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Simon Wilson: The backlash against better streets
Better rules for changing street use and a big decision for cycling on the harbour bridge.

Opinion: Are business leaders equipped for the turbulence ahead?
OPINION: The new currency for staff is time and flexibility, not car parks and money.

Sideswipe: Before coffee, after coffee
A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.

Sam Broughton: Selwyn's proximity to Christchurch is a natural advantage for residents
OPINION: More people moved to Selwyn than any other city or district in NZ.

Editorial: Rushdie's free thought and expression
OPINION: Our editorial on the freedom to offend, and whether to take offense.

John MacDonald: I've changed my mind about Ian Foster
OPINION: The rugby CEO media conference was all about nothing.

Opinion: Seabed mining ban could deny unparalleled economic opportunity
Environmentally low-impact metal recovery operation will help meet demand.

Chris Nyamandi: Afghan children need an economic solution
OPINION: Save the Children director says we are providing food but not a future.

Trump's weird one-sentence defence as fallout from FBI raid continues
OPINION: Among the flurry of the FBI's raid was a strange argument that kept popping up.

Chris Hyde: A simple way supermarkets can get back into our good books
OPINION: It's not just food prices irking customers, it the way they're being priced.

Can men and women just be friends? I don't want my husband touching anyone else
Psychologists and family therapists Nic & Verity answer your sex and relationship queries.

Louise Upston: The Jobseeker free ride is ending
OPINION: National's spokesperson for Social Development tackles welfare dependency.

Sideswipe: Man wins court battle over 25 cents
A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.

Letters: Well done, All Blacks
OPINION: Letters on teaching troubles, trading with tyrants, and on Leo Molloy.

Editorial: Heat turned up on Trump
OPINION: Our editorial on problems for Trump's potential presidential run in 2024.

Christopher Niesche: Mining giant BHP eyes OZ Minerals in billion-dollar deal
BHP has its eyes squarely on the future.

Sasha Borissenko: From whisky to Covid-19 face masks - the gifts MPs got
A look at what gifts our MPs have received in the 2021-22 year and shares they own.

Liam Dann: Chris Luxon's biggest problem isn't gaffes or rogue MPs
OPINION: National's biggest asset could turn into its biggest liability.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: National's history of boys in suits behaving badly
OPINION: The bar is so much higher for National.

Paula Bennett: I like our perfectly imperfect politicians
There are lines that politicians should not cross but let's leave room for character.

Editorial: Uffindell faces months as a silent backbencher
OPINION: Our editorial on the stood-down National Party member for Tauranga.

Diana Clement: It's time for a spending diary exercise
OPINION: How does your current spending stack up to a year ago?

Greg Smith: High inflation — soon to be yesterday's news?
Rampant price rises may now be starting to ease, writes Greg Smith.

Bruce Cotterill: Govt has spent up large - but could have delivered more
Spend, spend and spend some more, has been the Government's attitude.

Steve Braunias: Christopher Luxon has his eye on the party list
A satirist's look at the Uffindell saga

Letters: Employment gaps require change
OPINION: Letters on Nancy Pelosi, Brian Tamaki, student loans, Ian Foster, and tax relief.

Fran O'Sullivan: Now Molloy has stepped aside, who can step up in Auckland?
Here's to Leo Molloy for getting out of the way.