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We need to take our medicine but it comes at a cost

16 May, 2012 - Jeremy Muir

No one should be denied medical assistance because of cost but there is no escaping the fact that prescripton medicine is expensive...

Paying parents care entitlements for disabled children only fair

15 May, 2012 - Jeremy Muir

Caring for disabled people is not an easy job, though it can be hugely rewarding — especially for parents, as they see their children deal with and...

A bit more homework required for young drivers

14 May, 2012 - John Jones

Passing the new practical driving test is proving difficult for young learners, about 60 percent of who are failing...

David Shearer is getting his ducks in a row for 2014

12 May, 2012 - John Jones

While the National-led Government has faced another week of controversy, Labour has quietly positioned itself for the 2014 election...

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No train, no gain for district

16 May, 2012 - Kevin Jordan, Wairoa

THERE’S an old saying “No pain, no gain”. In the case of the Gisborne-Napier rail line, it’s “No train, no gain”...

Greek default, euro collapse?

15 May, 2012 - Gwynne Dyer

LAST year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned: “Nobody should believe that another half-century of peace in Europe is a given. If the euro...

Flood stuff a fraught area

14 May, 2012 - Craig Bauld

CRIKEY, I’m glad I’m not a council officer, or even Mayor — they have to be so polite to people. Council officers even have to be polite to...

Rates, library, staff and tree queries

12 May, 2012

Re: Ruatoria rates rage, May 10 story...

Letters to the Editor

Church demolition a disgrace

16 May, 2012

The decision by the Anglican Church to demolish St Barnabas’ Church at Makaraka, for want of $260,000, is a disgrace...

Word overuse

16 May, 2012

I was talking to a friend the other day about what I consider to be the overuse of the word “absolutely”, particularly in response to a question...

Interesting . . .

16 May, 2012

Interest rates are low and will remain so for the next couple of years. People should be making the most of the opportunity to buy a house now...

Early days on the Gisborne-Napier line

16 May, 2012

My Mum and Dad were the first caretakers of Morere Baths. I was born at Nuhaka in 1926 and well remember how the Depression stopped the building of...