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Guest Editorial: Roads to redemption
Northland has three cabinet Ministers in the new Government, and opportunity knocks.
Editorial: Challenge for booze
Kaikohe pensioner Shaun Reilly is taking on New Zealand's biggest supermarket chains
Letters: Don't go there!
Wally Hicks' attempt to rewrite history needs a response, says a reader.
Editorial: This has to stop
Just when you think the lunacy that is education these days can't get any worse, it does.
Letters: Cannabinoids from the breast
Cannabinoids are essential links of our health regulation, protection and growth systems
Letters: Who benefits from this?
Who decides we need these constitute regional economic developments? asks a reader.
Katie Milne: It's still the govt's job
Federated Farmers has reviewed its legal position on the GMO issue in the Northland RPS.
Editorial: The plastic bag bandwagon
Plastic is a huge environmental problem, in this country and just about everywhere else
Mike Finlayson: RMA a matter of balance
The council is a governed by the law of the land. My role is to influence policy.
Letters: Fair questions
Shaun Reilly and Mike Rashbrooke miss the point. Perhaps wilfully so? Says a reader.
Letters: We're in trouble now
You are right Winston, the economy is in trouble, says a reader.
Editorial: A dopey idea
Whackier campaign ideas tend to perish in the coalition negotiation process.
Chris Reid: The art of communication
A fundamental part of being a good GP is being able to communicate well with anybody
Letters: More malice from National
Many credit English for his swift action to offer hope to a deflated National voter base
Letters: A dogged defender
Darren is more than a hero-of-the-moment, says a reader. He is a dogged defender.
Letters: Now some good emerges
A reader disagrees with the idea that things were better in the old days.
Mike Finlayson: A year in retrospect
Mike Finlayson takes an opportunity to reflect on the last year of council.
Letters: Good and evil trade places
Our media has been infiltrated and become totally left wing and secular, says a reader
Editorial: Well done, your worship
Mayor John Carter earned his keep at Ahipara last week, says Peter Jackson.
Missing out on cancer drugs
Cancer touches all New Zealanders in some way, says a reader.
Letters: A treasured possession
Kaye Dragicevich has been in the local news as an amateur historian for many years.
Editorial: Only in New Zealand
Taipap was alive with celebration when the Auld Mug came to call.
Conservation Matters: Focus on Predator Free NZ a priority
Predator Free NZ has targeted possums, stoats and rats, but there are many more.
Mike Finlayson: Big decisions to make
The issue of water quality is looming large, locally and nationally.
Letters: The demise of education
Teachers have become frustrated and despondent, says a reader.
Editorial: This isn't working
NZ First is right to wait until the final vote count before beginning negotiations
Well done to Carrington
A reader thanks Carrington Estate for fencing off wetlands bordering Wairahoraho Creek
Letters: No choice for NZ First
A majority of Aotearoa voted for a change of government on Saturday, says a reader.
Editorial: You can't say that!
It is scandalous that such appalling destitution should exist in this country.
Letters: What's in it for me?
If only New Zealand voters would think beyond the "What's in it for me?" syndrome.
Editorial: What were they thinking?
The latest manifestation of alcohol abuse in Dunedin has been ended by police.
Letters: National's hard of hearing
National has ignored the people's wishes on many issues for too long.