COMMENT: The longer the lockdown the more difficult it will become to afford the recovery.

COMMENT: I have no doubt the lockdown has prevented deaths, but has it caused them too?

COMMENT: I'd like to propose a return to the good old Kiwi holiday.

COMMENT: An old-hand has a few suggestions that might make the lockdown a bit easier.

COMMENT: Economic and employment benefits of large-scale concerts are obvious.

Comment: I think most New Zealanders are appalled by racism

Emergency contraception is a conversation in desperate need of some logical thinking.

COMMENT: Kiwi youth already have radio options that serve them the biggest world hits.

COMMENT: I refuse to listen to uninformed Pākehā pontificate about what Māori should do.

If you are sick, NZ is probably one of the better places to need medical assistance

COMMENT: We need to openly talk about taboo subjects like periods, says Lizzie Marvelly.

COMMENT: The benefits of being in a relationship with a woman are numerous

COMMENT: While four-day week wouldn't suit all, I'd love to see it trialled by companies.

Today we present the top five columns from Lizzie Marvelly.

COMMENT: Lizzie Marvelly helps Santa along with a few suggestions.

COMMENT: Opposition's changed social media approach is no accident.

COMMENT: The Māori expression is a tradition steeped in history, protocol and meaning.

COMMENT: Prosecuting the homeless is morally bankrupt.

COMMENT: We need a new approach to report ex-Wallabies star's latest round of whack-a-gay.

With deficits and emergency funding requests, those in charge should be under scrutiny.

COMMENT: It's time for Guy Fawkes to go.

COMMENT: Pacific Islander, Māori in the coaching system would be good for 'the boys'.

COMMENT: Small projects that tinker around edges are not going to solve transport crisis.

COMMENT: Student life is becoming isolated because of technology.

COMMENT: Our tax brackets could do with an overhaul, don't you think?

COMMENT: Critical thinking about porn needs to be part of our school system.

COMMENT: Is one race is simply more inherently criminal than others?

COMMENT: It's time to jump back into the waka and learn te reo Māori.

COMMENT: Woman's bravery after abuse is the only good example from racism in a restaurant.

COMMENT: The benefits of finding the right activity for each child would be immense.

COMMENT: If vapes are fashion, there's no telling how popular they could become.

COMMENT: Throwing contentious issues to a public vote is arguably cowardly buck-passing.

COMMENT: Do you know your New Zealand history in all its complexity and darkness?

COMMENT: Let 2019 be the year we make abortion safe, legal and accessible.

COMMENT: The face of the city is diverse, not an older Pākehā gentleman.

COMMENT: If Family Bar is not safe, community should take their pink dollars elsewhere.

COMMENT: Just turned 30, Lizzie Marvelly takes stock of her youth.

COMMENT: Marvelly invites Folau to come down from his dais and talk with gay people.

COMMENT: Gay marriage has been here since 2013. Why are we not being catered to?

COMMENT: Cannabis regulation deserves a high standard of public discourse

COMMENT: Caster Semenya deserves to go down as one of the great runners in history.

COMMENT: Shame, stigma, and fear keep women quiet.

COMMENT: When you've heard as many rape stories as I have, you lose that sense of shock.

COMMENT: A celebration of Captain Cook's landing is a celebration of history whitewashed.

Our antiquated laws are doing more harm than good.

COMMENT: Despite negative publicity, Man Up claims to be changing lives for the better.