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Joe Bennett: The couple down my street
When you're down the world tends to give you an extra kicking.

Kevin Page: Simple walk gives me a rush of blood to the head
Eventually I got the whole, sorry caravan back to the car.

Vaughan Gunson: Good to see our drinking culture moving closer to the French or Italian model
Health authorities worldwide are telling us to stay away from the booze.

Joe Bennett: Art imitating life?
We respond to the arm as a living thing. We like it.

Kevin Page: Back on the Open Home Trail
Garish paint, unusual décor and dog poos on the carpet. Kevin Page on the Open Homes Trail

Kevin Page: Concreting project throws up a few 'mistakes'
Kevin Page and his helpers opt to suck it up - but things don't go as planned.

Joe Bennett: What do we want for Christmas? To be loved
Of those presents that you remember, how many have been life-changing?

Editorial: What a difference a year can make
No matter what side you stand on the very fabric of our society increasingly feels torn.

Editorial: Finding the best path forward the Northland way
The checkpoints aren't about keeping Aucklanders out.

Editorial: Idleness can costs us our future - climate change
It sounds expensive now, but the price of climate change is unaffordable.

Reti: Hospital revamp requires collaborative effort from all stakeholders
My advocacy for health in Northland, including the hospital upgrade, is on record

Zizi Sparks: That's zed-eye-zed-eye
Opinion: Having a unique name has its ups and downs.

Editorial: When convenience kills the planet - uncomfortable conversations about climate change
Climate change means we need to change the way we eat, move, consume, create and think.

Opinion | Why we have sewage in hospital walls
OPINION: Kathy Spencer identifies the culprit and puts her case for a solution.

Kevin Page: Why we're looking at lifestyle property
Comment: Kevin Page has yet another plan.

Zizi Sparks: How early is too early for Christmas decorations?
Opinion: There is no hard and fast rule but I'll be holding off decorating for now

Kevin Page: Feeding Poppy was more challenging than expected
I made a mental note to remember it for Grandad's speech at her 21st birthday party.

Shane Jones: What 'freedom day' means for Northland
Opinion: Former MP and regional development minister considers prospects for Northland.

Opinion: Friends are indeed the family we choose
Every now and then you come across someone who you just know will be a lifelong friend.

Vaughan Gunson: Five tips for healthy hunter-gatherer living
Health and wellbeing - it's a good idea to know who we are and where we come from

Cricket's evolution - like going from Tolstoy novel to Bond movie
There's room for both short and long cricket games in this world, says Joe Bennett.

The weasel word of the year is ...
My idea of a weasel word is one which doesn't really do the job intended.

Three Waters deserves democratic solution
True leadership happens when the people say we did it ourselves, writes John Williamson

Ignore the hype: Safeguarding our essential water services
Our water assets will remain ours. Councils in each new entity will own the assets

Kevin Page: A happy outcome to Mexican stand-off
Mrs P decided this past weekend was the perfect opportunity to do some baking.

Oruku Landing: yes or no?
The Government was clear its $60m funding attaches only to this proposal on this site.

Kim Gillespie: So, the record got its groove back
OPINION: We've come full circle when it comes to music.

An encounter with a decadent youth and his beast
The beast is designed to make more noise than it needs to. Its noise is its point, but...