Pay deal only part of story
This week's news of a big pay boost for aged care sector workers may be just the start.
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What Facebook knows about you
Buckle your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride". Welcome to the Facebook revolution.
Your letters
Watch those apostrophes, Buy cheaper dialysis machines, and beware of mushy brains.
Banking on a miracle
Sonny Bill Williams is opposed to moneylenders. Perhaps we should all follow his lead.
Salute battler for win on pay
Battler and winner Kristine Bartlett has shown people can still stand up for their rights.
Unearthing pioneer family
The colonial Chavannes family did a lot to bring Whanganui into the 20th century.
Memo to United: It's not all right
If the airlines can violate Dr Dao's personal space, they can do it to anyone.
Your letters
It's all about rivers with rights and "writing" wrongs, Putiki flooding and political egos
Squalid end in sight for ANC
If South African president Jacob Zuma gets two more years in office, the ANC is finished.
Greens have hopes for tyro
Former Greens stalwart Fred Frederikse is backing up-and-comer Chloe Swarbrick.
Editorial: Sonny Bill makes a point on behalf of religion ... and politics
Sonny Bill Williams puts banks' malign debt encouragement in the spotlight
Your letters
Is council's 'gang of seven' just vote-grabbing? And did God hold back the flood for us?
Conservation Comment: When a plant becomes a pest
Phoenix palm is an invasive pest, dangerously spiky and toxic. What's not to like?
Kate Stewart: House hunt highlights a shocking situation
Whanganui's shocking situation with regard to affordable rental properties
Editorial: Weather hype was over the top
Storm that never was may make us sceptical next time
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Sean Spicer (Dedicated to John Clarke)
How US president Donald Trump's press secretary, Sean Spicer, got it wrong
Chester Borrows: This column is brought to you by the letter H
People won't alter their prejudices -- even in the face of clear evidence they are wrong
Rachel Rose: Love thy neighbour, and be patient
Do good fences really make good neighbours?
Terry Sarten: Slip your worries into neutral, put the baby in the boot, life's a caravan
Homeless? How to turn your car into your home
Editorial: More commitment needed to turn round Maori prison rates
Serious action is needed to turn Maori imprisonment rates around
Trough Union still alive and well
It's possibly the last of the old-time unions, and its members are all MPs
Response to flooding threat first rate
The response to last week's flood threat shows we've learned much over the past two years.
Editorial: Comic's wit as sharp as a knife
John Clarke had two tilts at greatness - as the amiable yet shrewd Fred Dagg and himself.
Soul music in the church of life
Morgan the born-again church organ plays songs in the key of life for a Durie Hill family.
Your letters
National's path, Boat ramp charges, Typhoid, Religion and the mind, Flooding and stopbanks
Significance of the sound and fury
A week ago Trump said removing Syrian leader Assad was not US policy. He now says it is.
John Clarke - a funny, funny man
John Clarke - New Zealand's finest export to Australia
Your letters
Asset sales, Funganui (say what?), Slipway fees, Making our own gods, Street closure
Council falls short on rules
How many times does a court have to tell Horizons Regional Council how to do its job?