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Emory Douglas: A sense of identity

John Roughan: Bless those who retain their native trees

The way NZ's native trees grow straight, high and succulently green is a fine, fertile expression of the country's natural character. I don't know how any of us can cut one down, writes John Roughan.

Pregnant and forced to sleep in car

A pregnant woman and her husband had to sleep in their car after an Auckland motor inn said it had no record of their online booking.

Vogue editor's 'cruel' photo

Vogue's style editor-at-large came under fire after posting a photo on Instagram of what appears to be a homeless woman in Paris reading the famed magazine.

Deborah Hill Cone: Let's turn focus to women's pay

The broadcaster Alison Mau wrote a piece at the weekend about what she called "The curse of casual sexism".

Gen X: Who's the wealthiest?

Generation X New Zealanders who have a stable partner and have left the country are richer than those who are single and still living here, research shows.

Paul Little: Women who are second to nun

Paul Little writes: Cognitive dissonance describes that uncomfortable feeling we get when reality doesn't match what we believe. And isn't that most of the time?

$163m blowout - and counting

The $163 million cost of changing the child support rules will increase further when the IRD implements a completely new computer system.

Robin Kearns: Child-friendly city would let us ease up on cotton wool

Robin Kearns writes: Whose city is this? Does Auckland belong only to adults and motorists? Perhaps we all need to slow down and reconsider our priorities.

Hollywood's gender crisis

For all its success, <i>Still Alice</i> is a shameful anomaly as well as a triumph, simply by dint of the fact that at its heart is a middle-aged woman.

We won't buy unless they're free - Trust

A community housing provider has told the Government that it won't buy state houses when they're put up for sale this year unless the price is zero.

Transgender boy's video draws applause

A viral video of a 9-year-old Kiwi asking for support to live as a boy after being born a girl has impressed transgender advocates and prompted an overwhelmingly positive response.

Hone plays peacemaker in house protest

Former MP Hone Harawira has been called in to try to ease tensions in Glen Innes after a rock was thrown at a removal man trying to move a state house out of the area last year.

Walt Glazer: Time to prick the housing bubble

Walt Glazer asks whether Auckland should become the Hong Kong of the South Pacific or remain a Kiwi oasis of security for the future.

Housing crisis worsens

Salvation Army says housing shortage adding "incredible stress" to families as its State of Nation report shows Auckland's crisis worsened by a record near-4000 houses last year.

Watchdog: Rehab patient exploited

A counsellor in charge of an addiction rehab centre, where patients were given pocket knives and allowed to use air-rifles, fleeced one by charging for numerous counselling sessions that never took....