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Letters: Banning vehicles on Auckland beaches; mobility parking abuse

OPINION: 'Auckland Council can and should ban recreational vehicles on beaches.'

Claire Trevett: Silencing of Shane Jones an easy first test of coalition discipline steps

Shane Jones has been quietened - but a few in National quietly agree with his views.

Steve Braunias: At the sharp end of the Polkinghorne murder trial

OPINION: The trial is alive, a dynamic and unruly beast.

Political Roundup: Time to break up the supermarket duopoly

OPINION: New Zealanders have some of the most expensive groceries in the world.

Phil Gifford: All Blacks can't better the Boks in man-to-man combat

OPINION: The All Blacks may find space out wide can help defuse the bomb squad.

Matthew Hooton: Act’s Treaty bill all about attacking Nats in 2026

OPINION: The Prime Minister faces crucial decisions as his party and country’s leader.

Editorial: NZ needs a third major supermarket player

OPINION: Tinkering around the edges has not been enough to make a difference.

Letters: Making health a political football

OPINION: 'The project's been badly managed, communication seems to be non-existent.'

Tony Burton: We are better off when the state is less fun

OPINION: Government work is usually humdrum.

Opinion: Spinning its wheels- new transport plan steers NZ back to a car-dependent past

OPINION: Kiwis will likely find themselves stuck in worsening traffic.

Steve Braunias: A day in the life of Pauline Hanna

OPINION: Murder trial has variously horrified, disgusted and captivated the nation.

Letters: ‘Scrooge’ hospital on maternity toast ban; focus on road safety not speed

OPINION: 'At least old Ebenezer had the integrity to be honest about his parsimony.'

Arena Williams: Time to honour what Kīngi Tūheitia stood for

OPINION: The Māori King reminded us what good leadership is.

Richard Prebble: The folly of issuing parking fines

OPINION: Are we really going to start people on the path to prison for parking?

Editorial: The GP crisis and the patients left out in the cold

OPINION: 'The drip is turning to a trickle, which threatens to become a torrent.'

Gregor Paul: NZR's stance on overseas-based All Blacks exposed – again

OPINION: New Zealand Rugby not budging on selection continues to hurt the All Blacks.