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Bruce Bisset: Let's sing out for our musos
Bruce Bisset writes: Spending time with old friends is precious, especially if, as with me, there are few who really qualify and it's often decades between meetings.
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Editorial: Thought needed for war on Isis
These days, the Islamic State (Isis), which is a big threat to peace, is pure evil - we need to do everything to ensure Isis does not bring its terror here, writes Andrew Austin.
![Editorial: Let's get to the top of lists](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Editorial: Let's get to the top of lists
Wouldn't it be great if we could look at a set of regional comparisons and see that Hawke's Bay was ahead of the pack?
![Bruce Bisset: Teen teaches world lessons](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Bruce Bisset: Teen teaches world lessons
Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to young Pakistani student activist Malala Yousafzai reminds that the cost of education is literally measured in lives, writes Bruce Bisset.
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Editorial: Justice can be elusive for victims
Even though it is guided by precedent and process, the judicial system by its very nature will never be satisfactory to those who demand or deserve justice, writes Andrew Austin.
![Editorial: Shortfall puts refuge in jeopardy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Editorial: Shortfall puts refuge in jeopardy
Hastings Women's Refuge is in trouble and it needs our help, writes Linda Hall.
![Editorial: We need to complain more often](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Editorial: We need to complain more often
Hawke's Bay's reached a stage in its culinary evolution where plates should be right first time, every time.
![Questions tip scale of tribal existence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Questions tip scale of tribal existence
It's not a good time to broach fat or skinny issues when people are getting upset about rib-revealing mannequins at fashion outlets.
![Bruce Bisset: Greens need political lesson](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Bruce Bisset: Greens need political lesson
Funny how everyone has suggestions for the way the Greens should think and act and who they should partner up with, writes Bruce Bisset.
![Editorial: Good thing eyesore is going](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Editorial: Good thing eyesore is going
In the two-and-a-half years I have worked for Hawke's Bay Today, I have grown rather fond of the Hastings CBD, writes Andrew Austin.