Opinion
What was the leak's point?
OPINION: It's difficult to know exactly what the Bridges leaker hoped to achieve.
Learning to live together, intimately
OPINION: Solving the housing crisis one small apartment at a time.
Politics in the social media age
OPINION: Unsubstantiated claims by politicians have become normalised.
Factory farming an appetite suppressant
OPINION: Let me say at the outset that I'm neither a vegetarian nor a vegan. I do, however, have some concern for the welfare of the animals whose products I so readily devour.
Seeing racism through victims' eyes
OPINION: The beach was beautiful in mid-April, when thoughts of autumn are still some way off on the tropical Natal South Coast, the heart of banana-growing country.
Time for a name debate
OPINION: With a baby on the way for the family, we're having some interesting debates about names, and not just for the child.
Vulnerable need help, not punishment
OPINION: Have you ever been in a job you dreaded showing up to work for?
Doesn't Netflix know me by now?
OPINION: Netflix – it's revolutionised the way we view films, TV series and documentaries, right?
Kiwis shouldn't starve to heat
OPINION: It's an issue that's as much a feature these days of a Kiwi winter as skiing and snowboarding.
Story bringing emotions to the fore
OPINION: A couple of nights ago I had one of those strange stress dreams, when half-formed thoughts sitting in the subconscious seem to take flight.
Let pilot programme overlap review
OPINION: There are some subjects political rivals should be above using for point-scoring purposes with potential voters.
'An appalling waste of money'
OPINION: A 24-hour fundraising campaign this week tells me a lot about our society's priorities.
My hopes take a familiar path
OPINION: I predicted that by the time you read this England would have been knocked out of the football World Cup in Russia, and I was right.
Tenure review needs its own review
OPINION: It's a difficult process - enough of a reason for another look at the system.
Understanding more important than knowledge
OPINION: Imagine for a second being told that what you know at this moment is all you will ever know. That the knowledge you have built up thus far is your lot.
My predictions worse than Paul's
OPINION: Actors claim it's a mistake to work with children and animals.
Some problems with principals' approach
OPINION: The goal appears to be largely the same on both sides of a brewing stoush between Education Minister Chris Hipkins and senior educators. It's the best route to that goal that appears to be the bone of contention.
Music reaches into my soul
OPINION: We were winding up after a long rehearsal when one of my fellow choir members whispered something to me.
It's near the bottom of my list
OPINION: There are not many countries on earth at present that I would less like to live in than the United States.
A name fit for its time
OPINION: Perhaps the answer to an age-old query carries deeper significance than normal this time.
What happens to these children's minds?
OPINION: It's a memory that consists almost entirely of incessant, inconsolable crying.
New work practice Sparks little confidence
OPINION: News last week that Spark had given 1900 of its employees an ultimatum – accept new working practices or face redundancy - was at once both disturbing and slightly amusing.
Dispute resolution without strikes possible
OPINION: Pay negotiations involving the New Zealand Nurses' Organisation (NZNO) and the country's 20 district health boards are at a delicate stage.
A look back to understand me
OPINION: For several years now I've been a keen, if not particularly accomplished, genealogist.
Situation normal: a birth in the Beehive
OPINION: Will we ever get to the stage where the leader of a country having a baby while in office is completely normal?
Timaru mayor has 'unfinished business'
Timaru: NZ's 'best kept secret'
Discernment as important as free speech
Climate changing approach to skifields
New $12m Timaru building 'fit for disaster'
Culture, creativity and celebration
Eels ready for SI rugby league bid
Colour, flair and creativity in competion
'He's young and he's impulsive'