Clayton Mitchell, Opinion August 17

COMMENT: Labour's water policy is not as difficult to understand as you might think.

Charles Dickens himself could not have invented a more inventive and bizarre story line.

Photos are some of our most precious possessions.

It feels like we truly are right on the edge of existence, Tommy Kapai says.

Before Jacinda Ardern was made leader, National looked to sail smoothly into a fourth term

It all boils down to being at the right place at the right time.

It's never too early to talk about Crankworx.

Everything we share online is fair game for the world to see. And judge.

Comment: Turning Turei's pronouncement into a virtuous act of heroism is way off the mark.

Dunkirk provides us with the opportunity to recognise the simple refusal to give up.

Emmanuel Macron and Justin Trudeau triggered a youth quake and now it's Jacinda's turn.

Winter would be dreary indeed without the written word.

There was a surprising arrival of rainbows this week.

The conundrum: Name one or name them all...

Stop asking women whether they want babies.

Clayton Mitchell Opinion

I see the appeal in wanting to own one example of everything.

The inflow of new residents brings benefits as well as headaches.

The minority view can often be proved right.

Tommy says goodbye to a pohutukawa of the community - Maria Ngatai.

Thoughts are turning to the new fishing season starting in October.

Everyone has plans for what they would do if they won Lotto.

Public art shouldn't be covered up.

My birthday's about a month away. In case you were wondering, I don't need gifts

A reader believes there should be more options on how the annual TECT payment is made.

Nobody wants to be defined by a lie.

Clayton Mitchell weekly column

COMMENT: Is your local council doing enough about mitigating effects of climate change?

Is there no room in politics for a simple human response to the plight of another?