Latest from RDP - Opinion

Pass or fail? - New Zealand's report card

OPINION: Did New Zealand pass or fail this year its report card this year?

Sonya Bateson: Respect the power of the ocean

Opinion: Suddenly, I felt myself being dragged out to sea. It all happened so fast.

Youth golfer looking to further her game

Opinion: Teenage golfer a must-see.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Look out for our police officers, they are family, friends and neighbours

Opinion: The public has a responsibility to make sure our behaviour doesn't endanger cops.

Jo Raphael: Ease up on the booze for a clear head

OPINION: We're no longer consuming alcohol like we used to

Tommy Wilson: No one has been made poor by giving

OPINION: Money will not take care of our homeless, but the community can.

Felix Desmarais: The five types of Boxing Day

Opinion: Which type of Boxing Day will you have?

Maryana Garcia on the foodbank appeal: People are gifts who keep on giving

Opinion: Journalist reflects on the gifts the appeal has given her.

Crispian Stewart: Visiting cricketers inject more talent into region

Opinion: We should do our best to make the UK visitors welcome.

Opinion: Govt and Tinetti deserve praise for firefighters deal

OPINION: They are real-life superheroes, and deserve to be treated as such.

Letters: News frustrates general practice nurses

Readers have their say.

Felix Desmarais: How to be fashionable

OPINION: Some fashion habits die hard.

Kelly Makiha: Housing accord missing vital details

OPINION: There are positive signs but when exactly will emergency housing woes end?

'In past couple of weeks it's hit me that life really is a survival game,' says mum

OPINION: Christmas appeals bring joy to many of our families in the Bay.

Subscribers weigh in on exodus from Labour - a sinking ship or normal house cleaning?

OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Time to explore NZ with eyes wide open

OPINION: Our country has some of the most beautiful scenery in the world.