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Why do so many rapes go unreported?
One woman shares her harrowing tale of being sexually assaulted on three different occasions and asks why so many cases go unreported.
Bruce Bisset: Think globally and act small
It's harder to define where a city's limits end than it is a region's, yet reasonably easy to define a local community both in terms of geography and interest.
Editorial: Jobs boost means Bay is buzzing
The region has been buzzing this week with thousands of people in the Bay for the Horse of the Year.
Bruce Bisset: Going where the wild things are
Seems to me the more "civilised" we become, the less we appreciate the wild spaces around us.
Editorial: Air travel still safer than roads
An early morning flight to Auckland got off to a eerie start on Wednesday.
Bruce Bisset: Market's inflated view of CEO
The furore over regional council investment company chief Andrew Newman's pay rise illumines a major flaw in current employment practice.
Editorial: Our big hearts hide the shame
The story developing this week of a young Japanese girl admitted to hospital after being mauled by four dogs in Murupara has gripped the nation's conscience.