Opinion

Don't let facts get in way of a good protest

Seldom, if ever, has there been such hypocrisy.

Are the statistics really working?

OPINION: A couple of stories published in the Taranaki Daily News yesterday lent a more optimistic light to the region's employment prospects.

Why Section 9 is important for all Kiwis

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The Crown's mixed ownership agenda (or asset sale process, depending on how you want to define it) has kicked off in earnest

Why Section 9 is important

OPINION: The Crown's mixed ownership agenda (or asset sale process, depending on how you want to define it) has kicked off in earnest.

It had to be done, so I sharpened the axe and . . .

THE RILKOFF FILES

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Mrs Jeremy Brown is dead, and I killed her

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The soundtrack to a life - and death

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Column: The Rilkoff Files

Think - are you a sweeper or a grabber?

Life as we understand it changed irrecoverably in December 1965.

It 's Kim Jong - Un: My dream dictator

It was past late. It was early, probably 20 minutes before dawn when Kim Jong-Un visited me in my dream.

Smashing pumpkins are a surprise winner

Some words of wisdom I can never forget

Column: Under the Sky Tower

Back to school - and bankruptcy

I've never been one to covet gazillions in the old cheque account.

Sweet and sour of alternative therapy

The first time I met Mary - on my first day at a new job - she was cuddling a kitten.

Grateful son turned king into a lucky dad

No chance, when you've got Kevinismus

The soundtrack to a life - and death

Dear kids. If it's after the year 2045 and you're reading this for the first time, then I've probably finally popped my clogs and departed for the giant baked cheesecake utopia in the sky.

Column: John de Bueger

A pity they can't see the wood for the trees

There was an interesting front-page story in the Taranaki Daily News last Friday concerning the objections of Federated Farmers to the projected sale of several eastern Taranaki hill- country farms to a foreign buyer for forestry purposes; the application for change of land use is currently with the Overseas Investment Office (OIO).

Nice vases - but a lot of junk, me old China

Last week saw a picket line at Port Tauranga - a demonstration of trade union muscle that for those of us who can recall the pitched battles and brouhahas of yesteryear is now thankfully rare.

So Mr Thompson, ever had a hangover?

Don't mention the war - on nuclear power stance unworthy of smart nation

Haves. Have nots. Have plenty of trouble

Last week, events in England overshadowed the never- ending saga of Western indebtedness. When the first pictures of mainly Afro-Caribbean rioters in hoodies appeared, it was easy to conclude that it was the inevitable end result of multiculturalism;