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Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: The mess in Wellington can hardly be called a protest

Comment: Protesting is more than a big get together, more than a party.

Scotty Morrison: 'If you live in Aotearoa, you have just as much responsibility and right to learn te reo'

Scotty Morrison is a champion of the Māori language and has written books celebrating it.

Letters: A tale of what was once two great tourist towns

Our readers have their say.

Teuila Fuatai: Change rather than apology needed to stop racial profiling

Calling out discrimination's the right thing to do. But it's not easy or straightforward.

Jarrod Gilbert: Is gang violence in NZ the worst it's ever been?

'Gangs are seldom at war, but when they do flare up they are understandably troubling.'

Felix Desmarais: 'Transgender people exist. We are real, we are natural'

Opinion: Parliament supporting transgender rights is a precious, flickering flame.

Luke Kirkness: Delta has changed team of 5 million for the worse

OPINION: We were a team of five million last year but now we're completely divided.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Christmas won't be cancelled but it'll be different

OPINION: Home is really where I want to be this summer. I'll be staying put.

Luke Kirkness: Flag letter simply disgusting

As Bob Dylan once wrote, people better start swimming or they'll soon sink.

Iwi radio - 'Like the movie The Matrix, once you go there, there's no turning back'

'One week for Te reo Māori in 2021 for the whole country, seems outmoded, quaint even'.

Opinion: PM, bring on the bench in fight against Delta - before it's too late

COMMENT: It's a bench that has built a global reputation for innovation.

Claire Trevett: Will the vaccinated get different treatment in future outbreaks?

The Delta outbreak has been a scramble. What planning is underway for future outbreaks?

Dawn Picken: Owners need to pick up after their dogs

Opinion: Picking up poo is a lot like justice - when it's delayed, it's denied.

Dawn Picken: Once upon a time, I could venture with my kids

Opinion: The anti-staycation: where you wish you had left home but stayed to work instead.

Pie-maker Patrick Lam: 'When I was 4 we walked 30 days to Vietnam to escape the Khmer Rouge'

Patrick Lam is the country's most awarded pie maker.

Sideswipe: A sign of hope in Rotorua

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