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OPINION: Instead of introducing congestion charging we should make public transport free.
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OPINION: Super must be means-tested and strictly based on assessed need.
Letters: Greater prevention needed for flood risks
OPINION: Let’s stop making ourselves a target for other people’s wars.
Letters: We need answers to the diabetes epidemic
OPINION: Let’s get such a nutrition survey under way, it will be money well spent.
Letters: Anzac graves in Gaza must be respected
OPINION: Kiwi graves need protecting
Letters: Opportunities arise for bigger defence bang for buck
OPINION: The All Blacks now have the chance to pick a true centre.
Letters: Legal aid plays vital role in ensuring justice
OPINION: I'm proud we have a system enabling those who have no money to test legal issues.
Letters: Easter trading laws inconsistent and illogical
OPINION: The Defence Capability Plan overlooks key modern threats.
Letters: Health system announcement may be piecemeal repairs
OPINION: It sounds really good – until you look at the details.
Letters: Coalition enters election mode as parties distance from unpopular actions
OPINION: Winston Peters’ diplomatic skills remain crucial amid election tensions.
Letters: The case for acknowledging our emergency service volunteers
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Letters: Govt must address cost of living with actions not words
OPINION: Christchurch's new stadium is ironic with its cathedral still a ruin.
Letters: Clean option? You could always leave the car at home and take public transport
OPINION: Licence requirements for the elderly are unfair.
Letters: It's time the PM brought Winston Peters to order
OPINION: Could James Shaw be the leader Labour needs?
Letters: More clean energy needed to realise true benefit of EVs
OPINION: What's with the new Air New Zealand uniforms?
Letters: Lower-paid Americans may bear the brunt of Trump's tariff war
OPINION: The meth trade flourishes because the rewards outweigh the risks.
Letters: Surely Phil Goff was expressing the views of the NZ Government
OPINION: Are we living in trumbolic times?
Letters: MPs should return to governing
OPINION: Sir Peter Beck for 'Kiwi of the Decade'.
Letters: Long way to go before we have a Defence Force that meets our needs
OPINION: Immigration NZ's treatment of family with Down syndrome child disappointing
Letters: We fail the Ghandi test when it comes to treatment of our most vulnerable
OPINION: Trump tariffs may make history for all the wrong reasons
Letters: New Zealand shoppers can hit back at Trump’s tariffs
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Letters: Eden Park has never been a good stadium
OPINION: Eden Park will always be a difficult venue for transport.
Letters: Trump’s tariffs display woeful ignorance
OPINION: 'Seymour's arrogance and logic stretches our trust in democracy.'
Letters: Parliamentary protocol persists with a colonial mindset
OPINION: Have taxpayers dodged an America's Cup bullet?
Letters: Hospital crisis shows our ailing health system
OPINION: 'It is a sad time ... when imported culture wars are pursued by politicians.'
Letters: School lunch lessons from Japan
OPINION: 'Eden Park should fund its own development instead of asking for public money.'
Letters: What a load of rubbish we create with all our consumer products
OPINION: 'Why don’t they come clean and say that the Red Bull car is a dog?'
Letters: Why some people are afraid of police officers
OPINION: 'Little wonder that their mistrust of police take years to be dispelled ... '
Letters: NZ must be better than Trump on immigration
OPINION: 'Eden Park has already soaked up millions of ratepayer dollars with no benefit.'
Letters: Medical mishap victims deserve better support
OPINION: 'Many of us are raised to believe in, and trust medical personnel.'
Letters: RSA row over Auckland president is PC to the point of absurdity
OPINION: 'We should be able to laugh, joke, and rib one another.'
Letters: History repeats on Auckland stadium debate
OPINION: 'It is the people of NZ who are attending this future 'national stadium'.'
Letters: Girl’s mental health mix-up a hospital horror story
OPINION: 'For a whopping $201, this is plain unacceptable.'