COMMENT: 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.

COMMENT: After the machines have gone, will life return to the Queen St Canyon?

COMMENT: The more women who can be encouraged into the discussions, the better the discussions and decisions will be.

COMMENT: At times over the past few years I've relished the thought of the Labour Party's centenary.

COMMENT: It is simply not true that public transport is the only alternative to traffic congestion.

COMMENT: 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.

COMMENT: Only one race in postcolonial countries needs dedicated seats on its governing bodies. Immigrants don't need them, indigenous minorities do.

COMMENT: 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.

COMMENT: Seriously, it's entertainment. For Trump and his supporters, it's entertainment. The presidency will be entertainment for him and them.

COMMENT: Drugs that do nothing for you up to that point have no redeeming social benefit to my mind. But it's not my business.

The colonial artefact needs to be replaced, however the selected alternative simply doesn't fly, writes John Roughan.

The deal done for Kiwis in Australia by Prime Ministers John Key and Malcolm Turnbull last weekend was quite a breakthrough, writes John Roughan.

Auckland is being offered a list of unlikely alternative sites for wharves intruding too far into the Waitemata, writes John Roughan.

The last thing we need this morning is another lament about protests at Waitangi and this will not be one, writes John Roughan.

Sportsmanship and integrity have been on display at the grand slam tournament in Melbourne this month, writes John Roughan.

When I see the New Zealand my grandchildren will inherit today, I am eternally grateful to the government we elected in 1984, writes John Roughan.

The question matters because unendurable agony is the reason we are asked to legalise euthanasia, writes John Roughan.

A century on, the retreat from Gallipoli looks far from the miserable failure it felt to evacuated soldiers at the time, writes John Roughan.

Every time we send our Government in to bat for ex-Kiwis in Australia, I get nervous.

The debate over this trade agreement has been more intense than any I can remember, writes John Roughan.

The rest of the country can see the Super City for what it is - and does not want a bar of it for themselves.

The compassion of the crowd can make you feel heartless for reserving comment until a reasonable question has been answered.

Gentlemanly political veteran was privy to momentous decisions which shaped this country, writes John Roughan.

Most 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.

Unconvincing explanations for settling live sheep export grievance should not hurt New Zealand's clean reputation, writes John Roughan.

Knowledge should not be a restricted property and its applications shouldn't be patentable, writes John Roughan.

The 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.

We are in awe of the discoveries in outer space but sceptical about climate change - and with good reason, argues John Roughan.

It 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.

John 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?