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Climate change emergency now needs action plan

Growing numbers of government entities have declared climate change emergencies.

Rachel Stewart: Monty Python or Shakespeare - tragic theatre of the Greens

COMMENT: State of the climate begs the question - what good are politicians anymore?

Justice for Māori is economic, not political, and fairness is not a privilege

Today's Letters to the Editor.

Audrey Young: Reshuffle gives Bridges a chance to right a wrong

COMMENT: Many saw move from climate change to agriculture as a demotion. They were wrong.

Rachel Stewart: Get disconnected - you'll find real world again

COMMENT: Time's precious, there are things to see before the lights go out.

Rachel Stewart: Dinosaurs keep hawking past as Godzone's future

COMMENT: A clear vision of agriculture in NZ will not be forthcoming from usual suspects.

Comment: Baby uplift saga raises pertinent questions

COMMENT: Change must start at the top in NZ's horrific saga of uplifting newborn babies.

Rachel Stewart: Everyone has a right to tell their truth

COMMENT: It's my absolute right to express an honestly held opinion, even if it offends.

Opinion: It's okay to kōrero, it's okay to be Māori

There are avenues for the those who complain about the use of te reo.

Rachel Stewart: Earth is heating up and activism will too

COMMENT: The environmental movement, like every other movement, is changing dramatically.

Comment | Israel Folau gives Christians a bad name

Holier-than-thou people are hard to budge, they're not the "contaminated ones"

Rachel Stewart: Dignified death of a feisty farm cat

COMMENT: This isn't really a column about my dead cat, though it might appear that way.

Bryan Gould: PM's international mana and prestige

Bryan Gould: Jacinda Ardern's international mana and prestige.

Rachel Stewart: Outlook grim despite the allure of denial

COMMENT: Species extinction and extreme weather are only going to get worse.

Commentators should not be attack dogs for political parties

COMMENT: Political commentators have a duty to be balanced, writes Bryan Gould.

Rachel Stewart: Owning firearms a privilege not a right

COMMENT: Whatever Govt decides, I am fully prepared to relinquish my semi-automatics.

Samantha Olley: The search for solace after Christchurch attack

COMMENT: Two of New Zealand's darkest days, in the same city, just eight years apart.

Opinion: Our country is supposed to be safe

No longer can we look down our noses at gun crime in America.