Comment: I felt quite emotional at times amid the scenes of family support at the finish.

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Readers have their say on climate funding and a Treaty conversation.

OPINION: What's more important that the formation of a new government?

Opinion: Rob Rattenbury reflects on how times have changed for families.

OPINION: "Everywhere one looks in Whanganui, one sees history".

Comment: Now is a great time to make plantings of cold-sensitive vegetables

Comment: You can't beat your body

Kevin Page makes no apologies for being the "gunner".

OPINION: Kevin Page encounters some goings-on at the petrol pump.

'The history of both sides is tragic, to say the least.'

Jay Rerekura: Here we are organising our snacks and drinks for the early morning lead-up

Perennial plants repeat their cycle year after year gradually increasing in size.

Nicky feels like Jack Nicholson in The Shining. “I’m back!”

OPINION: The streets were filled with people running here, there and everywhere.

OPINION: Raukotahi is a concept that acknowledges all those who have gone before us.

The voting conversation is always a tricky one, writes Nicky Rennie.

Readers have their say on national politics, leaders who are never wrong and more.

OPINION: We all know change can take forever, even in our little democracy.

Jay Rerekura is more interested in candidates' characters than party policies.

OPINION: To say we both got a surprise is a bit of an understatement.

OPINION: We knew all the stories, the jokes, the traditions.

Rob Rattenbury is trying his hand at writing fiction - but it's not smooth sailing.

Kevin Page dishes up his latest domestic disaster.

Being a New Zealander can be a complex business.

There are however plenty of hardy vegetables to be planted now.

OPINION: Many in New Zealand society have moved on from active religious worship.

Kevin Page and The Scottish Plumber have another night to remember.