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Editorial: Final call for firework sales
OPINION: Our editorial on an end to the annual Guy Fawkes carnage.
Letters: Education, politicking, exam cheats, Three Waters, and Gregor Paul
OPINION: Letters on cost of living, taxation, Shakespeare, and Simon Wilson.
Fran O’Sullivan: Time to put Covid in the past? Not on your life
Today’s issues must not divert us from the need for a full inquiry.
Mary Holm: Save — but have some fun too
There’s a lot to think about before heading off to uni, and money is just one part of it.
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of the Hamilton West byelection
Rounding up the combatants for Hamilton West.
Opinion: Kotahitanga is stronger than the Crown thinks
OPINION: Our kotahitanga is stronger than the division they promote.
John MacDonald: Guarded approach to security needs to change
OPINION: Turns out security guards have no more powers than you and me.
Our son committed us to wedding costs we can’t afford. Help!
New York Times: Should you be expected to split the cost of a lavish wedding?
Letters: Leading the world, emergency housing, parental responsibility and Covid funds
OPINION: Letters on Covid recovery funds, weather, Shane Jones, and Elon Musk.
Sideswipe: A rolling pin by any other name is ...
A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.
Editorial: Wages are rising but so is the cost of debt
Demand for workers is still strong but that's going to put more pressure on borrowers.
David Morris: Law and order failure is a failure of Govt
OPINION: 'It's clear to the criminal class that 'petty' crime pays, and handsomely.'
Clive Elliott: Is Aotearoa headed for social apartheid?
OPINION: We are currently experiencing a momentous paradigm shift.
Karl Puschmann: Saddle up! Leigh Hart gets weird in Texas
His new doco charts the comedian's misadventures travelling in Texas.
Matthew Hooton: Govt’s inability to deliver is now a national joke
Either policy advice is wrong or ignored, or implementation is being botched.
Opinion: Uni students reluctant to share views in classroom
OPINION: New survey finds university students reluctant to share views in class.
Editorial: Getting our house in order
OPINION: Our editorial on the state of social housing in NZ.
Julie Anne Genter: Prioritising people over profit
OPINION: Green Party MP calls for a taxation overhaul.
Sideswipe: How to make washing the car seem like more fun
A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.
Thomas Coughlan: Biggest decision of Budget '23 coming next month
The most important announcement about next year's Budget, will actually come in December.
Letters: Procrastinating farmers, left-wing policies, self-healthcare, Mercy Parklands, and Three Waters
Letters on law and order, buses, North by Northwest, banks, and Starship.
Mike Hosking: Cop this - no one on global stage cares what we do
OPINION: Climate change meeting No 27 will lead to nothing.
Editorial: Finding balance on alcohol outlets
OPINION: Our editorial on the bid to cap liquor licensing litigation.
Opinion: I wish the jury had not sentenced my family’s killer to death
New York Times: How a killer's death sentence can bring new pain to families of victims.
Shane Jones: Govt faffs about on hate speech while failing on crime
OPINION: 'To write about hell, it helps if you have been there.'
Sideswipe: When the branding teams pull together
A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.
Juha Saarinen: As Musk kills Twitter, social media will survive
What to do as the bird site unravels.
Claire Trevett: Luxon and the Hamilton West 'white-man ban'
OPINION: Luxon's diversity call resulted in a bit of a white-man ban moment for National.
How to be a flexi-drinker – and cut back without going teetotal
Telegraph: Yes, you can have your beer and drink it too.
Frozen offered a new way to look at Disney princesses - but the best leader was the villain
Prince Hans may have been the villain of Frozen, but he was the best leader in the film.
Jamie Mackay: Why this virtue signalling Govt is so reviled by the rural sector
The past two years have been the most divisive of my lifetime, writes Jamie Mackay.