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MP's view on cannabis reform skewed by bias

Hipango stated that she represented the Māori community. What about the rest of us?

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: Council playing cat and mouse with pet owners

We can most likely look forward to compulsory microchipping/registration of our cats.

Letters: There's nothing wrong with renting

Rental housing was the easiest, most economical way to move from one place to another.

Best of 2020: 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.

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: 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.

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.

Letters: Neuro Foundation donor peeved

As a donor to NF, the thought of this man buying golf balls with my money makes me wild.

Alan Taylor: Why I'm urging council to declare a climate emergency

Council would consider the consequences of climate change in any relevant decisions.

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.