OPINION: 'What is this country coming to... rude protests, spitting and violence.'

OPINION: Why should NZ fund a huge chunk of cost on a film about Ardern?

OPINION: Wonder why so many ram raids, so much crime, the lack of social cohesion.

OPINION: 'Seat belts should be mandatory on all aircraft at all times'.

OPINION: 'We cannot just keep building more motorways through the suburbs'.

OPINION: 'We should be encouraging gang members to be useful members of society.'

OPINION: "Is it democratic for a Government to bypass select committees on these issues?"

OPINION: 'Does this Government intend to worsen the social divide?'

OPINION: I can't see any reason for Victoria Park to be converted into a cricket stadium.

OPINION: 'Why are we waiting until lunchtime to feed children?'

OPINION: 'Why didn't they do a test flight prior to this very important trip?'

OPINION: 'So far, this Government has done nothing to alleviate child poverty.'

OPINION: 'This isn’t an iconic address like 10 Downing Street or 1700 Pennsylvania Ave.'

OPINION: Suburbian response says much about the shameful blight of poverty in Aotearoa.

OPINION: 'Disillusioned, bored, aimless young men need a purpose.'

OPINION: 'Big Tobacco poured a lot of money into opposing this pioneering legislation.'

OPINION: 'My heart goes out to all those who worked so hard at TV3.'

OPINION: 'It’s unbearable to think of children going to bed hungry.'

OPINION: Many maintain that housing prices should, in some way unexplained, cost far less.

OPINION: & cynical corporates: 'Reminds me of plastic tikis being sold in souvenir shops.'

OPINION: 'The same petty criticism is happening all across the city.'

OPINION: 'Efeso Collins was a bridge between Pasifika people and the rest of New Zealand.'

OPINION: 'We now have a Government that is communicating to us all.'

OPINION: We want young people, no matter what their abilities, to be aspirational.

OPINION: 'It appears beneficiaries are being made the scapegoats here.'

OPINION: 'Eden Park has had its day, it is time for something ambitious.'

OPINION: "NZ will have to learn to make sacrifices and save."

OPINION: 'The track heat issue is nothing more than a smokescreen for other issues.'

OPINION: Pythons are just the ones to get the job done.

OPINION: 'Trains are never cancelled in Perth due to heat.'