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Allison Lawton: Take advantage of growth fund
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Rachel Stewart: Death part of the cycle of life
COMMENT: Death notification app is not for all tastes but it keeps things in perspective.
Rachel Stewart: Breaking free from addictive web
COMMENT: Online technology is hugely important but too much can be detrimental.
Liam Dann: Why National's new leader is irrelevant
COMMENT: The real political battles this year won't involve the Opposition.
Soper: Simon Bridges' rubbish first day as leader
COMMENT: In his first attempt to embarrass Labour, Bridges ended up with egg on his face.
Game on: Bridges brings out mongrel in Ardern
Comment: He may be Oxford educated but it was pure Te Atatu.
Hosking: No reason for National to panic
OPINION: The decision today will affect the next Government.
Audrey Young: Joyce, Collins win campaign but not contest
Comment: Conditions of secrecy helped Joyce's campaign to get off the starting block.
Hosking: This could be a stroke of genius from the Government
Comment: As a piece of politics, this is clever. As a piece of business, the jury's out.
Soper: Anything can happen in Nats race
COMMENT: Public popularity won't decide who'll step into English's Hush Puppies.
Rachel Stewart: Carping at movie deeply misguided in flawed world
COMMENT: Three Billboards film has drawn flak for lack of neat ending — but that's life.
Barry Soper: Why there's a lot to worry about in the National leadership race
Comment: Simon Bridges clearly wanted no distractions as he launched his leadership bid.
Trevett: Political smoke signals come from the BBQs
Smoke signals to be read from barbecues at Waitangi and Tauranga.
Rachel Stewart: Yee-ha! Rodeo is doomed
COMMENT: So, we all know in our hearts that rodeo is wrong.
Why Parliament is so conservative on cannabis
COMMENT: Bryce Edwards looks at Chloe Swarbrick's failed bill.
Rachel Stewart: Boy racer noise drowns quiet country life
COMMENT: Why do we have to put up with these stupid antics?
Rachel Stewart: I got end-of-humanity blues
COMMENT: Hard to feel jazzed about 2018 knowing Earth and its denizens are on brink.
Smalley: There must never be another baby Moko
COMMENT: People need to know the horror of what's happening to some of our children.
Rachel Stewart: Media gorging on racist, sexist views
COMMENT: We shouldn't be publishing opinions which are based on racist or sexist attacks.
Fonterra's spin makes me want to throw up
COMMENT: Fonterra's waterways plan requires a bucket, writes Rachel Stewart.
First day farce: National's brazen bluff
Comment: National's vote demands bordered on political blackmail.
Rachel Stewart: BigAg must wake up to synthetic threat
COMMENT: Artificial milk and meat pose huge risk to farming industry.
If Bill English goes, who is next in line for National?
COMMENT: Diving into National's list to see who could eventually lead the party.
Rachel Stewart: Basking in glow of bright Ardern era
COMMENT: What's it going to be like while writing under the influence of optimism?
Barry Soper: Winston Peters drove a hard bargain
Comment: The NZ First and Greens deals came at a fairly hefty cost to Labour.
Young on Peters: One offer good, two offers can get complicated
COMMENT: Which ever party takes power, NZ First could expect a deal to help it survive.
Rachel Stewart: Why is our road toll such a disgrace?
COMMENT: I have a strong suspicion that another dynamic is at play.
The lethal truth about online abuse
OPINION: Disagree by all means, but nasty personal attacks are out of line.
Rachel Stewart: We're all feeling the squeeze
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Rachel Stewart: Life-affirming jaunt feels good
COMMENT: Attending gala opening night of Pleauredome mattered to me on a number of levels.
Inside Winston's mind: What's driving the kingmaker?
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