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Kerre McIvor: Tattooed rugby players respect Japan culture
COMMENT: Preparations for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan are well under way.
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.