COMMENT: Preparations for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan are well under way.

COMMENT: She should have been gone as a minister weeks ago, Kerre McIvor writes.

COMMENT: Parental tough love is a sign of concern.

COMMENT: Notion of asking for help was anathema to those who suffer at hands of another.

COMMENT: Helicopter complaints are elitist, arrogant tosh that perpetuate stereotypes.

COMMENT: Invest in families with babies and you won't have to pay further down the line.

COMMENT: To be told people don't find you attractive is tough, but most of us know that.

COMMENT: We need a collective faith in our institutions if society is to function.

COMMENT: In my late twenties, I learned what it was like to live hand to mouth.

COMMENT: Government determined to turn us into cyclists and renewable energy users.

COMMENT: Teacher let down by the children he cared for - and the system.

OPINION: Does social media encourage crims to commit crime so they can gain notoriety?

COMMENT: A conversation 20 years ago told me much about the way some men think and behave.

COMMENT: A four-day week is intoxicating and liberating and wonderful.

COMMENT: Is it time to introduce professional jurors?

COMMENT: What about the rest of pack, ask owners of pugs and French and British bulldogs.

COMMENT: Both motorists and cyclists have their part to play in cutting death toll.

COMMENT: I've spent my Christmas break up in the Hokianga, at our other home.

COMMENT: Being a woman of a certain age is no barrier to contributing to society.

OPINION: Our education is too important to be affected by fads and competing ideologies.

COMMENT: Immigration - Nobody cares about individual stories when computer says no.

COMMENT: Waterfront shouldn't be the sole domain of wealthy retirees and ladies who lunch.

OPINION: Trevor Mallard has promised to make Parliament more family friendly.

OPINION: Schoolgirls' streaking bike ride will be online forever. Punishment enough.

COMMENT: Finally we are joining the rest of the world and starting to reduce plastic bags.

COMMENT: Protesters worrying about lambs born in the cold Spring weather take it too far.

COMMENT: Brave to follow your dreams and even braver to walk away.

COMMENT: Whoever wins next Sunday we're still a lucky country

COMMENT: Losing 10 kilos won't make you happy. Switching off mean voice in your head will.

COMMENT: In English and Ardern, we have two good politicians. Take your pick.