Readers respond to a suggestion that cyclists should be taxed.

Rachel Stewart explains why she's not going to be positive just to please chirpy men.

COMMENT: Quantity over quality will turn round to bite tourism industry.

COMMENT: Dairy farmers and industry mouthpieces love to say they are environmental angels.

Opinion: What exactly does a "role model" family look like?

Comment: Elderly, white males are as pesky, autumnal flies for Rachel Stewart.

COMMENT: The sense of wonder, of rising above it all, never gets old, says Rachel Stewart.

COMMENT: It takes two to tango - so it's time men took equal contraceptive responsibility.

COMMENT: John Clarke's genius was what made him distinct, writes Rachel Stewart.

COMMENT: Women taking care of women challenges the status quo, writes Rachel Stewart.

COMMENT: The Te Awa Tupua Bill is a unique approach which we need more of.

COMMENT: One of the women involved in the death of Nia Glassie about to have her fifth child. Taxpayers will raise all of them.

COMMENT: Rape culture doesn't exclusively hurt our young women, it harms our young men as well, says Lizzie Marvelly.

OPINION: They'd never had a woman on the footplate so I needed to be under 'supervision', says Rachel Stewart.

COMMENT: There is only one word that can truly take responsibility for gender pay disparity, and it is sexism.

OPINION: Human capacity for animal cruelty never-ending, writes Rachel Stewart.

Years ago, a Maori boy was caught stealing lollies at the local Four Square. A report labelled him a "thug". He was 10 years old, writes Dame Susan Devoy.

COMMENT: I greatly resent Family First attempting to use experiences of sexual violence in order to advance its anti-trans agenda.

COMMENT: There's something about animal farming and meat-eating that defies rational gravity.

COMMENT: If we had more people in Parliament who would live long enough to experience the results of their actions, we'd all be better off.

COMMENT: Personal battles are waste of energy when tackling climate change requires us all.

COMMENT: The teddies and cupids Valentine's Day brings are vile but dedicating a day to romance is still a lovely idea, writes Lizzie Marvelly.

COMMENT: If risible views heard on plane above Godzone are pakeha norm then help us all.

Paul Tapsell A_140308jb09bop.JPGTE ARAWA TRIP: Hariata Kereopa and Ellen Tamati in front of one of the buses at Ko Te Hamatuti Marae

COMMENT: February 6 marks the one day out of 365 on which we are encouraged to contemplate our unique and imperfect history.

COMMENT: The US has the best raptors for falconry - eagles, falcons, hawks. I go often. The thought of not going breaks my heart. Yet, here we are.

COMMENT: Trump's signing of death warrant for vulnerable women around world shows exactly what fight is about, writes Lizzie Marvelly.

COMMENT: Not even a week into Trump's presidency, it's crystal clear that US citizens are now dealing with a fascist regime, writes Rachel Stewart.

COMMENT: If there's one thing we can probably all agree on, it's that the slogan "love trumps hate" turned out to be about as useful as tits on a bull.

COMMENT: To block someone is not censorship. It's just that I don't want to hear you, or more to the point, for you to hear me, writes Rachel Stewart.