Hawke's Bay named after Cook's boss
Debate has also centred around the apostrophe in Hawke's Bay
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Accountability will be difficult to sidestep after Rugby World Cup semifinals in Japan.
Bruce Bisset: Land-use rules must be fair
As an environmentalist, I have to side with the farmers on this one
Anna Lorck: Electorate should represent city and district
Should Tukituki electorate be changed to 'Hastings?'
Commentator's words bring back bad memories
Sunday morning's one-hour-delayed telecast did not start well, writes Wyn Drabble.
All Blacks are AAA 'in Standard & Poor's rating system'
A triple treat at the Rugby World Cup for All Blacks will only feed an elitist ideology.
Make sure you have a ta-ta test
There are about 50 women each week who are diagnosed with breast cancer
Roger Moroney: Listening from a comfortable grandstand
Wake up, take your comfortable seat in the grandstand and listen to the storytellers.
Cook was ordered to make friends
Likely what was occurring from Maori was a wero (challenge ritual)
Winter code v summer code
Therefore, the onus falls back onto parents and their kids to make the right decisions
Simply super surprise
By law, people in Australia are passively channelled into life insurance policies.
Rachel Wise: Quake drill brings back shaky memories
We hung out under the table for quite a while
New exhibitions and gold award for MTG
The processes behind the exhibition were also very different
Mike Williams: Robotic polls could be the way of the future
As a former owner and compulsive poll-watcher, I've learned three lessons.
Irish affinity hard to shake for Kiwi footy fans
Cruel and early exit for either Ireland or NZ tonight
Rugby World Cup demands discipline or jet off home early
No, refs don't get it right every time at the Rugby World Cup but then neither do players.
Bruce Bisset: No clear pattern from voters
It's hard to know quite how to interpret the results of the Hawke's Bay local elections.
The Hits: Annoying app tells me what I don't want to know
Trying to stop reaching for the phone is harder than expected.
Middle NZ: Gearing up for a tax battle
It is a government scheme and surely the government wouldn't rip off hard working Kiwis.
Talking point: Facts are the elephants in the room
97% of publishing climate scientists support the consensus on climate change.
Roger Moroney: Night out at a show had me booing
It was a show to make kids react and join in, which they (and their mums and dads) did.
'Whitby cats' were slow, but sturdy
James Cook would personally oversee the conversion for his voyage.
The best economic news in a decade
COMMENT: Stuart Nash says "the accounts show that we have the balance right".
Napier Football Club one and only club for nine years
To gain experience the players competed annually against Turanganui-a-Kiwa, Poverty Bay.
Who will pass integrity test of voters?
It will be fascinating to see today who passes the integrity test in the eyes of voters.
Common sense needed during cup games
Those tackles are the very brand and strength that Pacific rugby has been built on
Bruce Bisset: The sticks and stones that break us
Papatuanuku, our mother Earth, will not care for us if we do not care for her.
English language is full of incorrigible verbal atrocities
Mr and Mrs Dave have appealed to the right bloke
Mat Mullany: National history curriculum a positive plan
It is with a sense of cautious optimism that our national history can be told.
The Hits: Time for a bit of spring maintenance
Why is it that from now until Christmas we need about three diaries on the go?
Middle NZ: Lab protein turns my stomach
Can't think of anything more processed than food produced in a lab.