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Anthony Hōete: The Government is finally seeing the forest for the trees
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Lake Taupō highway languishes behind other priorities
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Opinion: Deliberately misnaming, misgendering people is cruel and inhumane
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The Premium Debate: Police should arrest gangsters, not escort them - subscribers
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Kiri Gillespie: Ram raids cowardly and lazy crimes
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Opinion: Why evicting unruly state tenants is not the answer
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Luke Bradford: What men just don’t get about health
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Cloud nine or clouded minds? Why we need to take a harder line on vaping
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Mark Lister: Should I pay off the mortgage, or invest that extra cash?
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Nicola Grigg: What the National Party wants for New Zealand women
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Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: If we want better government, we have to do our bit
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From peaceful to perilous: Innovations needed to combat crime
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How do we get the balance right between housing and heritage?
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Mark Lister: What a central bank pause means for markets
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Lizzie Marvelly: National's stance a prescription for disaster with women
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The Premium Debate: Mum of injured teen speaks out after street racers arrested
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Mark Lister: What if the US debt ceiling isn’t resolved?
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