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Jay Kuten: Ode to beautiful River City
The best features of any city are its institutions and the people who make it what it is.
Your letters: The right to choose the way you die
The law change will give patients the right to choose the way they wish their life to end.
Gwynne Dyer: Universal healthcare is better, no contest
Universal health care is a no-brainer
Editorial: We can't dither on core services
New dog pound is a necessity, not an option.
Your letters: Babies still being left in hot cars
Offenders put in a hot car for a few minutes could see how quickly the temperature rises.
Fred Frederikse: Rwanda has come a long way
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is genuinely popular, although his enemies "tend to die".
Opinion: Beyond city limits of safety
Cycling on rural roads is currently reserved for only a band of intrepid pioneers.
Your letters: We need a new pound now
Great staff there, but the animal care facility is a depressing and distressing visit.
Your view: Wasted years and wasted money
Readers have their say on the wastewater plant and what's needed to be a councillor
Kevin Page: Neighbours dig deep to uncover mystery
An empty house ... so who's been digging up the garden?
Kate Stewart: Street's rubbish service is truly rubbish
Stuck down a quiet lane, Kate Stewart is told to take a hike with her rubbish bin
Nicola Patrick: Poised and unaffected, Ardern rules Waitangi Day
Waitangi Day had a fresh feeling this year .. thanks to our PM
Terry Sarten: I am brilliant ... and humble with it
Terry Sarten is so good he can't keep quiet about it
Editorial: Winter Olympics bridges gaps and brings hope
It's not peace in our time but it is cause for hope as sport brings two Koreas together
Gwynne Dyer: In a cold war state of mind
The Russians and Chinese will respond, and the world will become a little more dangerous.
Chester Borrows: In the Stihl of the forest I saw an idea
I've been told so many times things cannot be done. In the country, they just do get done.
Your letters: Capitalising on PM's pregnancy
Orr's impertinence in playing priestly adviser to the prospective parents is appalling.
Opinion: Time to think about decriminalising dope
I suspect the NZ Police have more important things to do than chase cannabis users.
Opinion: Population - the elephant in the room?
Why don't the UN or world leaders acknowledge that we have a major problem?
Frank Greenall: GYO baccy not so wacky
Where's the harm in growing a few organic "Nepalese tomatoes" in the home garden?
Editorial: Now not the time to close bridge
Don't shut Dublin St Bridge while there's a bottleneck at the City Bridge on a busy day.
Your letters: Don't make light of Rob's efforts
'Rob, thank you for trying. I know it costs more than envisaged, but full points.'
Jay Kuten: Cannabis bills both miss the point
Both cannabis bills disappoint -- the case for a new law is proven.
Editorial: Lack of outside investigation into gas leak concerning
Concerning that WorkSafe NZ will not investigate ammonia leak
Rachel Stewart: Yee-ha! Rodeo is doomed
COMMENT: So, we all know in our hearts that rodeo is wrong.
Gwynne Dyer: 'Saint' Suu Kyi stained by bloodshed
You can legitimately call it ethnic cleansing. Or genocide, if you want to get legalistic.
Fred Frederikse: Big Apple: Rotten to the core?
Billy the Kid, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh and Harvey Weinstein: all New Yorkers.
Your letters: Global warming v nuclear winter
Legalise all cannabis. In 12 months, the regulatory framework will reveal itself.
Your letters: Cannabis vote a National disaster
It's time to discard reactionary and irrational prejudice against a benign, healing plant.
Comment: No hiding place for farmers with social media
Farmers must tell it like it is. With social media there is no hiding place.
Bridge lights still no closer
Readers get it off their chest - bridge lights, going topless, take in more salt
Kate Stewart: Ending child poverty, is it doable?
Kate Stewart ponders the Government's policy to reduce child poverty.
Kevin Page: Who would you leave home for?
Kevin Page ponders who he might leave home for.