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![Editorial: GST plan on Kiwisaver fees implodes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Editorial: GST plan on Kiwisaver fees implodes
OPINION: Our editorial on the heated response to proposed GST charges on managed funds.
![Letters: The Putin solution to crime](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: The Putin solution to crime
OPINION: Letters on KiwiSaver tax, ram-raiders, literacy, rail and melting ice.
![Comment: Chilling effects of hate speech laws](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Comment: Chilling effects of hate speech laws
OPINION: Defence lawyers urge caution before enabling laws comparable to the 'Smith Act'.
![Fran O'Sullivan: 'Shameless' PM spruiks NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fran O'Sullivan: 'Shameless' PM spruiks NZ
OPINION: A jet setting Jacinda Ardern is clocking up the kilometres and trade deals.
![Richard Prebble: $2.1b for Kiwibank? You must be kidding](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Richard Prebble: $2.1b for Kiwibank? You must be kidding
Government has not been a good owner of KiwiRail or Air NZ, writes Richard Prebble.
![Thomas Coughlan: Whittakergate - the dumbest scandal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Thomas Coughlan: Whittakergate - the dumbest scandal
Marama Davidson falls victim to the dumbest scandal of our time.
![Opinion: I'm a Ukrainian soldier, and I've accepted my death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Opinion: I'm a Ukrainian soldier, and I've accepted my death
New York Times: We no longer know the names of all the dead. There are dozens every day.
![Opinion: What really killed Princess Diana](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Opinion: What really killed Princess Diana
OPINION: The real reason remains simple yet complicated at the same time.
![Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Small changes for Māori feel like momentum at last](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Small changes for Māori feel like momentum at last
Representation and partnership growing - and look nay-sayers, the world hasn't ended.
![Sideswipe: Finally, escape...](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sideswipe: Finally, escape...
A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.
![Letters: Should councillors be vetted like company directors?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Should councillors be vetted like company directors?
Short & sweet on soldiers, cost-of-living payments, Brian Tamaki. Premium debate on jobs.
![The case for councillors, mayors, and their kingdoms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The case for councillors, mayors, and their kingdoms
Candidates and voters need to untangle themselves from a vicious cycle.
![Juha Saarinen: Is community-generated power the future?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Juha Saarinen: Is community-generated power the future?
Solar power is coming, but it's not going to happen overnight.
![Ryan Heneghan: 'A nuclear war cannot be won'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ryan Heneghan: 'A nuclear war cannot be won'
OPINION: Conflicts between nuclear-armed powers a concern in multiple parts of the world.
![Time is ripe for re-shaping New Zealand's trade policy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Time is ripe for re-shaping New Zealand's trade policy
OPINION: I have nothing but admiration for our primary sector.
![Billie Jean King: What makes Serena Williams so watchable](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Billie Jean King: What makes Serena Williams so watchable
New York Times: World champion Billie Jean King on what makes Serena Williams the GOAT.
![Claire Trevett: Cost-of-living payment Groundhog Day](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Claire Trevett: Cost-of-living payment Groundhog Day
A blood nose from the Auditor-General is the latest plot twist in cost-of-living saga.
![Comment: Democracy depends on wide consultation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Comment: Democracy depends on wide consultation
People need to vote for a mayor and councillors who will implement and demand change.
![Sideswipe: Dropping like flies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sideswipe: Dropping like flies
A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.
![Letters: Talking common sense on crime](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Talking common sense on crime
Short & sweet comments on wheel locks, transport, Kiwibank. Premium debate on rugby.
![Editorial: Nasa heads to the Moon and back](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Editorial: Nasa heads to the Moon and back
Can Nasa pull off a bold space feat that reminds people of what's still possible?
![Barnaby Weir: 'There is satisfaction in being somewhere that you've busted your balls to get to'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Barnaby Weir: 'There is satisfaction in being somewhere that you've busted your balls to get to'
The singer-songwriter talks to Elisabeth Easther.
![Simon Wilson: Fact checking on the mayoral campaign trail](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Simon Wilson: Fact checking on the mayoral campaign trail
At what point does misinformed sneering at council renders a candidate unfit for office?
![Jamie Mackay: The case for, and against, Labour winning election](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Jamie Mackay: The case for, and against, Labour winning election
Don't write off the Winston factor either.
![Ask the experts: My wife cheated on me – 50 years later she still won't admit who it was](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ask the experts: My wife cheated on me – 50 years later she still won't admit who it was
Psychologists and family therapists Nic & Verity answer your sex and relationship queries.
![Sideswipe: Hide and Squeak](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sideswipe: Hide and Squeak
A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.
!['It's frightening': Climate change - the future is here, what are we going to do about it?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'It's frightening': Climate change - the future is here, what are we going to do about it?
OPINION: The climate change crisis is knocking on our doors.
![Matt Heath: Facing my fear of booking holidays](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Matt Heath: Facing my fear of booking holidays
OPINION: Forget relationships, it's committing to holidays that really scares us.
![Editorial: don't forget Covid lessons](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Editorial: don't forget Covid lessons
As the current coronavirus danger lessens the country has to learn its lessons.