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Editorial: If you want to crack down on fly-tipping, consider making the dump cheaper

OPINION: It's a blemish on NZ's clean, green image and it's high time something was done.

Catherine Wedd: Govt invests in learning support, promises aid for students in need

OPINION: She says she's proud her Government is investing so much in supporting kids.

'Clear and chilling message': Young wahine on our harshest political suspension

OPINION: Every New Zealander must ask: what kind of nation do we want to be?

John Jenkins: Brazilian jockey helps Hastings mare return to form

OPINION: Queiroz got the mare to settle perfectly with some reserve on the home turn.

‘Model’ Pakowhai dairy plant produced 500 bottles of milk an hour: Gail Pope

OPINION: Simple milk bottle a nod to agriculture, employment, enterprise and community. 

Nick Stewart: Diversification fortifies port in a storm

OPINION: Diversification is often called the only ‘free lunch’ you get with investment.

Viva the Vivaldi-free four seasons: Wyn Drabble

OPINION: Winter's the season where you can gain weight and call it insulation. 

Editorial: Kids left to their own devices prefer social-media's blue light

OPINION: Hugh Grant's social-media lashing a timely tirade.

Liam Dann: Upbeat Treasury forecasts GDP growth, rising house prices

Opinion: Treasury's Budget forecasts paint an optimistic picture – but are they too rosy?

Audrey Young: Pay equity albatross lingers for Nicola Willis

OPINION: The best and worst parts of Nicola Willis' second Budget.

Opinion: When farmers say ‘trust us’, should we believe them?

OPINION: They once lauded the Tank process. Now it's here and real, suddenly they hate it.

Napier-Taupō road’s rugged 1898 allure: Gail Pope

OPINION: The driver dispatched a homing pigeon bound for Napier.

Australasian Open once held in Hastings: Michael Fowler  

OPINION: Most of the early Hastings mayors were avid tennis players. 

John Jenkins: English jumps jockeys join Hawke's Bay ranks

OPINION: 'Horses are trained differently here, without the hills like back home.'

The Budget lever the Govt could pull to lift NZ out of economic doldrums

OPINION: NZ has long aspired to have an energy-resilient economy. This is a way to do it.

Following Ryan Fox to victory: Wyn Drabble

OPINION: An ageing man refreshing a scoreboard for hours on end? How pathetic.