Whanganui council should have hidden construction site for Anzac service.

The most common response to unwillingness to meet a standard is to lower the standard.

A dog has fallen down the city centre drain ... and a horse ... and two gentlemen

Some may argue that this is saving capitalism, but evolution is better than revolution.

The greatest mentors in my life never had to explain themselves. They led by example.

Not all autistics are locked into being Rain Man people (from the movie).

International trade and communication have superseded Commonwealth ties.

Our Government would be overjoyed if we all upped-sticks and moved across the ditch.

Four weeks is plenty of time to study cracks appearing in coalition government

Nurses are at the front line of health services, from the cradle to the death bed.

Overpopulation, coupled with land growing export crops, raises the spectre of famine.

I'm all for personal choice, but I deem butt-picking inappropriate, so I go out for a word

The Waitotara Conservation Area is a tramping backwater ripe for developing greater use.

White helmets, unprotected in T-shirts and jandals, "save" poisoned people. Totally fake.

Readers get it off their chest -- bad language; news reporting and fluoride facts

How's the weather with you ... and what does it all mean?

Donations that are far from generous -- dumpers plague the op shops

It's bad enough subsidising Aucklanders' sorry arses, now we've got to feel sorry for them

There can't be a new Cold War; the Russians don't have the resources to hold up their end.

The Dublin St Bridge's new LED lighting has turned out to be a disaster.

We may well have pockets of citizenry who do not meet the definition of First World.

I think we should thank Israel Folau for reminding us how intolerant religion actually is.

Karen Ellett's approach to life is a lesson to us all.

A cheeky request sees the nation's media chasing Whanganui woman

The crucial stats pertaining to general quality of life for Maori have been in free fall.

No matter how much is spent making roads safer, incompetents will still cause accidents.

Waiting lists are out of control, with a waiting list being created for the waiting list.

The Facebook wizard has reassured the timid lions, tin men and scarecrows of Congress.

I will buy locally from a business I trust, and my money will stay in the community.

Russian-speakers must accept that Latvia's endangered language and culture come first.