Chester Borrows: MPs must be brave enough to do what is right rather than what is popular
I kick myself more for what I didn't do and say, than feel proud of what I achieved
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest fromWC - Opinion
Ian McKelvie: Dropping anchor on economy
MP for Rangitikei Ian McKelvie looks at the Budget.
Editorial: Security cameras become a murky problem
Security camera concerns - who sees what and is privacy at risk?
Your Views: Why no report on the living wage? And more ...
Your letters Thursday may 24, 2018
Frank Greenall: Work towards end to recidivism
Frank Greenall looks at our prison system.
Federated Farmers: Rating system overhaul is overdue
Dr Lisa Harper, Federated Farmers Regional Policy Advisor discusses rates
Editorial: Doing without what you couldn't do without
Shame of being spotted with a plastic shopping bag - like being caught smoking in public
Jay Kuten: Choice in dying the final dignity
Jay Kuten discusses an upcoming end of life debate.
Your Views: Government's bad debt; Mike Hosking and balloons
Readers write about government debt; Mike Hosking; judge's failings and the Maori nation
Fred Frederikse: Yemeni peace bad for business
Set Muslim against Muslim and sell weapons to create jobs
Editorial: Star trekking across the universe...
Technology has evolved to something almost as good as a holodeck.
Kevin Page: Royal wedding watching ... at 'her majesty's' pleasure
Keeping 'her majesty' happy with a who's who of the royal wedding
Gwynne Dyer: Political theatre of the absurd
A thousand unarmed Palestinians are struck by Israeli bullets in a day
Editorial: Wedding a majestic lesson for doubters
MAYBE now people will get it ...
Your view: Respect Queen, fly the right flag
Readers write on royal flags; euthanasia; existence of god; alien life; heritage buildings
TV Review: My Kitchen Rules - an ill and disgusting drama
Scandal in My Kitchen Rules Australia episode this week
Rachel Rose: The gym that made me think twice about boxing
Rachel Rose goes ringside ... and has second thoughts about the value of boxing
Terry Sarten: Imprisoned by old ideas
NZ's prison population today is 10,588 — up from about 8000 four years ago
Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of the Royal Wedding
It's the royal wedding ... but Harry, Meghan, Charles and even the Queen have a problem
Chester Borrows: Who will throw the first rock?
Hateful comments from those claiming to speak on behalf of all Christians makes me cringe
Editorial: Grinding to a halt in the cone zone
City centre cone zone puts drivers in the slow lane
Your View: Council response "fatuous flim-flam'
Readers write about council voting; apostrophes; assisted dying; and democracy
Frank Greenall: Predator creditors on the prowl
Regular columnist Frank Greenall discuss the debt predator
Editorial: Sheep singer questions our obsession with meat
A protester who sings to sheep before slaughter questions our meat-eating ways.
Jay Kuten: Lack of money means lack of freedom
Good advice for middle-class, well-off Kiwis, but what about those in struggle street?
Mike Hosking: Hands off our balloons
Please save our balloons -- tough for the environment, but the kids will be happy
Rachel Stewart: Ministry's cunning plan fails again
COMMENT: Farmers should have acted sooner but MPI should have too.
Fred Frederikse: I burn plastic ... and I'm not afraid to say so
Burning plastic: toxic, smelly, frowned upon ... but is it the way forward?
Editorial: Hail the mother of all marketing opportunities
Celebrating a special day when the marketing machine cranks into overdrive
Gwynne Dyer: Revisiting the classless society
On the 200th anniversary of Karls Marx's birth, Gwynne Dyer revisits socialism.