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Peter Williams: Make cannabis legal for personal use
Opinion: The world will not be any worse off with legalised dope.

McLeod: Politics never seemed so shabby
Side partings are danger signs in men, but combined with hair oil they become explosive.

CBD retailers closed at weekends bad business all round
It astounds me a CBD in a city with a pop. of 130,000 doesn't cater to weekend crowds.

Letters: We need more eco-villages to cope with climate change
Letters: Call for more eco-villages, houses in Tauranga; Kohimarama Conference clarified.

Cancer drug brings Kiwi woman 'back from the dead'
A miracle drug has given a friend new life. Others need it too, writes Dawn Picken.

Letters: Fears and frustrations of responding to climate change
Letters: Fears and frustrations of responding to climate change.

Letters: Kiwis hurting more over the cost of fuel
Letters: Kiwis feeling the pinch over petrol costs

Rachel Stewart: Climate - Don't say I didn't warn you
COMMENT: It needs WWIII to turn this overloaded, burning, sinking global ship around.

Letters: No such thing as affordable housing
Letters: No such thing as affordable housing

Gould: Celebrate All Blacks victories
Comment: There is no shortage of those who want to see the All Blacks fall from the top.

McLeod: The trouble with side partings
Side partings cause much serious trouble in the world, writes Rosemary McLeod.

Dawn Picken: Ten Survival Strategies for Life
Ten survival strategies I want my son to understand as he blasts into his teen years.

Pain at the pump: 'Never been a better time to live outside Auckland'
Comment: Fueling up in the City of Sails proves a eye-opening experience.

Max Henderson has high hopes for national champs
The New Zealand Open Table Tennis Championships are being held in Tauranga this week.

Opinion: Photos today are instant and perfected at the tap of a button
The romance of taking photos with a camera then developing the film is long gone.

Eerie parallels between Kavanaugh and Roast Busters
Women have the right to live in a society free from unwanted sexual advances.

'Aotea-road-cone'; Land transport planning, spending driving us to a standstill
COMMENT: There have been too many years of under-investment in state highway spending.

Films celebrating women who love to cycle
Mountain biking is not just for the blokes.

Letters: Housing, Treaty of Waitangi and cycleways
Letters: Housing, Treaty of Waitangi and cycleways.

Mount golf club to offer gym and yoga
Mount Maunganui Golf Club plans to make a bold step in a new direction.

Opinion: Splitting up travellers a vile tactic
Flying can be a miserable experience and it appears some airlines choose to make it worse.

Letters to the editor: Phoenix car park a 'fiscal nightmare'
Phoenix carpark budget blow-out defies belief and is turning into a fiscal nightmare.