Some parents must be unhappy that they pay GST unnecessarily and cannot claim tax credits.

Readers have their say on Whanganui's charms, teachers' pay; marijuana and abortion

It's true -- politics seems incredibly boring compared to sex

People still smoking? Price fags out of the market and they'll be gone.

What final message would Stephen Hawking wanted to pass on to us?

Political correctness and over sensitivity ... has it killed humour?

COMMENT: A call came through from the Secretary of State. I said, "How are you, Rex?"

Why not develop the larger council carpark near the river especially for freedom campers?

Boards with women on them succeed at a higher rate than those with only stale, pale males.

The idea was so good, being go-ahead New Zealanders we naturally had to abandon it.

Stephen Hawking: Born: 8 January 1942, Died: 14 March 2018 - brave and brilliant.

The US may be ordered to close down the Mexican border completely within 20 years.

An MIT study shows falsehoods have far greater and faster reach than fact on social media.

I have always insisted on my right to actually practise what my country preaches.

Central Districts Field Days are on again this week. It's a great day out.

Bridges emphasis on female roles looks tokenist and naive.

Those with the resources to determine the truth seem so determined to keep it hidden.

One rainwater head made a satisfying sucking sound as I pulled out handfuls of wet needles

Readers speak out - Catholic Church, abortion and social housing in the wrong place.

A home's most important attributes are more than skin deep. writes columnist Rachel Rose

Just because something is "trending", it doesn't make it right, let alone tasteful.

Columnist Terry Sarten is wondering where the cool went.

An out-of-control Chinese satellite carrying toxic chemicals is plummeting towards Earth

COMMENT: I left Parliament for the last time. I didn't look back.

New Zealand's boom and bust episodes are a fundamental economic flaw.

RTL spokesman Ken Orr's protest over the "separation of church and state" is surprising.

The war must go on until all of Syria is back under Damascus's rule.

To rehabilitate prisoners to live crime-free, focus their minds on life outside jail.

Census changes came too quickly.

The most likely volcanic effect on Whanganui District is a sprinkling of ash from Ruapehu