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Russell Bell: Get the experts involved from the start
Having the right equipment is crucial to any business undertaking.

Life, in ever-decreasing circles
You'll never guess what the note on the front entrance to the bank said...

Briefs: drugs seized, kitchen fire, Masters Games support
More than 30 businesses have signed up to the $500 club to support the games.

Your letters: We deserve a peaceful death
End of life debate, abortion laws and Trump.

Teuila Fuatai: Abortion, Harete Hipango and the PM
COMMENT: The abortion debate finds its way back to the political chambers.

Rob Rattenbury: Could Labour govern alone?
National is in a pickle with a long list of members leaving politics or being booted out .

'Cannabis harmful to young adults and teenagers'
Comment: Cannabis is damaging to young brains and linked to lower incomes later in life.

Letters: Sweden's approach and the legality of NZ's lockdown
Whanganui correspondents air different takes on New Zealand's Covid-19 lockdown.

Letters: Don't let NZ be dictated to
Two discredited organisations and a country are trying to dictate to New Zealand.

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.

Letters: End of rubbish bags causes outrage
Your letters: Appalled at proposal to phase out rubbish bags.

Bryan Gould: Never mind the gutter politics - let's count our blessings
COMMENT: The contagion seems to have spread rapidly.

When best laid plans go awry
The words were out of my mouth and I'd hung up before I fully realised what I'd said.

Doug Sellman: Cannabis inherently safer than alcohol
Comment: Cannabis causes less harm than alcohol in nine of 13 medical outcomes.

Letters: Winston Peters' opposition to wealth tax to 'protect the rich'
Wealth tax - those most affected would be the super-rich.

Rob Rattenbury: The important and loving gift of reading to a child
Comment: Reading just as important in today's world for developing children.

Letters: Trust the word of scientists
Unfortunately, some politicians have politicised the issue to address their own agenda.

Letters: Toxic waste and debt burden
Our mokopuna are threatened with having a multibillion-dollar debt burden dumped on them.

Letters: Who chooses the Prime Minister?
Only Cabinet can select and reject our Prime Minister.

Alexander Sparrow: What you really see during palliative care
When the reality became obvious she was ready. And I think we were ready too.

Letters: Whanganui election a two-horse race
No minor party candidates can possibly win the Whanganui seat.

Cooked chook vanishes from grocery trolley
Kevin Page raced down to the checkouts and there, right in front of him he saw the thief.

Letters: No place for political points scoring
Your letters: Keep electioneering out of Covid management.

Rob Rattenbury: Royalist or anti-royalist?
Rod Rattenbury: The British royal family has only been really British for about 400 years.

Early political cartoons that made a statement
Caricaturists are sharpening their pencils to take down their prey one quip at a time.

Letters: Horizons now a greenie-inspired organisation
It now seems vast sums of money are spent on "greenie touchy-feely stuff".

Fred Frederikse: Exploring Victoria in a rented Holden
Fred Frederikse: In a rented Holden we explored Victoria.

Letters: STV the fairest way to vote
STV is recognised as a fairer system and results in more representative results.