Editorial: Grinding to a halt in the cone zone
City centre cone zone puts drivers in the slow lane
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Your View: Council response "fatuous flim-flam'
Readers write about council voting; apostrophes; assisted dying; and democracy
Frank Greenall: Predator creditors on the prowl
Regular columnist Frank Greenall discuss the debt predator
Editorial: Sheep singer questions our obsession with meat
A protester who sings to sheep before slaughter questions our meat-eating ways.
Jay Kuten: Lack of money means lack of freedom
Good advice for middle-class, well-off Kiwis, but what about those in struggle street?
Mike Hosking: Hands off our balloons
Please save our balloons -- tough for the environment, but the kids will be happy
Rachel Stewart: Ministry's cunning plan fails again
COMMENT: Farmers should have acted sooner but MPI should have too.
Fred Frederikse: I burn plastic ... and I'm not afraid to say so
Burning plastic: toxic, smelly, frowned upon ... but is it the way forward?
Editorial: Hail the mother of all marketing opportunities
Celebrating a special day when the marketing machine cranks into overdrive
Gwynne Dyer: Revisiting the classless society
On the 200th anniversary of Karls Marx's birth, Gwynne Dyer revisits socialism.
Mother's Day visit to a massage parlour
On the face of it a visit home by the Boomerang Child was the perfect Mother's Day present
Kevin Page: Mechanic throws a spanner in the works
There was nothing wrong with the car but my wife insisted I take it to the mechanic
Bold claims of water machine examined
Dr Alison Campbell discusses a water machine with big claims.
Are those plants you want to share goodies or baddies?
Are those plants you want to share goodies or baddies?
Letters: Weighing in on the end of life debate
Letters to the Editor on issues of the day.
Gwynne Dyer: US exit from nuclear deal leaves few options
Gwynne Dyer discusses the US exit from nuclear deal with Iran
Editorial: Google's artificially intelligent wow moment
Google has just demonstrated an AI that can make phone calls.
Your say: Whanganui's Thain building must be saved
Readers have their say on heritage buildings; euthanasia, Israel Folau and fluoride
Nicola Patrick: High time to make a fashion statement
'Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want'
Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of the Prime Minister's music playlist
It's NZ Music Month and former disc jockey Jacinda has picked her faves ... or has she?
Editorial: Public needs to know how councillors voted
Record council votes for greater accountability, so we can see where councillors stand.
Terry Sarten: Live life and live longer
Live music is good for your health, argues Terry Sarten.
Kate Stewart: Ladies get ready, it's man-flu season
Yes, ladies, it's that time of year, again. The season of dread and the imagined dead.
Chester Borrows: Under Donald, clubs are trumps
Why do 50 per cent of Americans think Trump is the answer to their confused question?
Your letters: Trees are answer to global warming
it is logical to believe the Earth is heating and that mankind is at least partly to blame
Mum's the word - and has been for some time
Mother's Day celebrations of one sort or another have been around since ancient times.
Rough language earned a harsh sentence back in the day
Is "dropping the flowers of speech" in public still a breach of the Police Offences Act?
Letters: State itself is abuser and coercer of the vulnerable
The "coercion/abuse" stories are just a cover-up for religious zealotry.
Ian McKelvie: Ditching National Standards 'crazy'
"Education is not a tool to be used to play petty politics; it's far too important."
Frank Greenall: Less tooth, more nail . . .
Jacinda, you've got a nice smile, But for the next couple of years I don't want to see it.
Your letters: Who needs a bigger bureaucracy?
Why do councillors contract out the services we elected them to undertake?
Jay Kuten: Sham concern for the elderly
Research on laws in Canada and Oregon has found claims of elderly coercion are overblown.
Letters: They finally got response to river floods right
Ratepayers were forced to pay millions of dollars for piles of dirt alongside our river.