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Thomas R. Nides: US eager partner in region's future
Thomas R. Nides writes that the United States, as a Pacific nation, has an enduring bond with the Pacific region.
Michael Wesley: Pacific faces vital choices on Asia
Pacific Islands Forum will be focusing on the security, social and economic issues confronting the forum's 16 member countries.
Fran O'Sullivan: Govt must show mercy to Hubbard widow
If John Key's Government has any heart at all it will release Jean Hubbard...
Gareth Morgan and Susan Guthrie: Reviving values of an egalitarian society
An educated public, knowledgeable of what the issues are and requiring of change, is a prerequisite for any political commitment emerging.
<I>Fran O'Sullivan:</I> Mollycoddling won't get youth into work
John Key would win a lot of Brownie points if he simply announced a high-powered Prime Minister's taskforce on youth employment.
Liam Dann: Private capital needed to bridge the infrastructure gap
With the benefit of hindsight, the Government's infrastructure strategy at this time last year looks blissfully simple.
Matt McCarten: US counts financial costs of tea partiers
More damage was done to capitalism this week than any communist revolutionary could have dreamed of.
Michael Barnett: The best plan - keep it simple
One easy-to-digest blueprint is what Auckland needs instead of a plethora of documents, writes Michael Barnett.
Bryan Gould: An outcome no political salesman can disguise
It is a measure of how subdued is the national mood and how modest are our current ambitions that we expect so little of our elected governments.