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Council adapts to challenging times

It's a balancing act, where we are continually seeking the best advice, says Sheryl Mai.

Second-hand bookshop trolley crosses book lovers' line

Three books, three authors - an autobiography, a memoir and an unlikely adventurer's tale.

Facemask-wearing exemption card process falls short

Let's sort this to provide true equity for those who really cannot wear facemasks.

Dreaming of a brighter future ...

Calling for a better tomorrow because the way things are now just isn't good enough.

Time for big pharma to put people before profit

Pharmaceutical companies should be made to share their vaccine "recipes" with the world

Kevin Page: Husbands just don't listen

I was away with the fairies when Mrs P had given me my instructions last time ... sigh

The 90% project: Now we have a new mission: Vaccinate and save lives

It may be a different task to staying home but the purpose is the same.

Ever wonder why the days are so long when you're young?

For young and old - all is one in the wicker basket of habit.

Employer steps up to put staff in driver's seat

Dargaville's Silver Fern Farms sponsors driver licence process for employees

Labour has to change how health workers are managed

Failure to fund health system to avoid staffing shortages contradicts kindness mantra.

Kevin Page: Eccentrics, characters keep us sane

Great that in such difficult times people can still have a good laugh, writes Kevin Page.

NZ squandered 2019 measles 'practice run' for Covid

Did New Zealand waste the learning opportunities from the measles outbreak of 2019?

Food for thought

It's a fiddly business, gardening. Demands patience. Teaches patience.

Time to shed our tombstone obsession

The truth is tombs are not for the dead but for the living, and grief fades with time.

Back on booze in lockdown - deadly on our roads

Is it time to pick up the ball and get serious again about drink driving?

Nervous wait for wastewater test results

Thank you Whangārei for your hard and selfless work to stop the spread of Covid-19

Kevin Page: A curtain catastrophe hooks 'n all

I've a feeling that new curtains might cost a bit more than $1.50, writes Kevin Page

Back in our bubbles – but this time it's different

These are not unprecedented times, we now have more knowledge - we will get through.