Mike Williams: Luxon has a plausibility problem over Uffindell
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Don't be afraid to speak out in te reo Māori
I am lucky to have grown where te reo Māori and kapa haka were easily accepted.
Comment: Without the Queen, our tolerance for royals is likely to wane
By focusing on things that potentially divide us, we rarely embrace things that unite us.
Opinion: There's a simple solution to water security
We need to fix the environmental challenges.
Exhibition puts our connection with nature under microscope
The museum's connection to nature is embedded in our history
Comment: How to steer your kids on path to money success
In my family, we have a rule about saving as much as you spend
The long and winding road of playing music
I have spent many hours of my life trying to rewind unravelled tape using a biro
Linda Hall: The miracle of Mother Nature
So - what comes first, the chicken or the egg?
The Hits' Megan Banks: Car costs blow the budget, but it feels fine
My little Peugeot has cost us about $900 in the last seven days
Comment: Napier council's NRL coup worthy of high praise
This week I'm going to actually praise something
Hamilton appointed new CEO of Hawke's Bay Racing
A round-up of the week's racing with Hawke's Bay connections.
The higher the risk the higher the potential reward
Risk is scary, for some, but in investment there is no potential reward without risk.
Comment: Infrastructure, trade powering Bay's economic recovery
I joined the Prime Minister to open the brand-new Hawke's Bay Regional Aquatic Centre
Comment: Using literature to get your point across
Hip Hip Hoo ... A short play by Wyn Drabble
Comment: Motivating my 8-year-old with smiley faces and cash
Those familiar with the tick chart method will understand this easily.
Speed reduction on bridge disappointing
Waka Kotahi's planned speed drop on bridge raises multiple questions
Director leaves incredible legacy
Rooks and Rain is one of a number of British art works held in the Trust's collection.
Destroying productive soils is 'economic vandalism'
Our short term solutions are just not sustainable
Comment: Insurance the handy brolly for a rainy day
Insurance in some form is an ancient concept
Wyn Drabble: The indications are not good
Why, oh why, do people indicate right when they are going straight through a roundabout?
Linda Hall: What a joke - that wasn't a protest, that was a political rally
OPINION: I understood the anti-mandate protest. I didn't understand this one.
Comment: International travel with children not much fun
It was very hard to not to get flangry (flight delayed angry)
Hamish Bidwell: You can tell a lot about a country by how it treats its frontline workers
Everyone wants more pay, better equipment and conditions, but firefighters are different.
Bay butter gifted to Antarctic expedition
The fund-raising task was largely carried out by Scott
Comment: Have a strategy for dealing with market ups and downs
Investors don't get paid for not taking risk
Wyn Drabble: Food, not so glorious food
The success of the deep-fried Mars Bar led to the deep-frying of other confections.
Time to make landlines cheap as chips
Call to drop landline charges as rival technologies offer so much more.
Comment: Thank goodness for modern remedies
Treating one disease with another sounds like a bad idea
Comment: Dearth of candidates a worrying trend
Who needs the political party machine dictating their thoughts and actions?
Artist dedicated to landscape as a subject
Barbara worked from her villa in Arthur Street, Ponsonby
Comment: Sorry National, money won't buy you buy votes
National seems convinced that heavily reducing government income is a vote winner
Comment: Stick to the tried and tested systems
The recent crash in cryptocurrencies caused a lot of panic