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Letters: Is cost of train link justified?
Readers give their thoughts on the regional rail link idea and the state of our city.
Letters: Rio Panapa an 'extra special individual'
Sons of Zion lead singer Rio Panapa has a definite fan in our letters column today.
Winter spawning over for the year
August and September are usually the more difficult months for anglers.
Sponsors crucial to events
Sponsors back mountain bike events, clubs and trails and help make the sport safer.
Opinion: Proposed rail service perfect timing
Opinion: Rail service connecting cities a no-brainer.
Letters: New Zealand like living in 'paradise'
Letters: Readers discuss living in 'paradise', politics and a proposed rail service.
Opinion: Shelter shows love trumps hate
Opinion: A local man's plan to help the homeless is a reminder that love trumps hate.
Street view: Thoughts on rapid rail service
We ask locals their thoughts on a daily regional passenger rail service.
Letters: Time to retire town clock's mechanism
Letters: Readers share their views on the town clock, the National Party and boot camps.
Opinion: Parents, not children, should be the ones in boot camps
Opinion: It's not criminal youth who need boot camps, it's the adults who raise them.
Opinion: A youth home in your backyard
How would you feel if a home for remand youths was to open in your backyard?
Opinion: What price a water tax?
How far should we go in setting a price on a resource that all own or none owns?
Rachel Stewart: Hysteria over water policy pitiful
COMMENT: Labour's water policy is not as difficult to understand as you might think.
Letters: Will boot camp policy work?
Letters: Readers share their views on National's boot camp announcement.
Letters: Consult people on voting system
Views on local body voting systems and use of pokie machine money.
Opinion: Drop the synthetics and get help
Opinion: No high is worth dying for. Drop the synthetics and get help.
Letters: More to becoming bilingual than changing signs
Letters: There's more to becoming a bilingual city than changing signs, one person writes.
Lack of water traffic good for fishing
It all boils down to being at the right place at the right time.
Graeme Simpson: Looking towards Crankworx
It's never too early to talk about Crankworx.
Does Government support the right policies for business?
Do our political parties have the right policies for sustainable business growth?
Inspiring athletes lead with attitude
Some of us complain about the smallest things while others let nothing stand in their way.
Letters: Maori language not deliberately suppressed
The practice was encouraged by parents.
Opinion: Collective steps up for community
Opinion: Not everyone has the will to make a difference in their community.
Letters: What has Ardern achieved?
Readers' views on Jacinda Ardern and speeding drivers in Koutu.
Opinion: Diana tapes should remain private
Opinion: I can't understand the continued worldwide fascination in anything Diana.
Street view: What do you think of Metiria Turei resigning as co-leader of the Green Party?
We ask locals their thoughts on Ms Turei's resignation from the Green Party.
Opinion: Turei misread price of telling a lie
Turei's resignation was the right thing, but will it save the Greens?
Letters: A warm welcome for new citizens
A reader says thanks to the mayor for her warm welcome at the citizenship ceremony.
Letters: Council must learn from mud blunder
Reaction to the Korean mud saga continues.
Opinion: Time to focus on policies, not personalities
Opinion: So far this election campaign it seems to be all about individuals.
Rachel Stewart: Greens can't blame media
Comment: Turning Turei's pronouncement into a virtuous act of heroism is way off the mark.
Dunkirk a turning point in WWII
Dunkirk provides us with the opportunity to recognise the simple refusal to give up.