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Pressure on tech giants and other corporates to change has been mounting for some time.
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People who wear hoodies, with head down texting and ears plugged into music, are a danger.
Letters: Suspect pursuits by police
Really, who was the biggest cowboy on our beach with children around?
Political Roundup: Christchurch Calling: social media clampdown
The world is changing fast and the threats this presents requires a massive debate.
Letters: Cyclists and shared paths
The walkers are quietly being pushed off the traditional walkways in this town.
Letters: $4m for veterans an insult
Stop giving the likes of Shane Jones $1 billion to waste on hare-brained schemes.
Letters: Freedom of speech a myth
Has anyone gone to court to demand that freedom of religion only apply to Christians?
Ardern v Facebook: PM urged to tame extreme web content
"None imagined a Prime Minister... armed with... the support of an outraged nation".
Letters: Time to back Fourth Estate
Our community needs a robust news media to retain a robust democracy.
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's triumph was captured
As a neophyte in an entrenched system, Ocasio-Cortez says, she is bracing herself.
New rival sending Trump into 'full-blown meltdown'
Donald Trump has long feared this celebrity figure entering the presidential race.
Sir Peter Gluckman: Changing society a threat to our species
COMMENT: We must work harder to see that truth prevails.
Letters: Why do governments use commercial banks?
Bill English and Tony Ryall evaded the question with nonsensical replies.
Letters: Use public transport more
Public transport should provide a genuine alternative for motorists.
Chester Borrows: Words of anthem ring true
Love for one another and truthfulness are things we should all aspire to.
Big Read: Our spies and the hunt for a 'lone wolf' killer
Lone wolf killers are the most elusive of terrorists, say intelligence sources.
Christchurch shootings: Meet the PM's top secret advisers
It's called ODESC and it gathers in times of crisis.
'High time' to take Fox News's destructive role in US seriously
Comment: A magazine piece and a debate decision rightly depict network as propaganda.
PM rules out rushing electoral law change
Simon Bridges is happy to talk to Jacinda Ardern about electoral law reform.
Gwynne Dyer: Half a loaf spread with compromise can still taste bitter
Those lamenting the election of Tshitsekedi accept that it's probably the least bad option
Elections key to solving crisis: Peters
NZ expressed concerns about Venezuela after last May's elections, says Winston Peters.
Gwynne Dyer: Battling begums stifle democracy
Bangladesh is now a one-party state where about half the population hates the ruling party
School divide may force compromise on radical shakeup
Almost half of schools oppose plans to shift control of schools to regional 'hubs'.
Battle looms to end 'winner and loser' schools
Schools are roughly evenly divided over proposals for a radical shakeup.
Gary Gotlieb: We have to stand up to council bureaucrats
COMMENT: Auckland's council is run by bureaucrats, not the elected members.
Rachel Stewart: I'm back and I'm not staying quiet
COMMENT: I am rebranding as the only columnist any rational person will ever want.
Gwynne Dyer: What went wrong in eastern Europe?
The dreams that drove the anti-Communist revolutions of 1989 are still alive but fading.
Outrage over government spying on protest groups
Activist groups are outraged the government used private investigators to spy on them
Editorial: Private investigators went too far
State agencies should keep their distance from private investigators.
Spying report: Behaviour was 'patently wrong'
Some behaviour 'an affront to democracy', State Service Commissioner says.
Ian McKelvie: Review welcome in diverse House
As in any workplace, allegations of harassment in Parliament should be investigated.