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Carter exposes sport-drink link

Research shows that Kiwi men and women involved in team sport are likely to drink alcohol in a dangerous pattern.

No room for bad behaviour on our roads

Should we consider harsher penalties for people who break the law on our roads?

Caroline Ritchie: Everywhere I look I see green

Skin kissed tarmac this week. First proper bike crash to draw blood. I thought my front carbon wheel had snapped, seeing dollar

Meka Whaitiri: Government response to crisis a disgrace

In the past week, the National Government has learnt that abolishing the housing portfolio does nothing to fix the housing crisis

Tim Gilbertson: We live in hope, but remain fearful

Well done, Rex and the Gang of Four. Our intrepid regional council has vowed to relocate and re-educate everyone who disagrees with

Bruce Bisset: Swimming through slime

COMMENT: Already visitors are reporting to the folks back home that Aotearoa is not all it's cracked up to be.

Ani Tylee: CAB looking for volunteers

COMMENT: Citizens Advice Bureau is looking for volunteers to join their team.

Editorial: Free bus fares a winner

Finding a park can be one of life's pains. I don't have much patience so you don't want to be in the car with me as I'm driving around

Bill Sutton: No denying we have a race relations problem

Does New Zealand have a race relations problem? Many New Zealanders would like to say no. But dig a bit deeper and there's no denying

Whale death fires up pupils

Havelock North kids have written of their sadness after plastic bags led to whale's death.

Jessica Maxwell: Slipshod weed control needs serious rethink

It took two Talking Points, photographs showing the eco-system in Tauroa Reserve in collapse and some frank correspondence with mayor

Tools needed to look after water

The Bay people and their environment have been through so much in the past few years, from Wairoa down to Waipawa. The disastrous

'The Project' new song and dance

Nothing epitomises the descent of television journalism from hard-edged inquiry to bun-fight circus more than TV3's (sorry, +HR=E)

New laws protect migrant workers

The apple trees are heaving with fruit. It's time to harvest and Hawke's Bay is full of migrant workers here for that exact purpose. I

Stuart Nash: Planning for future so whole region benefits

This week I attended the 'Taniwha Dragon' Economic summit organised by Ngahiwi Tomoana in his role as chairman of Ngati Kahungunu

Editorial: Te Matatini great for the Bay

There is a lovely buzz about Hawke's Bay these days and it suddenly seems as if our social calendar has become nice and full. The

John Harrison: Report is a waste of ratepayer's money

Last week I received an early copy of the 19-page executive summary together with the full 75-page business case for Napier's biggest

Water, water, everywhere ... for a while

Yes, for those intrigued (or concerned or unconcerned or whatever) about my admittance of regular forgetfulness which I touched upon