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<i>Chris Baker:</i> Scaremongering ignores recent mining practices

<i>Michael Littlewood:</i> Investing makes no sense when in debt

<i>Deborah Coddington</i>: Minister's welfare group under cloud of question

<i>Matt McCarten</i>: Protest a glimmer of hope in our doormat country

<i>John Armstrong</i>: Key's priorities are at home

<i>Audrey Young</i>: Whanau Ora is a new way of working

<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Job figures mean Reserve Bank will have to get cracking

<i>Fran O'Sullivan:</i> Combat Key needed in theatre NZ

John Key's government needs him to lead from the front as it enters the tricky period where it must do combat with its opponents in the national interest.

<i>Garth George:</i> Our very own, lonely, trading scheme

<p><b>Garth George writes that John Key should listen to voters, business and logic, and delay any emissions trading scheme.</b></p>

<i>Alasdair Thompson:</i> Councils' shares move poor value for ratepayers

Stake holdings in Auckland Airport suppress value and opportunity, says Alasdair Thompson.

<i>Editorial:</i> Taxpayer will benefit from loan changes

<i>Brian Rudman:</i> Sorry, Howick supporters, but your history is against you

<i>Matt McCarten:</i> Hypocrisy rears head under nuke-free limelight

<i>John Roughan:</i> Ugly wharf sheds worth a second look

John Roughan writes that we should live with the Queens Wharf sheds for a while before making decisions we may regret later.

<i>John Armstrong:</i> Harpoon waiting to prick Key's bubble

Hard decisions over the IWC threaten to end the PM's no-nuke dream run.

<i>Brian Rudman:</i> Tent obscures important issues