OPINION: The only thing shocking about pouty, patently sexualised photos of a 10-year-old French model is the fact that she is wearing a $3.6 million necklace, her mother says.

OPINION: The sight of a furniture warehouse owner asking why, while his building goes up in smoke, is one of the most poignant images of the riots in Britain.

OPINION: Congratulations to Soren Eriksen for winning the title of champion brewer of the year.

OPINION: There are two sides to the recognised seasonal employment scheme for Marlborough.

OPINION: There are two sides to the recognised seasonal employment scheme for Marlborough.

OPINION: The thing with this new zero alcohol limit for drivers under 20 is that it is aimed at the intelligent teenagers.

OPINION: Bravo to members of the Clubs of Marlborough, who have returned to using the complex more regularly.

OPINION: The self-destructive behaviour that plagued singer Amy Winehouse's life – and may have caused her death 10 days ago – should not be celebrated.

OPINION: An idea quite new to New Zealand was launched in Christchurch on Monday night with the aim of encouraging a sensible approach to alcohol.

OPINION: The joke used to be that all the Kiwis moving to Australia were increasing the average IQ on both sides of the Tasman.

OPINION: Cherie Kurarangi Sweeney was labelled a nark when she talked to police after her neighbour's six-month-old daughter died.

OPINION: Good advice from Michael Turner after he was sworn in as a Family Court judge in Blenheim on Monday.

OPINION: Any cyclist who refuses to wear high visibility clothing to avoid being hit by a vehicle is a dork.

OPINION: Anders Behring Breivik is pictured in many papers this week lining up the sights on a gun which looks as though it could bring down a small jet plane.

One of the messages coming through in a story on food prices in Blenheim is that rising food prices make it more difficult to choose healthy food.

OPINION: The new i-Site building in Blenheim is a bold affair that cannot be missed as tourists and other visitors drive along State Highway 1 to or from Picton. Pats on the back for the architect for creating something that stands out and makes a statement while still being a low-lying structure.The i-Site is important for the region. The visitor information centre in Blenheim, and its sister centre in Picton, dealt with almost 280,000 people during 2010, with a turnover of $2.8 million. Based on the the most recent statistics, that's about 22 per cent of all visitors to the region during the year.

OPINION: It will come as a surprise to many of us that older men in New Zealand have some of the highest suicide rates in the world.

OPINION: Radler is the German word for cyclist. It is also the name of a style of beer popular in Europe, a low-strength shandy-type beer made by hundreds of brewers in Germany alone.

OPINION: Everyone is a traffic engineer when it comes to the roads and streets they use regularly.

OPINION: It can only be viewed as positive that the new police Tasers have been presented 797 times since they were introduced in March last year. It means that the shock weapons have been used when police would previously have pulled out a firearm.