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Philip McConkey: Sceptics trying to trump science

As most of us are aware, United States party conventions have been taking place over recent weeks. Among the many revelations has

Eva Bradley: When did early night sound so good?

It's probably not especially cool to admit this, but I love an early night. In winter especially, nothing quite beats peeling back

Dylan Thorne: Clark's UN bid inspires

Helen Clark's bid for the UN's top job took a hit this week after it was reported that she had slipped to seventh out of the 11 candidates. She

Wyn Drabble: I'm going for goggle box gold

There we were, cocooned in the belief that this was going to be a mild winter. Well, it was, until along came a polar blast to remind

Eva Bradley: And baby makes three 'Y's and just one lone 'X'

What is it like to be a boy? And for once I'm not posing one of my signature esoteric questions which tend to float to the front of

Editorial: Murder capital? Ha ...

Murder capital of New Zealand? I wandered the mean streets (actually, street) of Kaitaia this week, looking for Sky. I was bound

Nickie Muir: Getting to the root of violence

If one more media outlet uses the words: "Kaitaia" and "homicide capital" in the same sentence, I will have to give them a hiding

Steve Goldthorpe: We devalue democracy at our peril

Parliament must make an urgent stand to defend local democracy. Our elected representatives must not give the Government sweeping

Editorial: Crucial to talk the talk

It comes up every now and then, the question ... "is Maori language week tokenism?" Particularly in a country that aspires to be

Dylan Thorne: Cellphone users put us all at risk on the roads

Everything we do involves some degree of risk. Cycling to work, crossing the road, going for a run. Mostly, these activities are

Editorial: Kids in court rough justice

Turning 18 is a big deal in New Zealand. Once you're 18, you can drink, vote, smoke, buy scratchies, place bets at the TAB or use

Editorial: Priority conscience, not cash

I'm all for anything that will save children from being abused or, worse, killed at the hands of those who are meant to be cuddling

Rosemary McLeod: A circus of our own making

They've been the best of times, surely, free of war and famine, well fed and medicated, never needing to bother about things that

Editorial: Suicide... the S word we don't talk about

Kaitaia teenager Nina Griffiths has an ally in Mike King. And the pair have an ally in this media outlet. The causative factors

Wyn Drabble: Silent absurdity of PC brigade

You might have felt that political correctness had got as silly as it could get, that it had reached a plateau and settled. Not so

Eva Bradley: It's goodbye, cruel world

Observation and knowledge of reality are topics that raise all sorts of prickly philosophical questions, chief among them the one

Nickie Muir: More than a house, it's home

"It is not responsible for newspapers to publish calls for class warfare, extortion and disorder like this. The Northern Advocate

Editorial: Life's a beach - that's great

Northland's winter throws up all sorts of oddities on our beaches. In the past month we've had whales, albatrosses and now turtles