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Roger Moroney: Winter's clock is ticking fast

Oh I do enjoy that fine old saying "where did the time go?" Because it makes basically no sense at all because we don't know where

Editorial: Amazing trust needs our help

There are some people for whom the work they do is not just a job, it is a calling and a passion. Very often these people are in

Simon Nixon: Havelock has run out of sections

Recently Hastings District Council arranged a "building industries forum on residential land supply". It seemed mostly to be a PR

Linda Hall: Bay in for bigger taste of culture

I spent a few days in Wellington last week and, boy, it was cold - the wind on one of the days just about blew me off my feet. I

Editorial: Giants gone but footy carries on

Some of us not enamoured with catching Pokémon managed instead to catch the Hurricanes' clash with the Crusaders at the weekend. We

Mike Williams: Housing pickle leaves Govt vulnerable

LAST week I went to Wellington to take part in the Labour Party's 100th anniversary celebrations and to speak at a seminar on the

Marcus Agnew: Physical literacy in kids vital

IT'S NATURAL, we all want to give our kids the chance to be the best they can be. The most common fundamental question is: what should

Eva Bradley: Bringing the reconnect to reality

IT'S hard in today's connected, catalogued world to go off grid and be intrepid. Unless you're prepared to go to some fairly extreme

Editorial: Everyone's after slice of our paradise

Earlier this week, United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg told the New York Times that if Donald Trump became President

Editorial: President caught in the middle

You would think that Barack Obama must be counting down the days until his term as United States President comes to an end later this

Malcolm Dixon: Hospital parking needs action

Recently i spent 18 days in Hawke's Bay Hospital. The only indication that I had a problem was during my annual medical. With this

Roger Moroney: Eternal youth a scary prospect

I read a slightly disconcerting story the other day. It was a sort of medical/scientific story about how some people in white coats

Editorial: Cut corners to help kids' cabin fever

So, the feared education hiatus is upon us. The cold gap we speak of in hushed tones - the two-week nether world of winter school

Bill Fish: Post-truth politics a real worry

Recent developments in international politics have highlighted the uneasy attitude that politicians are beginning to develop towards

Linda Hall: Change brings food for thought

No matter what I am doing or where I am, food is never far from my mind. We can't live without it - well, I certainly can't - and

Editorial: We need clarity on policing

There is no question that Bay people, especially many in Napier, are concerned about policing numbers and deployment in our province. We

Mike Williams: Embittered voters ringing the changes

YET ANOTHER political peacock is possibly facing the feather-duster fate; this time it's the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull. The

Simon Nixon: Parking strategy on wrong lines

The Hastings District Council has finalised its 2016/17 budget with a proposed rate increase of 3.1 per cent for RA1 the urban area