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Tim Gilbertson: It is all over for the dam and CHB
Havelock North water inquiry report and the Ruataniwha dam review were utterly predictable
Retired and still renting - our future?
COMMENT: One in six people aged 65-plus don't own their home, and that's likely to rise.
Ian Walker: A story yet to be properly told
Combined impact of Plan Change 6 and RWSS will introduce an enormous generational change.
John Carter: Another biosecurity threat
It is unthinkable that our manuka, feijoa and pohutukawa, might be blighted by myrtle rust
Myrtle rust should have been our priority
As soon as myrtle rust was discovered here the government should have been ready
Editorial: Councils should learn from failure to provide safe drinking water
Councils did not cause outbreak, but they still failed to deliver safe drinking water.
Sandra Kyle: We have no reason to kill ducks
COMMENT: What pleasure can people get from shooting defenceless ducks?
Fighting until cows come home
COMMENT: Dairy farmers and industry mouthpieces love to say they are environmental angels.
Mac Mckenna: Fire service being made worse
COMMENT: The Govt fire service reforms will entrench present problems and create new ones.
Jamie Mackay's 'From the Lip': Channeling my inner Muhammad Ali
Jamie Mackay would rather plant native trees around his duck pond than shoot ducks on it.
Select committee 'misses mark' on illegal firearms
Further restrictions on semiautomatic firearms is not the answer to the illegal possession
Hastings District Council should withdraw from urban strategy
Urban development strategy seems to have become a roadblock to development flexibility.
Water rights should be an election issue
A Waterways Act that puts all water bodies in trust for future generations would be timely
Mike Finlayson: Water under pressure
Water, one of the elements most essential to life, is now getting the attention it needs
Dom 'Furious' George: The more things change...
Dom George reflects on a year after The Farming Show's change to The Country...
Waterways report too little too late
COMMENT: People have known there is a problem with our waterways long before new report.
Opinion: flushing flow info flawed
The state of Hawke's Bay's local waterways is in crisis, writes Trevor Le-Lievre.
Tim Gilbertson: Once bitten, twice shy
Hawke's Bay Regional Council Romans unmasked by one of their own.
Bruce Bisset: Landowners, developers need carrots, sticks
Comment: One thing is sure - urban creep can't be left to "the market" to manage
Dom 'Furious' George: So many years, so many killed
Dom George reflects on Anzac Day and how war has become a game of numbers
Barry Soper: The lesson we should be teaching our kids
COMMENT: Anzac Day should be used to talk about what it means to be a New Zealander.
Why Winston Peters got it wrong
Winston Peters criticised a story about immigration. The Herald responds.
Jamie Mackay's 'From the Lip': Sunday, Sonny Bill and slow drivers
Jamie Mackay's calm Easter time of reflection is scuppered by a hatred of slow drivers
Ian Fuller: Reducing risk when floods come
So, another "500-year" flood event in the Bay of Plenty, writes Dr Ian Fuller.
Should we Tuesday-ise Anzac Day?
Having a stand-alone day reminds us why we have it at all, observes editor Craig Cooper.
Opinion: Help for farmers in Edgecumbe needed
The resilience of farming communities to pull themselves together has been amazing.
Winston Peters: This is just a start
Sixty-six more police, three stations to open 24 hours. It's a start, says Winston Peters.
Mike Finlayson: The dirty dozens
A major part of your regional council's environmental work is controlling pest animals
The Feds: Waterways fencing logistical pain
Big problems accompany a call to fence all waterways
Dom 'Furious' George: Sunday show sparks robust debate
TVNZ's Sunday show "The Price of Milk" has Dom's inbox chock-a-block with comment