Too many councillors; God is great; Inept interviewing; The hurt goes on; Threat to kea.

Our community, our nation and our world face volatility made worse by inertia.

Beautiful things are quietly blooming over in Ashhurst.

New Zealanders spent 4.7 billion dollars online last year - much of it offshore.

Letters to the Editor

Cars are our equivalent to the US obsession with guns

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The Kurd dream of independence is over. They'll be lucky to keep the autonomy they've had.

Whoever stole Darcy Britton's bicycle did the right thing by returning it.

Jake's farewell journey; Gwynne Dyer's CV; Trump's good deeds; Rowing in the wind.

Mental Health Week, born-agains thriving, speed limit joke, prejudice against men.

If you're unhappy with the Ombudsman, who can you complain to?

While Winston dithers, life goes on ... and the cleaners keep on cleaning

An ancient people in an ancient land are still fighting for their rights.

Should we legalise drugs? Who doesn't want a velodrome roof? Why all the attacks on Trump?

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It's Conservation Week. Take a walk outside and reconnect with a bit of your backyard.

Ten years on ... looking back at how the 'anti-terror' raids got it all wrong

One law for the rich, another for the disabled

People power -- more clout than Winston Peters

Winston all-powerful doesn't mean MMP is wrong

Cycle safety, council performance, and Taranaki sporting prowess.

There should always be at least one responsible adult between Trump and the nuclear button

Readers discuss issues of the day.

Govt, council and others are deluding themselves that they can help in any meaningful way.

A Grand Coalition consisting of New Zealand First, National, Labour ... and the Greens.

Some motorists will never improve their driving or grow that sixth sense called "common".

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It seems unfitting that the final say on the next government should be left to one man.

The language of youth culture is only really understood by those who have created it.