Letters: Whanganui velodrome should be supported
It's easy to be a doomsayer, but hard to apologise when wrong, writes Garth Scown.
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Editorial: Take two - here we go again
Our efforts are crucial to getting through this, as they were not that long ago.
Letters: Praise for te reo in article
Your letters: Praise for te reo in article, Taxing the wealthy, Do we need a roof?
Velodrome survey result unlikely to sway politicians
Should the Government should pick up the $26.3m tab for the Raise the Velo Roof project?
Russell Bell: What makes a good leader?
What makes a good leader? Russell Bell lists a few must-have characteristics.
Bright side to pavement pounding adventure
Kevin Page has been thinking: what if the flyer drop job turned into a full-time job?
Letters: Euthanasia or assisted suicide?
This new law is about having your relatives put down, writes one reader.
Rob Rattenbury: Māori asking for their right, not a privilege
COMMENT: More Māori representation is needed at the local government level
Letters: Should cannabis be legal?
Gangs are already profiting from the sale of cannabis, so why not make it legal?
Letters: Peters' fantasy political football, cannabis and psychosis
I'm of a mind that it is Winston Peters who is the mischievous leprechaun in the mix!
Letters: Health system would not have coped if Covid got away on us
Reader have their say on Govt's Covid response and The End of Life referendum.
The Conversation: Why are Melbourne's Covid-19 numbers so stubbornly high?
Another grim milestone in Victoria's second wave of Covid-19 infections: 725 new cases.
Letters: Thankful to live in NZ, mobility parking issue
Your letters: As one who is an "agedly high risk", I am thankful that I live here.
Russell Bell: Get the experts involved from the start
Having the right equipment is crucial to any business undertaking.
Life, in ever-decreasing circles
You'll never guess what the note on the front entrance to the bank said...
Briefs: drugs seized, kitchen fire, Masters Games support
More than 30 businesses have signed up to the $500 club to support the games.
Your letters: We deserve a peaceful death
End of life debate, abortion laws and Trump.
Teuila Fuatai: Abortion, Harete Hipango and the PM
COMMENT: The abortion debate finds its way back to the political chambers.
Rob Rattenbury: Could Labour govern alone?
National is in a pickle with a long list of members leaving politics or being booted out .
'Cannabis harmful to young adults and teenagers'
Comment: Cannabis is damaging to young brains and linked to lower incomes later in life.
Letters: Sweden's approach and the legality of NZ's lockdown
Whanganui correspondents air different takes on New Zealand's Covid-19 lockdown.
Why NZ's law lacks necessary detail to make a fully informed decision
Comment: Many may be unaware of issues beyond the goal of ending suffering.
Letters: Bring back the ruck, Bags not, Who's to blame?
Rucking as we knew it has effectively disappeared from the game.
Letters: Don't let NZ be dictated to
Two discredited organisations and a country are trying to dictate to New Zealand.
The Conversation: Rogue poll or not, signs point to tectonic shift in NZ politics
NZ will look back at the 2020 election as one when the electoral tectonic plates moved.
Letters: End of rubbish bags causes outrage
Your letters: Appalled at proposal to phase out rubbish bags.
Bryan Gould: Never mind the gutter politics - let's count our blessings
COMMENT: The contagion seems to have spread rapidly.
When best laid plans go awry
The words were out of my mouth and I'd hung up before I fully realised what I'd said.
Doug Sellman: Cannabis inherently safer than alcohol
Comment: Cannabis causes less harm than alcohol in nine of 13 medical outcomes.
Letters: Winston Peters' opposition to wealth tax to 'protect the rich'
Wealth tax - those most affected would be the super-rich.
Rob Rattenbury: The important and loving gift of reading to a child
Comment: Reading just as important in today's world for developing children.
Letters: Trust the word of scientists
Unfortunately, some politicians have politicised the issue to address their own agenda.
Fred Frederikse: The three millispheres of Oz
Australia can be divided into three watershed millispheres.