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Jeff Tallon: End of Life Choice Act should 'spark a fire of compassion'
Comment: 'Opponents of the End of Life Choice law are deeply compassionate.'
Matt Vickers: The case for compassion in end-of-life choice
Comment: 'We're seeing opponents attempt to use fear, uncertainty and doubt.'
Teuila Fuatai: Abortion, Harete Hipango and the PM
COMMENT: The abortion debate finds its way back to the political chambers.
'Cannabis harmful to young adults and teenagers'
Comment: Cannabis is damaging to young brains and linked to lower incomes later in life.
The Conversation: Rogue poll or not, signs point to tectonic shift in NZ politics
NZ will look back at the 2020 election as one when the electoral tectonic plates moved.
Doug Sellman: Cannabis inherently safer than alcohol
Comment: Cannabis causes less harm than alcohol in nine of 13 medical outcomes.
Jane Trask: I am worried. I am scared. But I'm not panicking
We need to live in a preventative world now to help stop the spread of Covid-19.
Solutions needed for Whanganui paper and cardboard crisis
A Whanganui think tank has been proposed to address paper and cardboard crisis.
Letters: Recycling cost spurs poor choices
If it's difficult or costly to recycle or dump, poorer people will make poor choices.
Letters: A plea from one who knows . . .
A peaceful end should be everyone's right. Why should the terminally ill be punished?
Letters: There's nothing wrong with renting
Rental housing was the easiest, most economical way to move from one place to another.
Out of the classroom and into the forest - what a way to learn!
This is not new-age hippy education.
Don't deny it: White privilege still exists, and it's ugly
Most Pākehā, when told about this concept, are shocked and go into denial.
Letters: Petrol cheaper in Bay
On returning to Whanganui and NZ$2.18/2.19 a litre, one could only be incredulous.
Letters: Strategies to put spotlight on shame
In the claustrophobic head space, shame can spiral into self-destructive behaviour.
Ditch the tech - send the children bush
We can't judge youngsters for using the technology being put into their hands by adults.
Letters: SFO parties investigation a bad look
Let's hope our SFO and impartial justice system help ensure we retain the world's respect.
Letters: Milk, red meat healthy for us too
Vegetables and fruit are good, but you need dairy products and red meat as well.
One child killed every five weeks; what are we to do about child abuse?
NZ has one of the worst records of child abuse with one child killed every five weeks.
Letters: The sickening tragedy of child abuse
It's time to grow up and realise that being strong has nothing to do with bullying.
Frank Greenall: VR goggles for election MooTube
It's great to be a Kiwi after the Tooth Fairy has waved her wand in the Year of Delivery.
Letters: Party on, boss takes the fall
To speed up your economy, cutting red tape my be a better driver than low interest rates.
Letters: Can our city take the strain?
A councillor has a responsibility to be reasoned and legitimate without scaremongering.
Steve Baron: Councils are leaking billions of dollars on fixed interest loans
Comment: Given councils have done so poorly, one wonders why they are paying for advice.
Conservation Comment: Climate change is real
The pursuit of growth, always growth, by corporations and the wealthy must stop.
Letters: Neuro Foundation donor peeved
As a donor to NF, the thought of this man buying golf balls with my money makes me wild.
Jay Kuten: A hard rain's gonna fall
Trump, free of the threat of removal, is anointed by his Trump Senate party as a monarch.
Alan Taylor: Why I'm urging council to declare a climate emergency
Council would consider the consequences of climate change in any relevant decisions.
Are whitebait doomed or will new rules save them?
Whitebaiting rules are set to change in a bid to save the species, but it is enough?
Letters: World on collision course
No kindly old wizard is going to kick our backsides and put everything right for us.
Letters: Royal privilege put to good use
Having over 95% of our financial system owned by Aussie banks insults the Treaty.
Letters: Health practices shrouded
The Ministry of Health appears culpable for careless or incompetent procedures.
Beware of social media; it's a bit like the wild west
Social media is a bit like the wild west in terms of the validity of information.