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Carmen Hall: The first time it was two black eyes and a bruised face
OPINION: Men need to keep their fists to themselves.
Buddy Mikaere: White Island a reminder nature is a monstrous, unfeeling force
Nature is not always a giver of the ineffable sweetness, according to Buddy Mikaere.
Lizzie Marvelly: Irrelevant Guy Fawkes has had his day
COMMENT: It's time for Guy Fawkes to go.
Stephanie Worsop: Businesses not to blame for taking up houses
COMMENT: There's no quick fix to the housing shortage but something needs to be done now.
Zizi Sparks: Maketu Pies lifeline hopefully paves way for prosperous future
Maketu Pies was at risk of getting the chop when an iwi trust changed all that.
Zizi Sparks: Why the All Blacks losing the World Cup won't be so bad
COMMENT: Why dwell on the losses when there's so much to celebrate?
Rachel Stewart: Freed from hope but not hopeless
COMMENT: By clinging to hope people become deluded that things might change.
Jane Trask: Why I still drive a big SUV despite rising fuel prices
COMMENT: Back in the good old days, I could drive from Hamilton to Rotorua on just $6.
Carmen Hall: Housing homeless in motels a stuff-up
COMMENT: Government has spent millions to put homeless in motels but where are the houses?
Rachel Stewart: Farm leaders in dance over freshwater plan
COMMENT: Finally long-delayed "action plan for freshwater" discussion document has arrived
Comment: When cooking a barbecue makes you the neighbour from hell
How do you know if someone's a vegan? Don't worry, they'll tell you.
Rachel Stewart: Nope, I'm not taking a guilt trip in my V8
COMMENT: Gripe about my dream car and I'll rip the Velcro off your Tevas.
Rachel Stewart: Fate of Fonterra - don't say you weren't warned
COMMENT: Years have been spent ignoring fact Fonterra was heading toward the rocks.
Comment | Alcohol baby death - what we need to learn
If all we can do is blame, then nothing much will change, ex-Woman's Refuge boss says.
Rachel Stewart: Monty Python or Shakespeare - tragic theatre of the Greens
COMMENT: State of the climate begs the question - what good are politicians anymore?
Rachel Stewart: Get disconnected - you'll find real world again
COMMENT: Time's precious, there are things to see before the lights go out.
Opinion: Sharing the journey with Matatā fan head residents
We have walked alongside residents in this saga from the very beginning.
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: Crown Research Institutes are dragging down our universities
Comment: Something like $750 million goes to CRIs, money universities would cherish.
Comment: Why Shane Jones' Billion Tree scheme will fail
Comment: China takes 75% of our logs, you could say we have all our logs in one basket.
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: We need to build up and better support our youth
Teachers, counsellors, coaches, leaders, family and friends all have a part to play.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Māori can be trusted to look after their own
What we saw playing out in Hawke's Bay shows little has changed
The mental strength of Sam Cane
Don't underestimate the mental strength it took for Sam Cane to get back to his best.
Rachel Stewart: Why Judith Collins deserves a chance to be PM
COMMENT: JuCo is a deeply maligned politician.
Jane Trask: Why I quit teaching after 15 years
'Each morning I would sit in my car, while I breathed deeply, scared to start my day'.
Rachel Stewart: Hounds of left are woke and I'm running scared
COMMENT: Govt cronies hate dissent and are eyeing speech laws.
Rachel Stewart: Forget Mars - clean our mess up first
COMMENT: I don't want to go to Mars. I want to get Earth fixed.
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"