
Teuila Fuatai: Alarming Covid case numbers didn't need to be this bad
The top five columns of the year from Teuila Fuatai.
Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
OPINION: Instead of addressing its own failures, IHC removes residents' basic choices.
Pre-Covid travel stint feels like a different era, if not whole other universe right now.
OPINION: Teuila Fuatai on cricketer's decision not to take the knee.
OPINION: Striving to be more productive might also be filling your world with stress.
Opinion: Life's not going back, so let's figure out how to exist in our new normal.
OPINION: For many, obstacles litter the path to freedom and 'normality'.
Some of our brightest solo stars feeling shafted by Government's handling of Covid rules.
Vaccination push raises questions around health and safety requirements and obligations.
Naming subcluster ethnicity made already stressful situation worse for affected families.
OPINION: Another week at level 4 and we're still failing to learn from our mistakes.
OPINION: Getting to the root of violence must come first.
Indigenous knowledge should be valued beside Western systems, not pitted against them.
Opinion: Emergency spots are subject to a raft of criteria.
OPINION: Pandemic has forcibly halted a business model that should never have flourished.
Understanding how pōwhiri and koha work is simply part of that process.
OPINION: It's the only way to break the cycle of violence and harassment.
Understanding what Panthers have achieved tells story of Pasifika struggle in Aotearoa.
OPINION: Exactly what are we missing out on so that bike/pedestrian bridge can be made?
OPINION: Naomi Osaka's French Open exit spotlights mental health of elite tennis athletes.
Leadership power-struggle fuelling debate over what country's democracy should look like.
OPINION: Training for a half-marathon - it sounded like so much fun...
OPINION: Emergency housing system is broken and Govt needs to step up and fix it.
OPINION: Cautionary tales for anyone braving the daily suburb-to-CBD transport grind.
Milestone election for Samoa chance to reflect on what it means to look back from afar.
OPINION: Appetite for new direction is strong but those at the top are dragging the chain.
Those boots weren't made for walking - but would I do it all again? In a heartbeat.
OPINION: The twist in the drama came via an apology - from a surprising quarter.
OPINION: Essential to getting back on track is recognising what is wrong.
OPINION: Proposed Aussie law change means a dire situation is about to get worse.
OPINION: While many struggle, for others, Covid has reinvented work.