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Big pay and a job for life It is always interesting to see how much our top executives get paid . What they never show are all the other financial benefits...

Increasing the police presence If a house is burgled or a shopper walks out of the supermarket with a trolley full of unpaid groceries one might wait for a...

Posturing over Premier House Chris Hipkins was right to call out Christopher Luxon for claiming an optional annual allowance of $52,000 to continue to live...

LETTER OF THE WEEK The expression “if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it” has never been more apt than Act’s proposal to reform New Zealand’s gun laws ( NZ Herald...

New Zealanders overall are discourteous and impatient drivers and we are reminded of these failings pretty much every time we drive on the road. Our road...

There is an old saying: “You get what you pay for”. So it is with MMP. The people of New Zealand, by majority, voted for it, and the majority reaffirmed that...

Changing the Labour narrative Labour’s election loss has been mostly a negative narrative — with very little balanced appraisal. My perspective is that...

Keep the front door to the city There are huge and compelling reasons for Auckland Council to not sell their downtown carpark. The downtown area is the front...

OPINION: Letters on KKK costumes, financial literacy, Asian culture, and up the Wahs!

OPINION: Letters on debt, fast-food diplomacy, home detention, and the St James Theatre.