Opinion
Rodney Hide: MMP's fatal flaw confirmed
COMMENT: It's a fatal flaw of MMP that two weeks on we still don't have a result.
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Hide: It's not about need - it's greed
COMMENT: The true scandal is our welfare system shelling out money to fit and able.
Hide: Labour keeps quiet its tax policy
COMMENT: What's Labour's tax policy? Don't know? Don't feel bad. Neither does Labour.
Rodney Hide: Don't tax water, trade it
Farmers are right to be worried about Labour's plan to tax water
Hide: Let Jacinda and Winston tango
OPINION: Labour could still win government this election. Politics is a wonderful thing.
Hide: Turei wins the handout vote
COMMENT: Metiria Turei's confession - smart politics or dumb move?
Hide: Is Little ready to dance with Peters
COMMENT: Time for Little to rise above the negativity.
Hide: Big Brother goes through our rubbish
COMMENT: State agents rummaging through your recycling bin? What next?
Rodney Hide: Beware glass-half-full type
COMMENT: Memo to employers: watch out for a particular ex-employee from Southern Spars.
Rodney Hide: NCEA failure repeats itself
COMMENT: Today's "well prepared" is yesterday's "cheating".
Rodney Hide: Speeding towards denial
COMMENT: It's not leadership to be blaming others for your folly.
Hide: Bedwetters, gun haters unite
OPINION: Army visits to schools is the right introduction for our children.
Hide: Dairy owner Harjit Singh my hero
COMMENT: Dairy owners are left to fend for themselves without even the promise of help.
Rodney Hide: Lord not meant for politics
COMMENT: By quitting the race, Rohan Lord proved he is not right for politics.
Rodney Hide: Low rights ranking is nuts
COMMENT: Our global ranking on children's rights a wake-up call.
Rodney Hide: Council needs to back off
COMMENT: Council rules are a roadblock to Auckland's development.
Rodney Hide: List shambles hurts Little
COMMENT: Willie Jackson 'omnishambles' reflects poorly on the party's ability to govern.
Rodney Hide: Folk at Worksafe are eggs
COMMENT: Easter Egg hunts are for children, not Government office workers.
Rodney Hide: NCEA passes a deception
COMMENT: Education Minister Hekia Parata is patting her own back.
Rodney Hide: Autumn of political content
COMMENT: It's a great time to be alive, writes Rodney Hide.
Rodney Hide: SAS allegations shredded
Chief of Defence's response to Hager/Stephenson's book is professional, says Rodney Hide.
Rodney Hide: Not a good look for Barclay
COMMENT: Rookie MP Todd Barclay is creating controversy in Clutha-Southland.
Rodney Hide: Ardern missed a golden opportunity
COMMENT: Red tape is costing us homes and opportunities and a cause worth campaigning on, says Rodney Hide.
Rodney Hide: Think taxpayers not tax eaters
COMMENT: Diversity has become the new thing among the Wellington and Auckland power elite, says Rodney Hide.
Rodney Hide: Time to give kids the keys
OPINION: The big mistake in politics is to underestimate opponents. Clearly, I underestimated Little and Ardern, writes Rodney Hide.
Rodney Hide: Politics of exclusion
COMMENT: Just who are the "My People" Hone Harawira talks of?
Rodney Hide: Why I've fallen for Bill
COMMENT: I had my doubts about Bill English. It's not that I didn't think him capable. He's extremely so.
Rodney Hide: Little's stinker of a week
COMMENT: Jackson was standing for Labour. And yes, Little had lured him with the promise of a high place on Labour's list, writes Rodney Hide.
Rodney Hide: Cost of te reo too high
COMMENT: The choice of job opportunities is too narrow and compulsory te reo for 10 years would cost our children a lot but add not much.
Rodney Hide: Trump trumps naysayers
Trump hysteria has become a parody in which the screamiest and stupidest attacks become headlines.