Rob Rattenbury: The downside of reading too much
I am now more confused than ever about everything, writes Rob Rattenbury.
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'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.
Fix our City's roads, move freight to bypass
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Are whitebait doomed or will new rules save them?
Whitebaiting rules are set to change in a bid to save the species, but it is enough?
Policing a tough gig, but the training was harder
You kept your head down, worked hard and got qualified.
An open and shut musical case
Need to escape the country? Smuggle yourself out in a double bass case. One guy tried it.
The verdict? NZ through the eyes of a US visitor
Dani Lebo's mother shows her how unique the NZ way of life is.
Letters: World on collision course
No kindly old wizard is going to kick our backsides and put everything right for us.
Jay Kuten: 15,000 children passed through death camp, only 35 survived, including my cousin Leo
It was their own very human sense of hope which fostered their gullibility.
Beware the aliens … they are us!
Be scared. Malevolent aliens are already here. They're us.
Letters: Royal privilege put to good use
Having over 95% of our financial system owned by Aussie banks insults the Treaty.
Letters: Health practices shrouded
The Ministry of Health appears culpable for careless or incompetent procedures.