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Bruce Bisset: Senate delay could prove useful
This week's US Senate vote against the TPPA and its trans-Atlantic counterpart the TTIP has, sadly, only stalled the process, writes Bruce Bisset.

Editorial: Receivers get off far too lightly
We should all have a "find my computer" app because this can help the police to recover stolen items, writes Linda Hall.

Bruce Bisset: Radical rethink needed for fairness
Framing debate for what makes a "decent" society is damnably difficult when the capture of hearts and minds by neoliberal capitalism has redefined the norm, writes Bruce Bisset.

Editorial: Hordes of kids reflect park's value
For those of you who have not been to the Hawke's Bay Regional Sports Park on a Saturday morning, it is quite a sight to behold at this time of year.

Editorial: Day Napier suffered the unthinkable
Half an hour before deadline on Thursday, May 7, 2009, our front-page lead was locked in. That was before a volley of fatal shots was fired on Chaucer Rd, Napier.

Ana Apatu: Fit, well fed kids get the best start
Henare O'Keefe and I recently travelled to Christchurch to present to a 'Health in All Policies' conference, organised by the Canterbury Community and Public Health team.

Editorial: We're not responsible for siblings
I disagree with Labour leader Andrew Little's call to stand down a minister whose brother is facing indecency charges.

Bruce Bisset: Anzac PMs - better we forget them
The young men who gave their lives at Gallipoli must be spinning in their graves at how the modern leaders of their countries parade themselves, writes Bruce Bisset.