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Editorial: Change way council pay increases
Whangarei's mayor is embarrassed about pay increases. But perhaps the Remuneration Authority (RA) should be the embarrassed one, writes Craig Cooper.
Editorial: 'Biomarkers' fine but live well first
There is a fascination with ageing and currently scientists are working on a 40-year-old study that could help predict, when you're in your 20s, how you're going to age.
Editorial: $25,000 needed for seaside lifesaver
Summer creates many memories for locals and visitors - we spend a lot of time on our coasts, in the water. Some of those memories, sadly, are tragic ones, writes Craig Cooper.
Editorial: Admitting doing wrong a good start
Sonny Tau will have to experience the sour taste of public ignominy, writes Northern Advocate editor Craig Cooper.
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: Schools entitled to uniform approach
What prompts a school to ban something is usually, I would imagine, a matter of being fed up with a distraction, a noise or a bad look. Or at least it should be, says Andrew Bonallack.