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Editorial: Rent hikes leave sectors struggling
Prospective home buyers need to be able to save more than $95,000 to achieve a 20 per cent deposit. Pretty tough going for a young family, writes Dylan Thorne.
Marcel Currin: I am a proud coffee snob
Some people are able to cheerfully smash their way through any old cup of dirt. I wish I could be that indiscriminating but no, I'm a bit of a snob, says Marcel Currin.
Editorial: Drivers need to revisit rules
A British motorist was fined more than $2200 this week and became the first person in the country to be convicted in court of hogging the middle lane of a motorway.
Editorial: Politics not for faint- hearted
Andrew Bonallack writes: If there's one thing the debacle with the Conservative Party has demonstrated, it's that politics is not a game for amateurs.
Editorial: Nonsensical to leave city off air routes
Hopefully Jetstar will review its decision not to include Tauranga in its initial list of provinces it is considering for a regional service, writes Dylan Thorne.
Marcel Currin: 'Science no place for cry babies'
For a quick lesson in how to sabotage your own credibility see British biochemist Sir Tim Hunt has resigned from his position at University College London, writes Marcel Currin.
Editorial: Missed chance to plug our city
No one wants the new highway to become a race track for boy racers who will put other lives at risk, writes Amy Wiggins.
Getting offended is udderly daft
Not everyone has found the ambiguity of Lewis Road Creamery's breast milk labelling as funny as we did. In fact, breast feeding advocates have slammed it as "unacceptable".