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Review: Brilliant Tempest produces a storm of laughs
Great cast, great setting -- another Shakespearean triumph at the botanic gardens
Your letters: Fluoride - The science is not sorted
No health agency in fluoridated countries is monitoring fluoride exposure or side effects.
Chester Borrows: You have to hunt where the ducks are
Entrenching the core vote and alienating the centre won't grow support for the party.
Editorial: Right to let son go to funeral
Corrections gets tough call right by letting prisoner out for funeral.
Gwynne Dyer: Ramaphosa can rebuild party's reputation
The ANC is still a legitimate, democratic party with the loyalty of most South Africans.
Business zen: Gita reminder of need for plan
Financial markets, after years of cheap credit, could soon prompt fast-rising inflation.
Your letters: The price of opening
Our main showcase of glass work is closed over our busiest holiday season for visitors.
Frank Greenall: More for poor, no strings
Undoubtedly, no-strings hand-outs can pay off in spades as kick-starters to change.
Editorial: Possible demise of an iconic American brand
Gibson guitars - iconic instruments - could be in trouble.
Jay Kuten: Marijuana debate needs clear minds
We need reasoned weighing of medical cannabis, without politicians' thumbs on the scales.
Editorial: Money talks ... and only it will change US gun laws
Gassroots action offers a slim chance of changes in US gun laws
Your letters: When trees get too big for their roots
Council policy is to remove and replace trees within the CBD when they get too large.
Rachel Stewart: Carping at movie deeply misguided in flawed world
COMMENT: Three Billboards film has drawn flak for lack of neat ending — but that's life.
Rachel Rose: Herbicide resistance rising - let's adapt
Increasing weed resistance will render herbicide sprays redundant
Your opinion: Planned pound too near gunfire?
How will nearby gunfire impact on the already stressed state of dogs in our new pound?
Fred Frederikse: Weeding out the garden
Columnist Fred Frederikse dicusses gardening
Opinion: Noose should be around rodeo's neck
Rodeo is no different to elephants and lions being forced to perform in a circus,
Editorial: $1m dog pound? Because they're worth it ...
$1m for a dog pound is not that exorbitant
Conservation Comment: Our wildlife is worth saving
If we leave these precious creatures to fend for themselves they will be gone.
Your letters: The Frisbee is a big hit in Ethiopia
Frisbees delighted children in the remote village of Waka, in the Dawro zone of Ethiopia.
Your say: Assaults by patients are a real threat
Readers letters: Hospital security; rental issues; Knighthoods; National leadership race
Kate Stewart: Taking a stand could do more harm than good
Oh Lorde ... boycotting a concert in Israel only hurts the innocent
Terry Sarten: Coat of white privilege endures as others suffer wear and tear
The price of privilege varies ... and it's all about colour
Another View: As good a way to go as any
Bill English's fiscal management is the gift that keeps on giving -- even to Labour
Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of National Leadership race
COMMENT: Oh hello! Fancy seeing my name in my own Secret Diary!
Gwynne Dyer: Robots have designs on the future
Finally, most jobs will go - including skilled manual jobs and high-level management jobs.
Editorial: Re-think on state housing to be applauded
New houses represent a U-turn by Housing NZ -- and it is most welcome.
Your letters: Charter schools give failed kids hope
I could not sleep at night if any child in my class could not read.
Chester Borrows: PM can juggle job and mum role
Gender is not a deciding factor in being a good or bad parent or Prime Minister - or both.
Ian McKelvie: Nats' focus on seniors and veterans
'We made real inroads into growing incomes and providing jobs and opportunities.'
Frank Greenall: Prefab can be housing's rehab
"Affordable" housing plans define "affordable" as in the $500,000 range. It's pathetic.
Editorial: Bob Jones -- Knight in shaming odour
White, unelected empire-builder ... the knighthood sits fine with Bob Jones
Business Zen: Locals CAN compete with big box retailers
Establish a compelling value proposition against big players and online market players.