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Phoenix's transparency must go all the way to board
It's time for Wellington Phoenix to nut out details of what future template must embody.

Stretching limits on dress sense
When you're not blessed with fashion sense, stick to jeans and T-shirts

Comment: Trying to keep up ends in pain
Finally I made it back to the gym - but I really regretted it.

Xan Harding: Time for community catchment boards?
Do we have the right environmental governance in Hawke's Bay?

That fine and shady fashion statement
Dark glasses caused a silly fuss among some online royal followers.

Hastings has its share of beauty treatments
City's face an ever-changing one over the years.

Personal mementos of loved ones tug at heart-strings
Mourning jewellery evolved out of Queen Victoria's 40 years of grief for Prince Albert

Marcus Agnew: The rugby league opportunity
Get the system right, and rugby league can take off, writes Marcus Agnew.

Opinion: New parents need more encouragement
Judgment and helpful advice are not always helpful.

Roads under pressure as traffic builds
Forward thinking needed to prevent traffic jams.

We do life, death better today
We have come long way since women had their babies in 1940s.

Adam Green: I'm up for day of cold ones in Iceland
We need more holidays and the world has plenty for us to pounce on

Opinion: Maybe the kids can stir up a change
Another mass shooting in the US and you start thinking 'how long before the next one?'

Changing the culture of our councils
Councils are looking more and more like unthinking hierarchical behemoths.

Fast-tracked rail link could be good for Bay
Napier-Wairoa rail link must not become a drain on tax and ratepayers.

Employment there for the picking
Apple industry crying out for pickers so get off the benefit and up those trees.

Dr Claire Badenhorst: Is exercise the enemy?
Exercise and appetite are not the issues in meeting health goals: food choice is.

Martin Williams: Ruataniwha dam must be considered
In my view the Dam emerges as an option which at the very least must be considered.

Te reo help needed in our prison
Many prisoners see the inability to read and write as a matter of shame.

Canny view: Will I run out of money in retirement?
Few people bother to take an in-depth look at their "golden years" plan

Fowler: Playground Avenger blast for kids
US warplane's varied career included WWII service and crop dusting.

Paua thieves poaching cultural nourishment
Heritage pastime frittered away by greedy poachers.

Opinion: Summer's best-laid plans washed away
Relationships fray when you're up a creek without a paddle.