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Opinion: 'Fat girl!' The story of (another) verbal hit-and-run
OPINION: Why is it always a loser in a crappy car?

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Life's too short to let whingers and whiners dump their hatred on you
OPINION: Whingers and whiners should ditch the negativity.

Luke Kirkness: More needs to be done to help the real MVPs of society
OPINION: Health workers are incredibly important but do we show it enough?

Dawn Picken: Is working from home working for us?
Opinion: Despite calls for workers to return to the office, remote work is here to stay.

Luke Kirkness: Police need to be respected more and the buck stops with us
Luke Kirkness says police in NZ don't deserve to be spat at, bitten or hit.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: I'm about to lose my job but I'm not sorry to go
OPINION: Change should happen when it's needed most

The Premium Debate: If you're physically able, you should work
OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say on the benefit v employment

Opinion: Why schools should cash in on foreign students
Education minister heading to US and South America to drum up student business.

Opinion: Simon Henry apology: Women no longer have a designated lane
OPINION: Misogyny, like racism is embedded in our customs and institutions.

Luke Kirkness: This Government is rewarding laziness
OPINION: It's time to get tough and ensure people are actually trying to find work.

Dr Tony Farrell: Reining in alcohol industry will reduce health burden
OPINION: The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act needs reviewing

Luke Kirkness: I've started vaping - and I'm on the way to getting hooked
OPINION: I've picked up a bad habit that is hard to shake despite not being a smoker.

Ram raids are violent, thuggish and dangerous
OPINION: Grumpy old men and women have been sounding the warning for years.

Fran O'Sullivan: Two views on the way forward for Māori
There's the Simon Bridges approach — and then there's Three Waters.

Claire Trevett: Why Luxon will breathe a sigh of relief when Bridges goes
OPINION: While the PM's been away, Labour has done a Marie Kondo on contentious issues.

Shane Jones: Political stink in Rotorua
OPINION: It walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and is a lame electoral duck.

Richard Prebble: Rotorua's co-governance bill 'reduces the value of my vote'
What is driving the co-governance agenda in Rotorua, according to an ex-MP.

Opinion: Not wanted or valued by Labour - I don't blame Louisa Wall for leaving politics
OPINION: MPs should be above jealousy and envy towards one of their own.

'I'm smitten': An affair to remember in dark times
Sunrise is a reminder of beauty in our broken world.

Opinion: Crisis after crisis - and many families will not survive
MEREPEKA RAUKAWA-TAIT: Collective leadership is needed to sort the country's woes.

Simon Bridges: NZ's cost of living crisis and what we can do about it
OPINION: In a cost of living crisis, New Zealanders deserve relief, says Simon Bridges.

Mark Lister: What the Russian invasion means for financial markets
Ongoing military conflict may lead to economic fallout.

Jo Raphael: Dangerous, chaotic and filthy - protest needs to be shut down now
OPINION: Give us back our capital.

Timber boss: I'm a protest funder - here's why
To have any chance of ending the protest, concessions will be required.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: The mess in Wellington can hardly be called a protest
Comment: Protesting is more than a big get together, more than a party.

Scotty Morrison: 'If you live in Aotearoa, you have just as much responsibility and right to learn te reo'
Scotty Morrison is a champion of the Māori language and has written books celebrating it.

Teuila Fuatai: Change rather than apology needed to stop racial profiling
Calling out discrimination's the right thing to do. But it's not easy or straightforward.

Jarrod Gilbert: Is gang violence in NZ the worst it's ever been?
'Gangs are seldom at war, but when they do flare up they are understandably troubling.'