Opinions

Fishing – Plenty of bait options

Wed, 8 Feb 2017

The water temperature has dropped to about 13-14°C in the Hauraki Gulf and there has been some pretty exciting fishing in deeper water around Flat...

Viewpoint – View from the 27th floor

Thu, 2 Feb 2017

We all look forward to Christmas and the summer sunshine, but just as we begin to relax it seems it’s time to get back to...

Viewpoint – Guarding against corruption

Wed, 1 Feb 2017

Transparency is the key to preventing corruption and, believing this, I have been appointed as the senior politician on a new Audit & Risk Committee....

Viewpoint – Getting customer service

Wed, 18 Jan 2017

As a Rodney Local Board member I come across a lot of complaints. They can be via email, phone call, social media, or at meetings,...

Book Reviews – A Woman’s Place

Sun, 8 Jan 2017

A Woman’s PlaceBy Joan Withers‘Successful women rarely set out to become role models. They just do the best they can and, hopefully, that becomes inspirational...

Book Reviews – Together

Sun, 8 Jan 2017

TogetherBy Julie CohenIs this a great love story or a story about great love? You, the reader, must decide. It starts in the present day...

Viewpoint – Knowledge is power

Tue, 3 Jan 2017

Leadership, integration and transparency are at the top of issues for Auckland Council. There is simply not enough money to make mistakes, too many big...

Viewpoint – And the campaign begins

Fri, 9 Dec 2016

By George Driver Mahurangi is entering a pivotal period and this local government election is critical. For the first time since the Supercity was created...

Job interviews underway

Thu, 15 Sep 2016

Every three years a bunch of people dust off their CVs and ask ratepayers for a job – it’s local body election time. Recent Meet...

Hibiscus Matters letters – August 2016

Tue, 2 Aug 2016

When asked to make a birthday cake for a Silverdale Fire Brigade volunteer recently, Coast Cakes went the extra mile. The cake was for Tammy...

Three hundred issues young

Mon, 1 Aug 2016

By Jannette Thompson Twenty-one years isn’t long in the life of a newspaper. The world’s first papers were printed in Germany in the early 1600s...

Viewpoint – Africa and back

Sat, 4 Jun 2016

By Tracey Martin, NZ First MP I was recently privileged to be part of a three member New Zealand delegation to South Africa and Zambia...