Frank Greenall: Another savoury & sausage roll safari
What's lacking is simply the political will to address causes that are already known.
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Letters: A wonderful city to live in
Whanganui is underrated, with helpful, obliging business people and friendly residents.
Letters: Please leave the PM alone
Should we all pull up our socks, stand to attention, salute, and sing God Save the Queen?
Jay Kuten: Now you see it, now you don't
Trump, who admires strongmen, is not as interested in human rights as he is in power.
Rachel Stewart: Climate - Don't say I didn't warn you
COMMENT: It needs WWIII to turn this overloaded, burning, sinking global ship around.
Editorial: What's the real reason for the DHB's deficit?
DHB deficit symptomatic of a bigger problem.
Gwynne Dyer: Rise of Brazil's hard-right another sign of democracy in retreat
How bad will it get, and how long will it stay bad? Quite bad and for quite a while.
Opinion: Assess teachers' performance
Poor teachers should be urged to go, and salaries must encourage the good to stay.
Letters: Pension travesty must end
NZers' overseas pensions are confiscated by the Government when they apply for NZ Super.
Kevin Page: Many happy returns: the take-it-back blues
Mrs P does some shopping and Kevin Page returns the favour.
Adrian Rurawhe: Strive to 'raise the bar'
Other people's actions — good and bad — reflect on us all as we stand together.
Conservation Comment: Ruling pause for thought
This widely reported case should be the harbinger for a change of attitude.
Letters: Waste survey geared to one option
The whole structure of the survey is geared up to direct people to opt for Option C.
Kevin Page: Miserable afternoon: How about a cuddle?
She had a rather large kitchen knife in her hand at the time, so I wasn't going to argue
Editorial: Support participation in sport -- sure. But make it girls AND boys
It seems women and girls will continue to be treated as "the weaker sex" in sport
Your say: Compelling case to stop seabed mining; virtue-signalling columnists; guilty unless proven innocent
Readers write: Stop seabed mining; putting virtue on show; guilty till proven innocent
Nicola Patrick: What adds up to wellbeing? Another way of measuring society's success
We need to make long-term changes and look beyond cost, inconvenience and fear of change
Terry Sarten: We're jammin' -- 24 hours of art set to go off
A lot can happen in a 24-Hour Art Jam
Letters: Winning the classroom war
Some parents are taking their children out of school to teach them at home.
Chester Borrows: Is justice in need of change?
Over-representation of poor people in prison looks racist on the face of it.
Frank Greenall: Laughing all the way to the Banksy
Such is the arcane terrain of the postmodern, deconstructivist art world.
Frank Gibson: Ecosystem damage linked to deadly Ebola virus
Ebola-type viruses are found in many areas of the world, and this is part of the problem.
Ian McKelvie: Soaring fuel price hits rural areas hard
Soaring petrol prices hurt rural communities and low-income families most.
Letters: Sex education important
Sexuality education has a critical part to play in the wellbeing of students.
Six months after elections Iraqi parties still bickering over rule
Corruption in Iraq is a system, not a series of individual crimes.
Opinion: Enough to drive you round the bend
Arthur Lewis was accused of motoring round the Guyton St corner at 10 miles per hour.
Jay Kuten: It's over? Judge for yourself
These hearings are not criminal trials. They are job interviews for high judicial posts.
Letters: Seize your Operatunity
Operatunity: "Fabulous, fun and frenetic bluegrass fiddling" - and that's not all.
Letters: 'Halfway house' too isolated
Why not admit that a "halfway house" in isolated Shakespeare Rd, Bastia Hill, was crazy?
Kevin Page: Men's foibles just not cricket
I bristled at the suggestion of impropriety. 'We men liked to play with a straight bat',
Letters: Time to reflect on issues that affect us all
All of us feel stressed, anxious or down at times for a variety of reasons.
Conservation Comment: Pitfalls of land-use change
In Manawatu-Whanganui, forested areas could increase by by 300,000ha to 400,000ha.
Kate Stewart: So who is at the bottom of the spending heirachy?
Ideally, monies allocated to the likes of health and education would be bottomless