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Mark Lister: Budget was upbeat but what about our debt?

Spending cuts don't win votes especially if parts of the economy are fragile.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Māori demand the same level of healthcare as Pākehā

If health is 'needs-based', why haven't Māori health needs been addressed yet?

What was I thinking? Credit card debt a weight on the shoulders

COMMENT: There comes a point when you realise there is no quick fix to debt.

Luke Kirkness: What I learnt from covering Axle's disappearance

OPINION: The people of Tolaga Bay and East Cape have shown us how we all ought to live.

Rob Rattenbury: A reckoning is coming over the history of New Zealand

COMMENT: Many will feel ashamed about what they learn, writes Rob Rattenbury.

Bowel cancer killed my friend Ness. This is what I learned

Opinion: We have room in our hearts for everyone, why not let them in, just like Ness did?

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.

The upside of social media

OPINION: Social media is a cesspool. It's also a repository for good memories.

Liz Davies: The tide is turning for better understanding of te ao Māori

OPINION: There has been an increasing understanding of te ao Māori.

Todd Muller: Time to lift the anchor on free trade

Boris Johnson's talk on free trade seems more air than substance but change is possible.

Dawn Picken: Advice for a 17-year-old in a new world

Opinion: For a teenager, postponement looks permanent. But this pause is not forever.

Opinion: Pandemic panic gives way to relief back home in NZ

OPINION: Being stuck in the UK during the pandemic has been hard on Emme McKay.

Tiraroa Reweti: Tauranga ructions follow a waka-load of grievances

Opinion: Enough of the 'consultation' thanks, the people of Tauranga deserve respect.

Samantha Motion: 10 really good things from 2020

Opinion: Okay, a lot of bad stuff has happened. But let's take a little break from that.

Why the East Coast is secretly NZ's most interesting election race

OPINION: History may be about to repeat itself.

Kristin Macfarlane: 'I was alive but I wasn't living'

Comment: I couldn't even recognise myself anymore but had no idea how to fix that.