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Zoe Hunter: Why is it when we say no to something we want it more?

OPINION: I have had to literally say the word "No" out loud so I wouldn't be tempted.

Comment: Support for mental health crises not good enough

"Most of us find it hard to even acknowledge anything about our mental health."

Zizi Sparks: Now is the time to be patriotic

OPINION: Whether you wanted the Olympics to be cancelled or not, they are happening.

Letters to the editor: Troublemakers shouldn't deprive the good students

OPINION: Our readers have their say.

Patrick Walsh: School exclusions need to end

OPINION: The effect of exclusion on students is often severe and long term.

Carmen Hall: I've left my kids home alone and they survived

OPINION: In my view, if your children are mature enough at that age, I see no harm in it.

Matt Cowley: Big opportunity if region works together

OPINION: The Government appears to be signalling that there are too many councils.

Letters to the editor: Bay recording worse road toll in NZ a 'sad statistic'

OPINION: Our readers have their say

Dawn Picken: Once upon a time, I could venture with my kids

Opinion: The anti-staycation: where you wish you had left home but stayed to work instead.

1981 Springbok Tour: Former cop recalls being on duty for Hamilton match

"The few police on the embankment were brushed aside like feathers."

Jo Raphael: Let's keep world at arm's length until we're all jabbed

Opinion: Britain shouldn't throw in the towel and neither should New Zealand.

Letters to the editor: Rejuvenation of CBD won't happen until parking sorted

Our readers have their say.

Luke Kirkness: Potholes are there to be fixed, let's do it

Opinion: No one likes a pothole, so why aren't we doing more about fixing them?

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Three Waters loomed large at LGNZ forum

OPINION: Overriding concern was accountability to local ratepayers would be removed

Kiri Gillespie: Natural disasters are telling us something

Increasing natural disaster events should be considered a prompt for getting prepared.

Letters to the editor: Council it's time to sort out CBD parking

Our readers have their say