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Your Views: Government's bad debt; Mike Hosking and balloons
Readers write about government debt; Mike Hosking; judge's failings and the Maori nation

Fred Frederikse: Yemeni peace bad for business
Set Muslim against Muslim and sell weapons to create jobs

Editorial: Star trekking across the universe...
Technology has evolved to something almost as good as a holodeck.

Kevin Page: Royal wedding watching ... at 'her majesty's' pleasure
Keeping 'her majesty' happy with a who's who of the royal wedding

Gwynne Dyer: Political theatre of the absurd
A thousand unarmed Palestinians are struck by Israeli bullets in a day

Editorial: Wedding a majestic lesson for doubters
MAYBE now people will get it ...

Your view: Respect Queen, fly the right flag
Readers write on royal flags; euthanasia; existence of god; alien life; heritage buildings

Terry Sarten: Imprisoned by old ideas
NZ's prison population today is 10,588 — up from about 8000 four years ago

Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of the Royal Wedding
It's the royal wedding ... but Harry, Meghan, Charles and even the Queen have a problem

Chester Borrows: Who will throw the first rock?
Hateful comments from those claiming to speak on behalf of all Christians makes me cringe

Editorial: Grinding to a halt in the cone zone
City centre cone zone puts drivers in the slow lane

Your View: Council response "fatuous flim-flam'
Readers write about council voting; apostrophes; assisted dying; and democracy

Frank Greenall: Predator creditors on the prowl
Regular columnist Frank Greenall discuss the debt predator

Editorial: Sheep singer questions our obsession with meat
A protester who sings to sheep before slaughter questions our meat-eating ways.

Jay Kuten: Lack of money means lack of freedom
Good advice for middle-class, well-off Kiwis, but what about those in struggle street?

Fred Frederikse: I burn plastic ... and I'm not afraid to say so
Burning plastic: toxic, smelly, frowned upon ... but is it the way forward?

Editorial: Hail the mother of all marketing opportunities
Celebrating a special day when the marketing machine cranks into overdrive

Gwynne Dyer: Revisiting the classless society
On the 200th anniversary of Karls Marx's birth, Gwynne Dyer revisits socialism.

Mother's Day visit to a massage parlour
On the face of it a visit home by the Boomerang Child was the perfect Mother's Day present

Kevin Page: Mechanic throws a spanner in the works
There was nothing wrong with the car but my wife insisted I take it to the mechanic

Bold claims of water machine examined
Dr Alison Campbell discusses a water machine with big claims.

Are those plants you want to share goodies or baddies?
Are those plants you want to share goodies or baddies?

Letters: Weighing in on the end of life debate
Letters to the Editor on issues of the day.

Gwynne Dyer: US exit from nuclear deal leaves few options
Gwynne Dyer discusses the US exit from nuclear deal with Iran

Editorial: Google's artificially intelligent wow moment
Google has just demonstrated an AI that can make phone calls.

Your say: Whanganui's Thain building must be saved
Readers have their say on heritage buildings; euthanasia, Israel Folau and fluoride

Nicola Patrick: High time to make a fashion statement
'Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want'