Opinion

Many Labour demonstrations took place throughout the country yesterday protesting against the continuance of unemployment.

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the cost of destroying rare books, some thoughts on council elections, and the high cost of chickpeas.

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

Are you on the left or right-hand side of the road on the contentious speed limit changes of 2022?

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon caused a flurry of disquiet last Monday when he appeared to suggest that the statutory minimum for sick leave could revert to five days a year from the present 10.

The Chairman of the District Highways Board No 16 wrote asking if the Waikouaiti County Council would take over the road construction plant now being purchased by the board, to be used on the work...

"They lied," said Donald Trump in 2016, running for the Republican presidential nomination against the neo-cons in his own party who had started the "forever wars" in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Anyone who has known the shock and pain of the aftermath of self-inflicted death, family-close or friendship-wide, will be hoping the new suicide prevention strategy announced this week will make a...