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Teuila Fuatai: Change rather than apology needed to stop racial profiling

Calling out discrimination's the right thing to do. But it's not easy or straightforward.

Jarrod Gilbert: Is gang violence in NZ the worst it's ever been?

'Gangs are seldom at war, but when they do flare up they are understandably troubling.'

Felix Desmarais: 'Transgender people exist. We are real, we are natural'

Opinion: Parliament supporting transgender rights is a precious, flickering flame.

Luke Kirkness: Delta has changed team of 5 million for the worse

OPINION: We were a team of five million last year but now we're completely divided.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Christmas won't be cancelled but it'll be different

OPINION: Home is really where I want to be this summer. I'll be staying put.

Luke Kirkness: Why do we bite the hand that feeds us?

OPINION: More respect needs to be shown to farmers, especially in times like these.

Jack Tame: The die is cast for reopening - two groups will be abandoned

We had a year and a half to prepare for these scenarios.

Comment: Jabs milestone deserves pinch of salt rather than bubbly

Opinion: Should the vaccine progress in Auckland be celebrated or met with caution?

Claire Trevett: Will the vaccinated get different treatment in future outbreaks?

The Delta outbreak has been a scramble. What planning is underway for future outbreaks?

Dawn Picken: Owners need to pick up after their dogs

Opinion: Picking up poo is a lot like justice - when it's delayed, it's denied.

Dawn Picken: Once upon a time, I could venture with my kids

Opinion: The anti-staycation: where you wish you had left home but stayed to work instead.

Pie-maker Patrick Lam: 'When I was 4 we walked 30 days to Vietnam to escape the Khmer Rouge'

Patrick Lam is the country's most awarded pie maker.

Sideswipe: A sign of hope in Rotorua

A daily column looking at some of the more humorous, satirical and simply strange news.

Editorial: Why farmers are up in arms

Sparks could fly at today's nationwide 'Howl of a Protest'.

Luke Kirkness: Have we made it too easy for people not to work?

Opinion: As the impact of Covid-19 rages on, are we being too soft with the benefit?

Lois Turei: 'I needed to step up and bring my wahine Māori to the fore'

NZME was ready to adopt a bicultural strategy and I needed to pay some dues.