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Rob Rattenbury: Ardern backs off media interviews while Labour struggles

OPINION: Labour may quietly be struggling.

Jo Raphael: India travel ban temporary, will save lives

OPINION: What price would you pay to keep your loved ones safe?

Jo Raphael: We have the land and trees. Let's build the houses

OPINION: It's time for a return to mass state housing.

Letters: Governments like to forget the past on housing

Our readers have their say.

Dear diary: How a journal helps keep me sane

OPINION: I'm always looking for tools to help improve my own mental health.

Luke Kirkness: How I spent two months living in a laundry

Opinion: Luke Kirkness shares his thoughts after two months in the Bay of Plenty.

Samantha Motion: Bay Patrol is the sun-soaked summer of dreams and nightmares

Opinion: Summer rewind on Bay Patrol - but it's not all fun and games for the lifeguards

School holidays, toy crazes and prize giveaways

Paul Hickey discusses the first school term finishing, toy crazes and prize giveaways.

Zizi Sparks: Are Kiwis afraid of hard work?

OPINION: If blue-collar job availability is anything to go by, we may be.

Luke Kirkness: Dear employers, you need to change things up

Opinion: Whoever thought a five-day working week was a good idea needs to walk the plank.

Samantha Motion: Good neighbours must do travel bubbles right

Opinion: High fences don't necessarily mean we have walls up.

Rob Rattenbury: Racist cops few and far between

Opinion: The few bad apples are very much in the minority and are got rid of quickly.

Stephanie Worsop: We need to do better at hiring people with disabilities

Opinion: Everyone needs to have a hand in creating a more equal employment playing field.

Dawn Picken: Is time running out for daylight saving?

Opinion: We can add joy to our country by making daylight saving time permanent.

Stephanie Worsop: Turning my millennial self into a Gen Z

Opinion: Can I let go of my millennial ways to be cool like the younger generation?

Letters: Homeless people - where have they come from?

Our readers have their say.

Opinion: Remove the veil of secrecy of council workshops

OPINION: Complaint to Ombudsman describes workshops as "intellectual sleight of hand".

Paul Hickey - Easter here, pet names and theatre passes

Paul Hickey discusses Easter activities, stories behind pet names and a new theatre show.