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Ewan McGregor: Lesson to be learned from radiata pines

New Zealand can take satisfaction from its forestry ethic

Here's why McCullum should be taken with pinch of salt

To adopt Brendon McCullum's edict of recovering some swagger simply smacks of desperation.

For Black Caps, it's about attitude over aptitude

Trent Boult deserved better because his hat-trick simply paled into glorious irrelevance.

Jeetan Patel can't be scapegoat for not tinkering team

Ish Sodhi spin blunder's symptomatic of not tinkering with New Zealand team much earlier.

Duty dictates we must chlorinate our water

Chlorine still the right decision.

Future bright as boys' rugby team stand by Briar Hales

The correlation between females engaging in male domains and succeeding is hard to ignore.

ICC need to front up with stats on Sri Lanka bias claims

Sri Lanka's claims on pitch status maybe right but it's no skulduggery on the hosts' part.

Football Ferns' blueprint issue, not individual quality

Leon Birnie, of Napier, should assume mantle of Football Ferns coach, as soon as possible.

Kohli clapping gesture to India fans timely diplomacy

Virat Kohli gesture towards Steve Smith stems from what captain encountered in Australia.

Opinion: Roy Krishna finally drops Fijian persona to lift game

Wellington Phoenix scholarship offer noble but what's that about recruiting Europe talent?

Pilot scheme for regional reporters is good news

Reporter numbers in regions have fallen by 28 per cent in the last three to five years.

Golf's designed to bring out Koepka, Trumpesque traits

Etiquette's everything in golf and that's why the old school types insist on a dress code.

The hourglass empties: Waves bashing a Hawke's Bay beachfront are our climate change flashpoint

OPINION: If only we all felt of the sands of time slipping away underneath our feet.

England football story, like Europe, distorted

The elite European football league have lost their mission statements in all the euphoria.

Hawkesby: How dare police allow the Mongrel Mob to take over Te Mata Peak

COMMENT: Are gang ceremonies now more important than free access to public spaces?

When kids' dreams start telling lies where are parents?

Are parents guilty of giving kids so much leeway in sport that academia becomes redundant?

Anendra Singh: Lydia Ko needs to feed soul as much as refine her swing

It may be difficult for David Leadbetter to swallow but it's not just about the coaching.

Israel Folau, as it turns out, is a 21st century heretic

Throwing the Folaus and Vunipolas of today into the lion's den isn't the solution.