Editorial: No good or bad dogs, only good or bad owners
The number of dog attacks has fallen, but we're not graduating obedience school just yet.
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Time to put brazen deceit behind us and recognise the man who designed Whanganui's most iconic building
Donald Hosie was one of 843 soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Kate Stewart: Pay teachers more if you like, it won't make a blind bit of difference
Our teachers deserve a far better deal than they currently have
Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of Jami-Lee Ross
COMMENT: The saga of rogue MP has this week transfixed the nation.
Letters: Emergency forced council's hand
It's bad that it took a real emergency to force the council's penny-pinching hand.
Chester Borrows: The man in the news and the man who should have been
One man a slow-motion train wreck, and the other a model of grace and servitude.
Frank Greenall: Another savoury & sausage roll safari
What's lacking is simply the political will to address causes that are already known.
Letters: A wonderful city to live in
Whanganui is underrated, with helpful, obliging business people and friendly residents.
Letters: Please leave the PM alone
Should we all pull up our socks, stand to attention, salute, and sing God Save the Queen?
Jay Kuten: Now you see it, now you don't
Trump, who admires strongmen, is not as interested in human rights as he is in power.
Rachel Stewart: Climate - Don't say I didn't warn you
COMMENT: It needs WWIII to turn this overloaded, burning, sinking global ship around.
Editorial: What's the real reason for the DHB's deficit?
DHB deficit symptomatic of a bigger problem.
Gwynne Dyer: Rise of Brazil's hard-right another sign of democracy in retreat
How bad will it get, and how long will it stay bad? Quite bad and for quite a while.
Opinion: Assess teachers' performance
Poor teachers should be urged to go, and salaries must encourage the good to stay.
Letters: Pension travesty must end
NZers' overseas pensions are confiscated by the Government when they apply for NZ Super.
Kevin Page: Many happy returns: the take-it-back blues
Mrs P does some shopping and Kevin Page returns the favour.
Adrian Rurawhe: Strive to 'raise the bar'
Other people's actions — good and bad — reflect on us all as we stand together.
Conservation Comment: Ruling pause for thought
This widely reported case should be the harbinger for a change of attitude.
Letters: Waste survey geared to one option
The whole structure of the survey is geared up to direct people to opt for Option C.
Kevin Page: Miserable afternoon: How about a cuddle?
She had a rather large kitchen knife in her hand at the time, so I wasn't going to argue
Editorial: Support participation in sport -- sure. But make it girls AND boys
It seems women and girls will continue to be treated as "the weaker sex" in sport
Your say: Compelling case to stop seabed mining; virtue-signalling columnists; guilty unless proven innocent
Readers write: Stop seabed mining; putting virtue on show; guilty till proven innocent
Nicola Patrick: What adds up to wellbeing? Another way of measuring society's success
We need to make long-term changes and look beyond cost, inconvenience and fear of change
Terry Sarten: We're jammin' -- 24 hours of art set to go off
A lot can happen in a 24-Hour Art Jam
Letters: Winning the classroom war
Some parents are taking their children out of school to teach them at home.
Chester Borrows: Is justice in need of change?
Over-representation of poor people in prison looks racist on the face of it.
Frank Greenall: Laughing all the way to the Banksy
Such is the arcane terrain of the postmodern, deconstructivist art world.
Frank Gibson: Ecosystem damage linked to deadly Ebola virus
Ebola-type viruses are found in many areas of the world, and this is part of the problem.
Ian McKelvie: Soaring fuel price hits rural areas hard
Soaring petrol prices hurt rural communities and low-income families most.
Letters: Sex education important
Sexuality education has a critical part to play in the wellbeing of students.
Six months after elections Iraqi parties still bickering over rule
Corruption in Iraq is a system, not a series of individual crimes.
Opinion: Enough to drive you round the bend
Arthur Lewis was accused of motoring round the Guyton St corner at 10 miles per hour.
Jay Kuten: It's over? Judge for yourself
These hearings are not criminal trials. They are job interviews for high judicial posts.