Wyn Drabble: Retail encounter leaves me deflated
By the time I left, I really had the impression that I had inconvenienced her
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Opinion: Safe drinking water top of list for council
No other local authority has undertaken a water infrastructure project of this magnitude.
Middle NZ: Line laundry causing a stir
Some people never hang their washing on the line.
School holidays: Here we go again
Oh hi school holidays! There you are again. Always sneaking up on us...
Let's hear more on the water projects and less on the leak
Water of big interest in the region
Japan's the Silicon Valley capital of rugby discards
The warm fuzzies are noted in creating a sporting global village but Japan's way off side.
Roger Moroney: What happened then happened then
What happened back in past times should be viewed from those times and not today's.
Teuila Fuatai: Pacific people treated differently
COMMENT: Fly-in fly-out Pacific Island workers get a rough immigration deal.
It takes a village to make museum work
Museum offers numerous collaborative education threads
Train station opened 145 years ago
The first railcar arrived in 1962, the last train to stop would also be a railcar
Ain't nobody here but us chickens ...
They can want chickens all they like, but I don't need a rooster.
Canny View: Education key to financial confidence for women
Good advice can help identify factors that can impact the future.
Losing faith, but not losing heart
We should no longer expect, or even respect, piety in our leaders
What you see online is not always what you get
Warning about booking accommodation online.
Peter Beaven: Major milestone for plains aquifers
"Genuine transformation" in water management for the Heretaunga Plains
Ben O'Keeffe ideal successor to Nigel Owens in rugby
Even if the judiciary finds Reece Hodge guilty, it'll be of little consequence to Fijians.
The Hits: Funny feeling about 'my baby's' next stage of life
Friday is the day my second child, my baby, will have his last day as a pre-schooler.
Roger Moroney: The heat is on, then off, then on again
There's plenty of opinions in the climate of weather conversation.
Editorial: Too late now for neglected station
Council should have cared more while they had the chance.
Talented man built wooden telephones
Like many children of the period, he did not attend school
Planning for a longer life
One of the problems with living to 100 is that it costs money.
Gas installation backfires on director
The gas works faced a new threat of electricity in 1910.
Haworth's departure is a blow that the Labour Party
Wellington parliamentary precinct is the rumour mill par excellence.
Comment: Water is what should be on everyone's lips
Napier has this blindness too says Bruce Bisset
Wyn Drabble: Lack of noses a picky subject
The boys won Smokefreerockquest and it was a joyous night in Takapuna.
Fun in the sun comes at a cost
Someone I know was recently diagnosed with a melanoma.
Remember there's a real person reading your comments
We have a huge problem in this country with mental health in general.
Talking Point: Care needed in rewriting our history
Clive Bibby has been an advocate for the compulsory teaching of te reo in our schools.
Rachel Stewart: Farm leaders in dance over freshwater plan
COMMENT: Finally long-delayed "action plan for freshwater" discussion document has arrived
Roger Moroney: Bay ball booters blooming beaut
The Magpies were hot in the '60s and now they're clearly heating up again.
Spring has sprung and it's cold out there!
It's not just the horses who need to be bundled against the cold.
Glorious setting for a spring festival
The 1954 Hastings Blossom had 63 floats take part.