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What happened to the disability voice in election result?

While disabled people are the largest minority group we still don't have representation.

Comment: Election 2020 - where to from here?

Young and old drawn to Labour and Ardern for different reasons. National take note!

Cream doughnut indulgence one big messy goo

Hurling the cream splodge out the shop door was immaculate timing, writes Kevin Page.

Do you remember what you were doing last Friday?

Joe Bennett reflects on life: Days come and famously go. And what do they leave behind?

Vigilance vital when kids, cars and driveways collide

It will be a long time before all cars have reversing cameras and sensor technology.

Goodbye to financial tea cosy

And don't even think about phoning them even though your call is important to them

Nothing beats ticking the boxes on election day

Then, with growing anticipation, I'll look forward to watching the election unfold on TV.

Yoga class tests parent-child support principle

The Boomerang Child's yoga classes prove to be a tad too relaxing for Kevin Page.

Farmers' markets - where growers and sellers connect

Markets are fundamental to our society and our psyches. Markets are us.

A tax policy to rule them all

Vaughan Gunson takes a scalpel to parties' tax policies, stitching together the best bits.

Fill up fail fires up Mrs P

An encounter with a motorhome owner at the petrol station puts a dent in Mr P's pride.

Editorial: Time to take the pulse of Northland health

Having access to good, affordable healthcare is important.

Know thy self - play squash 'til the body says no more...

I know, there's no fool like an old fool: "When do we play?"

Refinery 'nice to have but the world has changed'

It appears the writing is on the wall for the Marsden Point oil refinery.

Comment: Time to end unbearable suffering

'They treat dogs better than they treat people.' End of Life Choice Act will change that.

In sweeps Mrs P on the Zoomy thing

Casts an approving eye over the outfit in the mirror and leaves as quickly as she arrives.

Nabokov truly makes memory speak

A typical Nabokov sentence: precise, ornate, exquisitely orchestrated and subtly comic.

A lesson like no other from Mrs P

How to tuck and fold a cover, or 'throw', and 'plumping up' cushions - par for the course.