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Letters: Greens fail commonsense test

Letters: Greens fail commonsense test

Opinion: Funding proposal could benefit region

Opinion: Controversial iSite project could get a boost if funding proposal wins support.

Dawn Picken: Ensuring teens put off adult vices

We know more than ever how alcohol and tobacco affect young bodies - time to take action.

Letters: Increase in house valuations criminal

Houses far too expensive, a reader says.

Poor rules reason for school rugby mess

NZ Rugby governs our national game, but not necessarily the game at secondary school level

Rachel Stewart: Environment, Facebook, free speech among big issues of 2018

COMMENT: Rachel Stewart looks back on 2018.

A bandage for a long-term problem

Letters: A bandage for a long-term problem

Bryan Gould: Charity should not be equated with public funding

There's a bigger picture to charity at Christmas.

Letters: Cell phones not all that distracts drivers

Readers have their say.

Letters: Maunganui Rd underpass not needed and too expensive

Readers have their say.

Opinion: Tightening belts and trickle-down theory not the right call

Sometime it's best to spend more, not less.

Letters: New carpark name more than a mouthful

Readers have their say.

Peter Williams: Car park example of solution looking for problem

Phoenix car park is a fantastic example of a solution looking for a problem.

Opinion: Time to think of people, not profit

Right now the moana, the whenua and the people are anything but healthy.

Letters: Simple solution to the traffic problem

Readers have their say.

Opinion: An effective tsunami alert

Everyone has a cellphone, making a mobile alerting system effective in an emergency