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EDITORIAL: It's been another long and difficult year; thank goodness we can hit the beach!
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Editorial: A new year that will be full of the predictable and unpredictable
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Guy Body’s cartoons: December 1 - 31
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Fran O’Sullivan: What Jacinda Ardern can do to raise diminished standing
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Opinion: Global backlash against Putin has rejuvenated democracy
Authoritarian regimes were in command to start 2022. Russia's failures changed that.
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OPINION: Letters on drug testing, safe driving, striking hens and Auckland's port.
Paula Bennett: ‘I went into mum mode’ - the day I broke up a fight
Top five columns of the year from Paula Bennett.
Editorial: Rolling out the repair work on potholed roads
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Priyanca Radhakrishnan: How our ethnic communities boosted vaccination rates
Funding was made available to help overcome language and other barriers.
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Reckless climate tax will wreck industry
Top five columns of the year from Heather du Plessis-Allan.
Taxpayer funds disappearing into Waka Kotahi pothole
OPINION: Letters on consultants, Auckland's port and speed limits.
Editorial: Have a good time, while reducing the risk
There have already been regrettable holiday incidents on the water.
New Zealand has a woeful record on workplace health and safety
There are several important changes needed to the way we do things.
Liam Dann: RIP housing market boom - you won't be missed
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Daron Parton’s cartoons: December 1 -31
Our cartoonist Daron Parton shares his view on current events.
Jarrod Gilbert: New Zealand faces a significant crime issue, and it’s not gangs
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Year ends on an ominous note
China's Omicron wave could turn into a problem for the rest of the world.
David Gordon: What’s involved in the three-year rail rebuild in Auckland
The programme in parts of the city goes far beyond the usual summer maintenance.
'Break through the doubt': David Seymour's letter to his 25-year-old self
"One thing about being 25 is that you know you have more tomorrows than yesterdays."
Why I don’t buy the PM’s summer Covid message
Why did we spend last summer in the trenches, and this summer in the sunshine?
Letters: How to drive carefully, consultants, fast food and globalisation
OPINION: Letters on Christmas spending, Amazon and premium debate on road projects.
Opinion: The LGBTQIA+ acronym is unbecoming, anti-indigenous and tedious.
Vakasalewalewa, Veilasami Vakatagane and Hijra are not the same as transgender and gay.
Richard Prebble: Shuffling deck chairs won't save Labour
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Claire Trevett: A snap election? The PM stepping down? Not happening
The top five columns of the year from Claire Trevett.
Rod Emmerson cartoons: The best of 2022
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Comment: Reserve Bank ignored less painful options
The bank and its governor went the orthodox route in dealing with the pandemic.