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Opinion: The jacket I've owned for 48 years shows the bonds we form with aged apparel
'My tattered old gloves will probably be hidden amongst the agapanthus.'
Trapped in a metal torture tube: The horrors of 60s bus rides
OPINION: Bad bus dream reveals the struggles of travelling in uncomfortable buses.
Napier-Taupō road development a 'monument to Stan Tuck'
OPINION: Development of timber trade had an impact on a key road and port.
Hastings should have a crack at an Olympic bid - Wyn Drabble
OPINION: Concrete sheep in Hastings are free and Wyn Drabble's singing is too.
Kiwi youths ready for genuine partnership – Layla Christison
OPINION: Living by Te Tiriti is to challenge ourselves to confront our own biases.
Canny View: Time to get back to basics
OPINION: Risk and return are two important parts of investing.
Letters to the Editor: Israel, Gaza conflict coverage
Readers have their say on war and supermarket promotions.
Decorative art exhibition a show for all ages
A whalebone heru will be among items in new “Eye Spy: Curious Stories” exhibition.
Kia Rite - Time to act: Four lanes good, six lanes better
OPINION: Pippa McKelvie Sebileau on what an expressway of the future might look like.
Linda Hall: Don't you dare call me 'dear'
OPINION: You might as well say "you have grey hair, therefore you are old and doddery".
I have to stop phubbing everyone - including my other half
OPINION: I try to stay focused, but my attention is waning.
Wyn Drabble: 'Please press 5 if you would like to know whether you are important to us'
OPINION: Choose from the following options to receive my first sentence of advice.
Wyn Drabble: I'm not one to resist a rest
OPINION: My naps are never more than 15-20 minutes long.
Craig Cooper: Haere ra, Hawke's Bay
If the opportunity arose, I would probably have lived in Hastings St.
Craig Cooper: Napier ram-raid solution is not a load of bollards
Opinion: The Aqua and Demio are the stolen cars of choice. How do we stop them ramming?
Hawke’s Bay letters: Prepare for battle after Cyclone Gabrielle
Those affected by Gabrielle should prepare for battle with organisations, says one reader.
Opinion: Don't blame staff for the weather
Sometimes there is just no one to blame - so don't try.
Opinion: City of Sails' deluge a wake-up call, again
The recent weather is a telling tale of two flooded cities, Craig Cooper says.
Half-naked in a hotel hallway, again
Fawlty Towers: Craig Cooper on a recurring hospitality nightmare.
Craig Cooper: Napier council's decision to bring in scooters inexplicable
Napier is solving a problem it doesn't have, and creating a fresh problem for locals.
Helping communities help themselves
The hostel will be known as Sir Graeme S. Avery House.
Spinner leaves legacy of perfection
Beverley won many top prizes at A&P Shows around New Zealand
Linda Hall: We might not be able to see the food for the trees
We need our farmers, our orchardists, our berry growers, our market gardeners.
Comment: Hitting the high notes for Christmas
Have you always harboured a secret ambition to sing or lip-sync (like me) live on stag?
Marineland story vividly chronicled
Gail Pope and her team, I think, have excelled in putting on the Marineland exhibition.
A step back and a move in another direction
I will examine the phenomenon of over-representation of first nations people in prison