Rachel Stewart: Same-sex and proud - let them eat cake
COMMENT: There will be many more bumps on the road to gay wedded bliss.
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Rachel Stewart: Time for dry July
COMMENT: The more I drank the more I could handle it. Time to give it a break.
Dear Jacinda: Advice from one Kiwi mum to another
COMMENT: It's not easy being a supermum. Just do the best you can.
Rachel Stewart: We cannot bury our heads in the silence
COMMENT: Our approach to suicide isn't working very well.
Letters: Privilege to be inside Hinemihi - the life-saving meeting house
The historic Hinemihi meeting house and washing your hands are letters topics today.
Rachel Stewart: Why I've come to love those cows
COMMENT: Studies show cows have personalities and emotions, just like cats and dogs.
Political Roundup: Is the new Govt already failing Māori?
COMMENT: There's no doubt Māori are disadvantaged - how to deal with it is the question.
Hosking: Good riddance to Māori ward nonsense
COMMENT: How in 2018 can you single out a race and offer them something no one else gets.
Rachel Stewart: Ministry's cunning plan fails again
COMMENT: Farmers should have acted sooner but MPI should have too.
Opinion: Historic deluge scary to witness
No, no one was hurt, but hours of clean up, stress and frustration lies ahead.
Letters: Rugby player no expert on teachings of God
Readers have their say on synthetic drugs and Israel Folau.
Rachel Stewart: The sun has already set on oil
COMMENT: Industry anger with Govt baseless given global shift away from fossil fuels.
Rachel Stewart: Death part of the cycle of life
COMMENT: Death notification app is not for all tastes but it keeps things in perspective.
Rachel Stewart: Journos, feel heat on warming
COMMENT: As weather gets worse, writers need to step up.
Opinion: Investment into Rotorua schools welcomed
Opinion: It's fabulous to see money being invested into upgrading Rotorua schools.
Rachel Stewart: Breaking free from addictive web
COMMENT: Online technology is hugely important but too much can be detrimental.
Super Rugby sporting spectacle returns
The beginning of a new Super rugby season will be welcomed by most, but not by everyone.
Rachel Stewart: Carping at movie deeply misguided in flawed world
COMMENT: Three Billboards film has drawn flak for lack of neat ending — but that's life.
Rachel Stewart: Yee-ha! Rodeo is doomed
COMMENT: So, we all know in our hearts that rodeo is wrong.
Rachel Stewart: Boy racer noise drowns quiet country life
COMMENT: Why do we have to put up with these stupid antics?
Rachel Stewart: I got end-of-humanity blues
COMMENT: Hard to feel jazzed about 2018 knowing Earth and its denizens are on brink.
Rachel Stewart: Media gorging on racist, sexist views
COMMENT: We shouldn't be publishing opinions which are based on racist or sexist attacks.
Climate of change for the Defence Force
OPINION: Climate change is likely the biggest threat to national security we face.
Rachel Stewart: BigAg must wake up to synthetic threat
COMMENT: Artificial milk and meat pose huge risk to farming industry.
Bryan Gould: Challenging the status quo
A new government should trust the good sense of those who elected them in the first place
Rachel Stewart: Basking in glow of bright Ardern era
COMMENT: What's it going to be like while writing under the influence of optimism?
Rotorua reacts to being called NZ's second s***test town
We asked people on the street whether the smell makes Rotorua a s**t place.
Rachel Stewart: Why is our road toll such a disgrace?
COMMENT: I have a strong suspicion that another dynamic is at play.
The lethal truth about online abuse
OPINION: Disagree by all means, but nasty personal attacks are out of line.
Rachel Stewart: We're all feeling the squeeze
Opinion: Perfect potpourri of planetary problems is upon us.
Rachel Stewart: Life-affirming jaunt feels good
COMMENT: Attending gala opening night of Pleauredome mattered to me on a number of levels.
Rachel Stewart: I'm not afraid of big bad Winston
COMMENT: Peters has always demonstrated a willingness to do a deal, says Rachel Stewart.
Rachel Stewart: Why women will decide this election
COMMENT: Labour's leader is aspirational for women and won't pull ponytails.
Rachel Stewart: Don't feel sorry for farmers
COMMENT: National is talking up the urban-rural divide to get votes, says Rachel Stewart.