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Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Family time makes life worth living

Opinion: Family relationships give us the ability to bounce back after a tough year.

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Luke Kirkness: Something worth celebrating in 2021

Opinion: This is the one something worth celebrating in 2021- an otherwise rocky year.

Zizi Sparks: A thank you to our holiday heroes

OPINION: Not everyone gets a two-week break over new year, don't forget holiday heroes.

Luke Kirkness: Get out and support local this holiday period

OPINION: It's also important that people be nice to one another.

Zizi Sparks: How I'm going to rest and recuperate this summer

OPINION: Personally, I plan to eat, drink and sleep and reunite with loved ones.

Rawiri Waititi: A Kirihimete mihi to our Māori Battalion of 2021

Opinion: Your efforts have not gone unnoticed, we all thank you for your tireless efforts.

Dawn Picken: Celebrate the season while acknowledging loss

Opinion: Covid and life's usual calamities have forced us to make sacrifices.

Zizi Sparks: Nation should move to orange now

OPINION: Businesses are begging for relief

Luke Kirkness: Let's stop making life out like it's a bed of roses

OPINION: The sooner people realise life isn't easy, the better

Letters: Solo beach walkers carrying sticks after dog incidents

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Jo Raphael: Let's have clear rules to follow when making sunscreens

OPINION: It's unacceptable sunscreens should fail tests and still be allowed to be sold.

Comment: Quiet life in NZ after living in major world city

New Zealand is not big enough for a "world city", writes Rob Rattenbury.

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Letters: Tide times matter for dog walkers

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Dawn Picken: This is weird - leaving NZ in the Covid age

I flip out before any trip, but pandemic travel has multiplied my freak factor.