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![Marcel Currin: How can goodness survive all the dirt?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Marcel Currin: How can goodness survive all the dirt?
I went to the voting booth like an uninspired citizen last Saturday. The whole dirty-shmirty politics thing really got me down, writes Marcel Currin.
![Editorial: Ryall has my respect](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Editorial: Ryall has my respect
It's the end of an era in Parliament with the retirement of Bay of Plenty MP Tony Ryall, writes Scott Inglis.
![Editorial: Heroes have to behave](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Editorial: Heroes have to behave
Thousands of Kiwis go out for a big night on the town just hours before they have an important engagement.
![Garth George: Will more of same be good for nation?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Garth George: Will more of same be good for nation?
When I suggested a month or so ago that the ideal result of Saturday's election would be for National to get enough votes to govern alone, I didn't for one moment believe it could happen.
![Marcel Currin: Has freebie's furore affected U2?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Marcel Currin: Has freebie's furore affected U2?
When I am the world's most rich and famous newspaper columnist, maybe I'll finally get that multi-million dollar deal with Apple, writes Marcel Currin.
![Editorial: D-Day vote for the Scots](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Editorial: D-Day vote for the Scots
Alison King writes: As New Zealand gets ready to make a decision that will shape the next three years, Scotland will find out tonight if its entire future will be different.
![Editorial: Waka needs better berth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Editorial: Waka needs better berth
The proposal to bring a giant waka to Tauranga's waterfront is making some CBD retailers nervous.
![Marcel Currin: Just you wait until you figure that out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Marcel Currin: Just you wait until you figure that out
Marcel Currin writes: I was woken last Sunday by three little boys who jumped on to my bed to wish me happy Father's Day.
![Editorial: Share gift of reading with all](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Editorial: Share gift of reading with all
If there is one standout piece of education advice that I hope my children - or any - take, it would be to read, read, and read, writes Annemarie Quill
![Rosemary McLeod: Strip-a-thons now penchant of the posh](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Rosemary McLeod: Strip-a-thons now penchant of the posh
They used to have debutante balls and now they have strip-a-thons. It's the new etiquette for the elite.