Climate emergency declaration just the first step
The fact is, our planet is sick. God helps those who help themselves.
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Letters: Time to throw the book at fly-tippers
Does WDC have the will to charge offenders if evidence can confirm who the dumpers are?
Should Winnie swap his suit for a T-shirt and fishing rod?
COMMENT: The battle scars are starting to show. Maybe it's time Peters stretched back.
Let's talk law: Resolving disputes – the benefits of early legal advice
Savvy folk commonly get legal advice before making contractual commitments
Letters: SFO parties investigation a bad look
Let's hope our SFO and impartial justice system help ensure we retain the world's respect.
Letters: Milk, red meat healthy for us too
Vegetables and fruit are good, but you need dairy products and red meat as well.
Kevin Page: Weddings are expensive .. let the money-making plans begin
Kevin Page takes a bath, but fails to clean up.
Letters: The sickening tragedy of child abuse
It's time to grow up and realise that being strong has nothing to do with bullying.
One child killed every five weeks; what are we to do about child abuse?
NZ has one of the worst records of child abuse with one child killed every five weeks.
Letters: Give people the right to make their own choice; climate debate
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Rob Rattenbury: The downside of reading too much
I am now more confused than ever about everything, writes Rob Rattenbury.
Climate emergency: Scaremongering or a call to arms?
Electric vehicles is an area we can rapidly move on, saving money & improving air quality.
'It may be the only time in my lifetime that I find a declaration of emergency heartening'
It may be the only time in my lifetime that I find a declaration of emergency heartening.
Letters: Council tackling climate change issue
Declaration of a climate emergency, per se, adds no actual cost to anyone.
Letters: Party on, boss takes the fall
To speed up your economy, cutting red tape my be a better driver than low interest rates.
Frank Greenall: VR goggles for election MooTube
It's great to be a Kiwi after the Tooth Fairy has waved her wand in the Year of Delivery.
Let's talk law: Rural lending and all those funny words
Abbreviations and terms used by rural lenders are complicated but need to be understood.
Letters: Can our city take the strain?
A councillor has a responsibility to be reasoned and legitimate without scaremongering.
Ian McKelvie: The Racing Industry Reform Bill
The National Party believes in the future of the industry.
Rattenbury: Days of commemoration marked by only a few
New Zealand has yet to really grasp the concept of a national day.
Conservation Comment: Climate change is real
The pursuit of growth, always growth, by corporations and the wealthy must stop.
Editorial: Time for council to call it what it is - a climate emergency
WE SAY: The council must be compelled to consider climate change in its decisions.
Nicola Patrick: We need to get out of our cars
Nicola Patrick's family are getting on their bikes.
Terry Sarten: Would you pass the citizenship test?
How would you answer the questions posed here?
Jay Kuten: A hard rain's gonna fall
Trump, free of the threat of removal, is anointed by his Trump Senate party as a monarch.
Letters: Neuro Foundation donor peeved
As a donor to NF, the thought of this man buying golf balls with my money makes me wild.
Letters: Pines past use-by date
Virginia Lake Reserve pines and eucalyptus trees put public and property at risk.
Lets talk law: Public Holiday Pay
Public holidays are a treasured and fiercely guarded minimum right of NZ employees.
Frank Greenall: Mike Moore and the trade vs aid dilemma
Now we have the plight of the "working poor" where even double incomes aren't enough.
Alan Taylor: Why I'm urging council to declare a climate emergency
Council would consider the consequences of climate change in any relevant decisions.
Beware of social media; it's a bit like the wild west
Social media is a bit like the wild west in terms of the validity of information.
Bryan Gould: TV ads necessary evil but could be less intrusive
Without television commercials, it is said, there would be little to watch.