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Bruce Bisset: Thinking is always in season
Whether you're a Christian or not, the national celebration of Christmas has a certain gravity to it that demands attention and invokes reflection, writes Bruce Bisset.
Editorial: Hastings' inner city hits straps
Last Thursday I was lucky enough to stumble across Hastings' night market in full roar.
Andrew Austin: Loving the best of both worlds
A return to South Africa triggers deep thoughts - can one person have two homelands?
Bruce Bisset: Mandela tributes ring hollow
In the wake of Nelson Mandela's death, an old friend asked his Facebook friends to say what, if anything, they did to fight apartheid.
Editorial: Why will they not just listen?
The majority rules, or a show of hands, is a pretty common sense and clear-cut example of democracy at work.
Andrew Austin: The great man with the common touch
The little white boy shouted: "Daddy, Daddy!! Mandela shook my hand."
Bruce Bisset: Clean, green ... and deadly
Nothing pops the bubble of the myth that nuclear power is "clean" like the ongoing struggle to stabilise and decommission the plant at Fukushima, Japan.
Editorial: Tough judging is ahead
On Saturday, December 14, we will publish a story on the person chosen as Hawke's Bay Today's Person of the Year.