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Eva Bradley: Texting? I'd better pull my digit out
Smartphone overuse gets painful thumbs-down

Marcus Agnew: Kids, it's okay to win
Of course it is okay to lose, we all know that, someone has to, no one's going to die.

Laura Vodanovich: Clock ticking, don't miss out
Just two weeks left to see popular exhibition

Michael Fowler: Retail hours hard sell
The common retail work week used to be six days, with a half-holiday allowed

Mike Williams: Disaster stance total nonsense
Spin doctors try hard but report findings don't support their position

Glen Robertshaw: It is the people who should decide the dam
Regional council has perfect opportunity to properly consider public's views on dam.

Editorial: Is coke really that OK?
Should the sports organisations be tougher on those trying to crack it in the big time?

Tom Belford: She'll be all right. Yeah, right!
Standing before the regional council is its most consequential environmental decision ever

Steve Fiet: Each child needs to be treated as an individual
Education (Update) Amendment Bill is one of the largest education reforms in NZ since 1989

Hot topics for a date night
Be a smash hit at chat when you take a little time away from the kids

Bargain buys hide cheap treatment
Workers paid peanuts for those cheap fashion items we love to snap up

Vaughan Cooper: post-review, few changes
Regional ratepayers will spend $80 million on the dam to directly benefit 200 CHB farmers.

Editorial: More answers and accountability needed
Let's hope the second phase of the inquiry provides a whole lot more answers.

Do the sums: motels for tourists or world expo
Is there a better way to spend $53 million?

Malcolm Dixon: Regional Council has still not apologised
There is still no sign of an apology from the regional council for its failings

Editorial: Saddle up to Ride for Road Safety
As a country with strong rural roots, it seems odd people can be so ignorant.

Michael Fowler: RSA vetoed card games at women's rest
Idea of women playing Bridge in 'sacred' building frowned upon.

David Elliott: Trucks on Marine Parade have damaging impact
We need to look at ways to separate port traffic from the lives of Napier residents.

Mike Williams: The buck stops on Lawrence Yule's desk
If the outcome is to have any lasting effect, then heads must roll.

Tim Gilbertson: It is all over for the dam and CHB
Havelock North water inquiry report and the Ruataniwha dam review were utterly predictable

Ruataniwha review: their guess is as good as mine
What did we learn from the review of the dam?

Water crisis will decide new Tukituki MP
Battle between Lawrence Yule and Anna Lorck will be interesting.

What is life like on the other end of phone?
Eva Bradley ponders about life in our inter-connected world.

Ian Walker: A story yet to be properly told
Combined impact of Plan Change 6 and RWSS will introduce an enormous generational change.

Editorial: Guilty in court of public opinion
Councils guilty in the court of public opinion.

Steve Liddle: Praise for NCEA must be tempered by realities
Time for education summit on intended and unintended consequences.

Editorial: Councils should learn from failure to provide safe drinking water
Councils did not cause outbreak, but they still failed to deliver safe drinking water.