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Simon Wilson: The Auckland port and the pole-dancing hippo

With all those billions being spent on infrastructure, why aren't we moving the port?

Cecilia Robinson: Enough talk. It's time to move the port

New Zealand is good at talking but slow to act, argues Cecilia Robinson.

Teen parents need more support

Teen mums are productive, strong young women doing their best for themselves and baby.

Sheryl Mai: Christmas has come to town

There is something for everyone during Christmas in the City 2020 events this month.

Claire Trevett: Deputy Reti? Ideas for Judith Collins' reshuffle

OPINION: The case for Deputy Reti, and Simon Bridges as finance spokesman.

Teuila Fuatai: Getting some spring back in my step

OPINION: A 're-reset' hike takes a little more effort than expected.

Matthew Hooton: You'll miss Winston when he's gone

His rhetoric often went too far, but he provided a safety valve for the disaffected.

Economy in better shape 'right now' but deficits as far as the eye can see

Right now, the economy is doing better, but Treasury sees a lengthy Covid-19 hangover.

Andrew King: What we are telling landlords about heating rental homes

Comment: Property investors' lobby group urged members to ask tenants about heat pumps.

Jacinda v Boris: Tony Blair's right-hand man rates the response

Comment: Johnson is more interested in saving his adviser who broke lockdown than the UK.

Pattrick Smellie: Hooray for level 1. Now what?

Relief and optimism will fade as focus turns squarely onto the economy.

Tim Dower: One man can stop NZ First

Comment: The man in the way of NZ First's ambitions to return as king, or queen, maker.

Ben Kepes: Todd Muller lacks identity with small business

Corporate life is far from the day-to-day struggles faced by small businesses.

Liam Dann: Why Australia will recover faster than NZ

Comparisons with our neighbours across the ditch are fun but not necessarily relevant.

The best and worst: Rating our MPs under Covid 19

David Seymour was one of the most impressive and David Parker one of the least.

Fran O'Sullivan: Peters needs to push PM on Oz bubble

Jacinda Ardern has much to lose if perception of resistance to common sense grows.

Audrey Young: For Simon Bridges, self-belief and rat-cunning weren't enough

Simon Bridges did not appear to have a jot of self-doubt, writes Audrey Young.

Hooton: I've known Muller for 30 years. He was the only choice

COMMENT: National's private and public polling is disastrous.