OpinionJohn RoughanRoughan: Auckland's rubbish take-overCOMMENT: Little things can tell voters a lot about their local government. The Super City's new inorganic recycling service came to our house this week.02 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanRoughan: Tunnel vision blindsides cityCOMMENT: After the machines have gone, will life return to the Queen St Canyon?12 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: We all win when women enter discussionCOMMENT: The more women who can be encouraged into the discussions, the better the discussions and decisions will be.15 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Zero fanfare for 100th a shameCOMMENT: At times over the past few years I've relished the thought of the Labour Party's centenary.08 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Smart thinking to unclog roadsCOMMENT: It is simply not true that public transport is the only alternative to traffic congestion.24 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: To vape or not to vape, that's the questionCOMMENT: Could it be that vaping is too much like smoking? It gives same air of relaxation and confidence to its users but to others is not their style.03 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Has 'middle NZ' made no progress?COMMENT: Only one race in postcolonial countries needs dedicated seats on its governing bodies. Immigrants don't need them, indigenous minorities do.20 May 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: The haunting truth about foreign trustsCOMMENT: Everyone should contribute a fair share of their wealth to the upkeep of the public services and well being of the country they choose to live in.13 May 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Ugly American redeemed by humourCOMMENT: Seriously, it's entertainment. For Trump and his supporters, it's entertainment. The presidency will be entertainment for him and them.06 May 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Take obesity warnings with grain of saltCOMMENT: We listen to doctors, but when they use terms such as obesity most people take their wisdom with a healthy grain of salt.29 Apr 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: TV families public victims of ill marketCOMMENT: Selective restrictions on lending for investment property in Auckland appear merely to have caused the cancer to spread to nearby cities.22 Apr 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Campaigners asking for more troubleCOMMENT: Drugs that do nothing for you up to that point have no redeeming social benefit to my mind. But it's not my business.15 Apr 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Our flag I can bear but we could do betterThe colonial artefact needs to be replaced, however the selected alternative simply doesn't fly, writes John Roughan.04 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Citizenship deal gives Kiwis privilegeThe deal done for Kiwis in Australia by Prime Ministers John Key and Malcolm Turnbull last weekend was quite a breakthrough, writes John Roughan.26 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Council ownership shackling port to pastAuckland is being offered a list of unlikely alternative sites for wharves intruding too far into the Waitemata, writes John Roughan.19 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Waitangi event has lost manaThe last thing we need this morning is another lament about protests at Waitangi and this will not be one, writes John Roughan.05 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanHow could tennis matches be fixedSportsmanship and integrity have been on display at the grand slam tournament in Melbourne this month, writes John Roughan.29 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: New Zealand - a place worth returning toWhen I see the New Zealand my grandchildren will inherit today, I am eternally grateful to the government we elected in 1984, writes John Roughan.08 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Did Lecretia Seales really die in pain?The question matters because unendurable agony is the reason we are asked to legalise euthanasia, writes John Roughan.01 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: One last salute for the Anzacs' centenary yearA century on, the retreat from Gallipoli looks far from the miserable failure it felt to evacuated soldiers at the time, writes John Roughan.25 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Something in the wind, says new flagPerceptible shift in public mood after first referendum suggests enough of us feel ready to make the move, writes John Roughan.18 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanNo protection for journalism in booksFor a year now I have been fending off lawyers who want notes, recordings or transcripts of interviews I did with John Key for my book on him.20 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Baying for expats' rights risks spooking gift horseEvery time we send our Government in to bat for ex-Kiwis in Australia, I get nervous.13 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanRoughan: TPP? Let's suck it and seeThe debate over this trade agreement has been more intense than any I can remember, writes John Roughan.16 Oct 02:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Don't know what you have till it's gone<b>The rest of the country can see the Super City for what it is - and does not want a bar of it for themselves.</b>17 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Compassion blinds us to real refugee storyThe compassion of the crowd can make you feel heartless for reserving comment until a reasonable question has been answered.11 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Alas, we'll never read Gair's inside storyGentlemanly political veteran was privy to momentous decisions which shaped this country, writes John Roughan.21 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Kiwiana tea towels that will never flyMost of the 40 options selected by the appointed committee look like they were designed by a committee. Especially those that combine the silver fern and Southern Cross, John Roughan writes.14 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: McCully's Saudi deal clumsyUnconvincing explanations for settling live sheep export grievance should not hurt New Zealand's clean reputation, writes John Roughan.07 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: TPP a 'threat' to innovation?Knowledge should not be a restricted property and its applications shouldn't be patentable, writes John Roughan.31 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Little's pragmatic side coming throughThe Labour leader's comments on 90-day trials could be a sign the party is confronting the reality of taking the reins, writes John Roughan.24 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Pluto - credible science without politicsWe are in awe of the discoveries in outer space but sceptical about climate change - and with good reason, argues John Roughan.17 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Greece best left to its own devicesIt would be better for all concerned if the European Central Bank stopped the supply of credit to Greece and left the country to its own devices, writes John Roughan.10 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Rainbow Warrior a lesson in statecraftJohn Roughan wonders if a more experienced government had been in the Beehive 30 years ago, would we have been told so much about the Rainbow Warrior?26 Jun 05:00 PM
