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Letters: Brash claims not correct

On many occasions since Treaty, Māori have been treated as slaves without legal rights.

Editorial: Can't pay the fees, your kids miss out

School's move should spark discussion about what a free education is.

Letters: High School drama message hits home

"I see you, I hear you, I am sorry for my generation's failure to change."

Jay Kuten: The true definition of a hero

John McCain had the mark of genuine heroism — strong at the broken places.

Rachel Stewart: Fed up with over-sharing

COMMENT: 'Confessional' female writers setting feminism back generations.

Gwynne Dyer: Bring law to the high seas before all the fish are gone

At present trawlers can catch whatever they want on the unregulated "high seas".

Editorial: Mining denied and lessons to be learnt

The High Court judgment said the EPA decision was unlawful

Your letters: Chester, enough already

Maybe Chester doesn't see the communities across NZ awash with drugs and gang crime.

Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of Jacinda Ardern

COMMENT: House is a bit of a mess but I pledge to have it clean by the end of the week.

Letters: Laws don't punish bullies

Giving bullies a dose of their own medicine wouldn't go amiss.

Editorial: Shane Jones is right to call out the banks

Banks talk about putting the customer first and top-notch service -- it's absolute hokum

Chester Borrows: Are you as safe as you feel?

New Zealanders are safer now than they have been for decades, in all areas of risk.

Opinion: Japan sister city takes out trash

At home the Japanese are the kings and queens of recycling

Gwynne Dyer:The Australian sickness

This is an essentially random and purely local case of "monkey see, monkey do" behaviour.

Editorial: Despite shooting, 'gang town' label is still way wide of the mark

Someone gets shot and, for a brief spell, it's all about the gangs

Letters: What would Monty have said?

Subtle tongue-in-cheek nuances winked lasciviously at me until I came to understand.