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Letters: Join the celebration

BOIVRT will celebrate 150 years of trains on October 26-28 in the Far North.

It's only money

Comment: The govt's ridiculous gesture of $10m for kid's sport ignores the real expense.

Ward Kamo: Your life, your choices

We've become criminal-focused and not victim-focused, writes Ward Kamo

Letters: Green Shed a mighty project for Hospice Mid Northland

Hospice Mid Northland has successfully opened a new Green Shed.

Editorial: Defining NZ values harder than it used to be

COMMENT: The universally acceptable set of values for NZ has evolved over time.

Letters: What would she think now?

We're a very different society than women campaigned for, writes Margaret Burgess.

Letters: Collective classroom wisdom

Teachers need assistance and support to deal with these situations.

Editorial: We deserve better

Guidelines are work of bureaucrats, not politicians. But do politicians let them do it?

Letters: A new attitude

It's too easy to scoff at those less well off, points out a reader.

Letters: Time to speak up loudly against feminism

Feminism is in control of the Western world, says a reader, and it should be eradicated.

Letters: Fluoride free water the best solution

Supplying kids with less sugar is better than water fluoridation, says a reader.

Editorial: Whiria te Muka is stemming the scourge of family harm

Comment: The problem is not the people in jail. It's too many people committing crime.

Letters: Public service unions have death wish

A reader wonders if the public service union movement has a death wish.

Letters: Teachers very patient before strike

Teachers have to be patient to get a response from the govt, says reader.

Editorial: Plastic bag ban easy target for lazy politicians

The ban of plastic bags makes the govt feel good but doesn't address the real problem.

Letters: No aged care facilities planned for Doubtless Bay

Doubtless Bay needs a retirement village too, says a reader.

Letters: Decision to deport Switzer aged carer disappointing

Our community can't afford to lose skilled and committed health care workers, says reader.

Editorial: Drifting from the truth

These are perilous times for freedom of speech, says Peter Jackson. And we need to beware.