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Letters: We need cross-party agreement to create the health system that is the best for our people
OPINION: Health should not be a political football.

Letters: How to improve funding for the foundering public health system
OPINION: Some ideas on how to improve funding for the foundering public health system.

Letters: Greens, Labour need to say how they would fund programmes
OPINION: The Greens and Labour need to explain how they will pay for programmes.

Letters: Te Pāti Māori hold Parliament in contempt
OPINION: The business of democracy only works if everyone abides by the rules.

Letters: The Budget won’t change the direction the nation is heading in
OPINION: This Budget won't change the path the country is on.

Letters: It’s time to update the rules of our Parliament – but not by those in power
OPINION: Proposed punishment for Te Pāti Māori MPs totally out of proportion.

Letters: We must accept that our Parliament has to allow for more differences than Westminster does
OPINION: Maybe Te Pāti Māori were wrong in crossing the floor, but not 21 days wrong.

Letters: Worried about helicopters? Try living in West Auckland
OPINION: Out west, the police helicopter buzzes overhead day and night, a reader writes.

Letters: New Zealand was at its wealthiest with a smaller population
OPINION: When is it appropriate to use the C-word in any situation?

Letters: The standard of behaviour in Parliament is increasingly appalling
OPINION: Say what you like about Winston, but he has standards, unlike many others.

Letters: What’s worse? Te Pāti Māori haka or van Velden’s use of the c-word?
OPINION: Te Pāti Māori's Parliament haka was just cultural expression

Letters: Could the American Pope be a guiding influence for the American President?
OPINION: The two most powerful men in the world are American. Could that be a good thing?

Letters: We have to do our bit, whether on defence or to tackle climate change
OPINION: Could Trump's tariffs help us tackle climate change?

Letters: NZ women have honoured Kate Sheppard since 1893
OPINION: A social media ban employs the same thinking that book-burning did in the past.

Letters: Time to abolish rebates for charities
OPINION: Begging is a sad reality of New Zealand life today.

Letters: Our rural roads are dangerous for cyclists
OPINION: Rugby rules need an overhaul; is National committing political suicide?

Letters: Brooke van Velden should remember she rode women’s wave to win Tamaki electorate
OPINION: Te Pati Māori once again show their total disregard for parliamentary procedure.

Letters: Citizens’ assemblies would allow people’s voices to be heard
OPINION: Pay equity policy a bad idea for the Government.

Letters: Mike King's words are spot on
OPINION: Mike King deserves praise for his article urging tolerance.