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Patrick Walsh: School exclusions need to end
OPINION: The effect of exclusion on students is often severe and long term.
Carmen Hall: I've left my kids home alone and they survived
OPINION: In my view, if your children are mature enough at that age, I see no harm in it.
Matt Cowley: Big opportunity if region works together
OPINION: The Government appears to be signalling that there are too many councils.
Letters to the editor: Bay recording worse road toll in NZ a 'sad statistic'
OPINION: Our readers have their say
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Marae can do exactly what motels are doing, only better
OPINION: In early times marae were surrounded with families living around and close by.
Zizi Sparks: It's the perfect time to re-examine debt
OPINION: Interest rates are at a low and you could save thousands by revisiting debt.
David Beck: Some NRL players are simply selfish
OPINION: Covid-19 quarantine breaches defy belief.
Letters to the editor: Three Waters money transparent bribery
Our readers have their say.
Megan Wilson: Futureproof Cameron Rd - because I miss the car-free lifestyle
OPINION: I feel for local businesses, but we need to shift away from car dependency.
Jo Raphael: Something special missing from Olympics
OPINION: The Olympics have already cost more than US$20 billion.
Rob Rattenbury: Devil in the detail for Govt's meth programme funding
OPINION: Meth programme should be given a chance.
Zizi Sparks: CrossFit competition renews drive to improve
Opinion: We might not have succeeded in the traditional sense, but we learned from it
Samantha Motion: It's time for a real debate on arming police
Gun crime hit a new high in New Zealand last year - but is the answer more guns?
Dawn Picken: Once upon a time, I could venture with my kids
Opinion: The anti-staycation: where you wish you had left home but stayed to work instead.
1981 Springbok Tour: Former cop recalls being on duty for Hamilton match
"The few police on the embankment were brushed aside like feathers."
Jo Raphael: Let's keep world at arm's length until we're all jabbed
Opinion: Britain shouldn't throw in the towel and neither should New Zealand.
Letters to the editor: Rejuvenation of CBD won't happen until parking sorted
Our readers have their say.
Luke Kirkness: Potholes are there to be fixed, let's do it
Opinion: No one likes a pothole, so why aren't we doing more about fixing them?
Kiri Gillespie: Natural disasters are telling us something
Increasing natural disaster events should be considered a prompt for getting prepared.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Three Waters loomed large at LGNZ forum
OPINION: Overriding concern was accountability to local ratepayers would be removed
Letters to the editor: Council it's time to sort out CBD parking
Our readers have their say
Zizi Sparks: School exclusions warranted, but more could be done to prevent them
OPINION: We should be trying to help children first.
Letters: Our bus service is great ... so let's get on board
Our readers have their say
Kiri Gillespie: We need to fight climate change but more homework needed
Opinion: At heart, I'm a greenie, but now's not the time to impose EV legislation.
Mark Lister: End of QE means rate rise will soon be upon us
COMMENT: Mark Lister says we can't have our cake and eat it too
Zizi Sparks: What owning a dog has taught me
Opinion: We should take a leaf out of a dog's life.
Dawn Picken: Where will we house the next wave of Kiwis?
There's no easy answer for housing the next wave of Kiwi returnees and migrants.
Letters to the editor: Good luck squeezing cars off Cameron Rd
OPINION: Our readers have their say.
Luke Kirkness: On losing favour with school holidays
Opinion: What the school holidays can teach you about the teaching profession.
Jo Raphael: Family violence victims must be protected
OPINION: There is a heartbreaking highlight of the housing crisis.
Luke Kirkness: Have we made it too easy for people not to work?
Opinion: As the impact of Covid-19 rages on, are we being too soft with the benefit?
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Adults need to speak out against child abuse, before it's too late
OPINION: Parenting is not easy but little children must always come first.
Kelly Makiha: Why I can't stop thinking about Ferro-James' death
I'm sad at what happened to Ferro-James and ashamed this happened in our city.
