For many people the sale of their business is the culmination of many years of hard work

Blunt instruments should never be used for precise procedures

Battery powered and with no emissions, I'm the "it child" of trendy transportation.

Terry Sarten puts his case for Whanganui to lead the charge against violence.

Dani Lebo on the meaning of Waitangi day

Editorial by Simon Waters

Experts shed light on subjects from state of our waterways to climate change.

I'll never again fall into the trap of an empty angle park when I stop for my morning brew

Winston Churchill, were he still alive, would be a rampant Brexit Remainer.

COMMENT: Peterson is bringing the degradation of public discourse into sharp relief.

Why can't we be more prepared to be inclusive, to share, to be tolerant of each other?

Gwynne Dyer on the "Little Ice Age", when the tens of millions of native Americans died

Fred Frederikse Mapping the Millisphere, "a new millennium travel story"

Kevin Page has just the thing for those needing inspiration for a Valentine's Day gift.

Sand from the carpark should be returned to the beach front, not trucked away.

The [Ruapehu summit] is spectacular terrain but also spectacularly perilous - Derek Schulz

Conservation Comment: Are we getting to soft?

Why bother having your own opinion anymore when you can just adopt someone else's

The world needs its leaders and role models. Our community needs its voices of reason.

Govt is talking subsidies for electric vehicles and cyclists using public roads at no cost

Scientists seem untroubled by signs that the north and south magnetic poles will switch.

Only an estimated 30% of people leaving prison have had any effective rehabilitation

As a long-time smoker, I believe vaping is the most certain method for quitting cigarettes

Like the Master Games competitor, it's often not easy reaching the finish line.

We need a significant overhaul, changing the world food system on a scale not seen before

Could New Zealanders ever do the Wilde thing and lay off slaughtering animals?

I'd welcome these refugees; it would be heartless not to. But is this being done right?

For refugee resettlement to succeed, there needs to be a significant community buy-in.

You will be missed Sue Westwood

The Tengger people coped with the tourist hordes by writing their own development plan.