Worksafe NZ clearly believes that many of us are suffering a degree of paranoia over the new Health and Safety at Work Act. It insists

Missionaries planted the gospel

Bon appetit

'History is (was) bunk,' according to Henry Ford. That's a view that some in Kaitaia believe is shared by the St Saviour's Anglican

Vandalism of an ancient tree

Pop off

Big box stores are a fact of life these days. And there is obviously a place for them. But plans by The Warehouse to open a 'pop

Eyes opened

'Immoral' sex education

It has been a turbulent time in more ways than one. The big shake which rocked New Zealand shortly after midnight early Monday morning

Our Northland roadsides are filled with drink containers thrown from cars.

It's all very well for the likes of SAFE and Farmwatch to lobby for animal rights and the prevention of cruelty, but SAFE went too

I totally support your editorial 'Council must try harder' (November 8) regarding holding those responsible for trashing our beautiful Far North, especially when the council has evidence.

Get a life

No one is going to argue that combating the problem of illegally dumping rubbish is about changing behaviour, or that the Far North

Great entertainment

Nothing simpler than recycling.

Some of the spring had gone from Kelvin Davis' step by late last week, as he neared the end of his seven marathons in seven days

Take action on alcohol Last week NZ Rugby confirmed there is to be independent review of its 'culture' following a string of off-field

'You don't need to read the article to know it's slut-shaming sexist garbage.' So said one Facebook respondent to my editorial last

Let us take the blame I read your article about New Zealand's degraded morality around sexual interaction (Whose culture needs to

Doggone ... Dogs should be banned from the town centre. Every day there are fresh droppings on the footpath. These are always trodden

The outcry over rugby's recent scandals is a red herring, argues journalist Peter Jackson. In the wake of Warriena Wright's death, he says society needs to change.

Make it happen There was another excellent editorial in the Age on Tuesday September 27 (Had enough of the violence?) It included

Congratulations are owed to all those who put themselves forward for this year's local government elections. Win or lose, it takes

A simple solution I have an idea how to eventually stop 90 per cent of cigarette smoking in this country. Simple really. Tobacco

Rules for some ... A few weeks ago an elderly neighbour of ours, whose attitude toward driving is as responsible as anyone I know

The public and media reaction to the latest rugby 'scandals' has reached witch hunt proportions. There might well be a case for

Power charges crisis Auckland has a housing crisis, whereas we in the Far North have a power crisis. We are being smoke-screened

Change of channel Thank you for your article 'This subscription goes very long way' (September 22). It prompted a very positive response