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![Joe Bennett: Weathering the heat, but will we remember it?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Joe Bennett: Weathering the heat, but will we remember it?
"The grass has seeded, died and withered to straw. It would need only one spark..."
![Shane Reti: Let's get on with building the infrastructure we need](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Shane Reti: Let's get on with building the infrastructure we need
Too many years talking means the cost of four-laning has gone up, writes Shane Reti.
![NZ one of few countries with Pharma advertising](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
NZ one of few countries with Pharma advertising
Could $5.5m of pharmaceutical advertising dollars be better spent elsewhere?
![Motorised puberty on 2 wheels?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Motorised puberty on 2 wheels?
Not so the man who just drove up this road aggressively on a thundering monster.
![Wyn Drabble: What's in a name?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Wyn Drabble: What's in a name?
Car names can provide hours of fun Wyn Drabble discovers
![Best of 2019: Lessons to learn from The Joker](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Best of 2019: Lessons to learn from The Joker
Chilling message on cost to society when people with impairments are repeatedly let down.
![Comment: Pharmac's vaccine year from hell](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Comment: Pharmac's vaccine year from hell
Pharmac played god. They put themselves above everyone else, says Dr Reti.
![20/20 vision into the New Year](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
20/20 vision into the New Year
Our continued population growth dictates the need for upgraded infrastructure and housing.
![Comment: Fighting for port, dry dock](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Comment: Fighting for port, dry dock
Dream of a dry dock in Whangārei may be about to be realised.
![Reflections at dawn of a new decade](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Reflections at dawn of a new decade
Not only the end of a year - it's the end of a decade
![St Francis and that flock of birds...](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
St Francis and that flock of birds...
For the birds the days pass unnamed, the years uncounted. And this still pleases us today.
![Warrants of Fitness and the holidays](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Warrants of Fitness and the holidays
Check out the safety of your holiday vehicles, have a happy holiday and consider others.
![Yes, bring the port north](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Yes, bring the port north
Mayor still waiting to see Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy working group report.
![The apostrophe's days are all but over](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
The apostrophe's days are all but over
It's had a good run but perhaps 50 years from now...
![Should health workers walk their vaccination talk?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Should health workers walk their vaccination talk?
People wanting to come to NZ have to prove immunity to diseases. Why not our health staff?
![The dreaded wasps are back](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
The dreaded wasps are back
One of these lovelies stung me on the back of the neck many years ago ...
![Festive season and summer fast approaching](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Festive season and summer fast approaching
The District Council has put together a range of events for the Christmas/Summer season.
![Nats mull new rural medical school policy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Nats mull new rural medical school policy
Life-long education savings are in a mix of policies brewing ahead of the 2020 election.
![School's out warning for parents](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
School's out warning for parents
Be wary of lending the family car for the end of exams celebration.
![Sheryl Mai: New term, new focus](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Sheryl Mai: New term, new focus
We face challenges that are unique to us geographically and demographically.
![Comment: A win for vaccinating pharmacists](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Comment: A win for vaccinating pharmacists
Pharmacists had been constructively lobbying me for several weeks with sound arguments.
![E-bikes catching on - tried one yet?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
E-bikes catching on - tried one yet?
There are over 100,000 e-bikes in New Zealand right now; 43,000 were imported in 2018.
![Kevin Page: Labour Weekend chores never end](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Kevin Page: Labour Weekend chores never end
Kevin Page puts his foot in it over Labour Weekend.
![Comment: Unity over safer university housing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Comment: Unity over safer university housing
Rare collaboration in Parliament in wake of student death in university housing facility.
![Onions - foot soldiers who die for the cause](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Onions - foot soldiers who die for the cause
Dishes the names of which never mention onions but which without onions would never be.
![Comment: Do alcohol interlock sentences work?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Comment: Do alcohol interlock sentences work?
There's been 193 interlock eligible drivers in the North with 135 of these in Whangārei.