
It's hard to believe the end of the year is upon us - now's the time to set goals for 2018
Goodbye to Year of the Greedy
If ever there was a year of the greedy then surely it was the one just gone.
Letters: Old chestnut rears its head, racial separatism and Treaty interpretations
December 29: Why leave headlights on, racial separatism and two versions of the Treaty.
Family violence doesn't take a holiday
Sometimes the holidays are not all about fun and good memories.
Letters: Treaty interpretations and voting in a Maori ward
December 28: All the people of New Zealand, Maori electoral rolls in a ward
Can we have a longer break between Christmas'?
Can we make Christmas biennial? Every five years, even?
Opinion: What does Christmas mean to you?
Kelly Makiha has fond memories of Christmas as a child.
Letters: Compulsory headlights bright idea
December 27: Reduce the road toll, follow Donald Trump and no to Maori wards.
Letters: Lack of Christmas beauty
December 26: Readers discuss rates increases, Maori wards and infrastructure.
Be kind to those working during holidays
Christmas is over for another year but it's a busy time for many who continue to work.
Inquiry into abuse of children long overdue
Survivors of state care in New Zealand have been calling for inquiry for years.