OPINION: What is going on in Auckland?

OPINION: The whistle has gone and we're off.

OPINION: Calls have been made for an inquiry and an apology from the police as the number of people being charged following police action under the Terror Suppression Act has seen the Urewera 17 dwindle to four.

OPINION: Calls have been made for an inquiry and an apology from the police as the number of people being charged following police action under the Terror Suppression Act has seen the Urewera 17 dwindle to four.

OPINION: Wendy Palmer has every right to be a worried woman.

OPINION: It's always easier to keep something clean and tidy when it starts out nicely organised. Getting organised in the first place is the hardest part.

OPINION: Telecom appears to have some work to do on its approach to being a good neighbour.

OPINION: Some high fliers in the public service might be a bit miffed with a missive last week from State Services Commissioner Iain Rennie, but he has made a good call.

OPINION: Michael Clark lived alone in his small Wellington flat for 30 years. He was 88 when he died alone in that third-floor flat, surrounded by people who knew only that he liked to be alone without being bothered, just as they liked their privacy.

OPINION: The new rules for fishing blue cod in the Marlborough Sounds are not perfect.

OPINION: Congratulations to the Marlborough Arts Society, which celebrated its 50th anniversary on Saturday night.

OPINION: Phil Brown is a hard-working man trying to make a dollar from his secondhand car yard at the intersection of Main St and Park Tce, the busiest intersection in Blenheim.

OPINION: Could you hear a din coming from out along the lower stretches of the Wairau River at the weekend?

OPINION: Revenue Minister Peter Dunne says small business owners have nothing to worry about from Inland Revenue after the Supreme Court ruling this week against a couple of surgeons from Christchurch, although that probably won't be terribly reassuring for anyone with family trusts attached to their companies.

OPINION: So Graham Henry has finally named his squad of 30 players for the Rugby World Cup.

OPINION: Any suggestion that New Zealand troops should be brought home from Afghanistan because a soldier has been killed is daft.

OPINION: No wonder the Cancer Society is worried about its appeal this year.

OPINION: Oho Cooper is a teenager with a chequered past who has plans for his future.

OPINION: More than 300 people were injured in tractor accidents during 2009 – roughly one a day.

OPINION: No-one would blame Adidas for trying to capitalise on its investment in the All Blacks, but it has made a major mistake in reading the market.