OPINION: A consolidation of meat processing plants would invariably hurt South Canterbury.

OPINION: Complaints over a reduced air travel perk made me chuckle.

OPINION: For many of us, a million dollars would be a life-changing amount.

OPINION: Let's face it, Timaru drivers can be pretty shocking.

OPINION: Your position is clear: 1080 poison is bad because it kills animals indiscriminately.

OPINION: Gloriavale's leader Hopeful Christian is getting old. Is the end-time for this commune approaching?

Northland is set to benefit from whatever the opposite of a perfect storm is. Its components are these:

Finders, keepers; losers, weepers.

Finance Minister Bill English has been given another platform for grandstanding about his budget management.

OPINION: The word "spying" brings with it negative connotations.

OPINION: "What about us?" That was the immediate reaction to the news that the visiting drivers safety programme was being extended.

Achieving a smokefree New Zealand is going to be a case of one step at a time.

There are two words to remember when dealing with digital data: Be careful.

OPINION: The Timaru District Council appears to be taking a step in the right direction regarding future big spending on sports grounds. In this week's annual budget meeting, there were a couple of surprises.

OPINION: A better breakdown of foreign driver crashes is needed to get a clear picture of how best to deal with the issue.

OPINION: Isis may be baiting us all into a war with beheadings, but doing nothing isn't an option.

OPINION: The one thing you can say about the David Bain compensation case is that it has been a mess.

OPINION: So now we're getting to the nitty-gritty to fix Timaru's winter smog problem.

OPINION: Given the cost of food, it is surprising that anyone would throw quite edible stuff in the rubbish.

OPINION: The passing of Celia Lashlie was a shock, because it came so suddenly and because she mattered.

OPINION: Will the person who dumped rubbish on the Opihi River get away with it?

Local authorities are, on the whole, averse to carrying out prosecutions of residents and ratepayers who break the rules.

OPINION: Some may see a move to allow Timaru District councillors to attend meetings via video conferencing as a watering down of democracy.

OPINION: Just in case you hadn't realised it until now, we're in a drought.

Herald readers share their views on news and events far and wide.

OPINION: The phoney wars are over, now it's time to brace for the real action.

OPINION: Thankfully it's not an everyday occurrence to find log trucks parked up in Timaru's CBD on a weekday morning.

Herald readers share their views on news and events far and wide.

OPINION: Helped by the Kiwi dollar's decline against the greenback, the United States is on the verge of becoming the New Zealand wine industry's biggest export market.

OPINION: The Waitangi National Trust describes Waitangi Day as a day for New Zealanders to "commemorate" the signing of the Treaty.