Proposed law changes around alcohol could mean 18 and 19-year-olds might not be able to buy alcohol at wholesale outlets but able to purchase alcoholic drinks at licensed premises. Do you think this is a good idea?

Research New Zealand released poll results showing 38 percent of New Zealanders – or one in three – think Maori should be a required subject in schools. Do you agree?

Do you think New Zealand should be talking a lot more about our suicide problem?

Should New Zealand troops be withdrawn from active duty in Afghanistan?

Do you agree with MP Chris Carter that the Labour Party needs to change its leader?

Gisborne Police will no longer provide detailed information of crime happening on a daily basis because they believe this leads to inflated safety concerns in the community.

Do you think this is a good move?

Do you think police should have greater access to firearms?

What qualities will you be looking for when it comes to voting in the October local body election? Choose the four qualities you think most important, in order of preference:

Tickets are now on sale for the new format Gisborne Wine and Food Festival to be held at a single venue in Gray's Bush. Will you be attending this year?

Do you think the Gisborne-Napier rail line should continue to be subsidised if significant customers cannot be found in the next two years?

Are you happy with the foreshore and seabed agreement?

What is more important to you money or happiness?

Will you be watching the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup?

Do you think trustees for the Eastland Community Trust should be appointed by

Do you think you will be better off because of the 2010 Budget?

Farewell Far Side Competition

The Gisborne Herald ran a Farewell Far Side competition last month to mark the worldwide end of the The Far Side cartoon syndication, as well as bring out the best in budding Tairawhiti cartoonists.

Readers were invited to try their hand at one or two Gisborne/East Coast-flavoured cartoons, with the following 10 entries accepted for the competition and published in The Gisborne Herald during April.

Now we would like our online readers to vote for their favourite cartoon.

The winner of the competition will receive a copy of Footrot Flats, The Long Weekender — signed by Murray Ball.

Westpac's chief economist says jobless figures out this week showing a 33.4 percent fall in unemployment here show this region is leading New Zealand's recovery. Do you feel like the Gisborne-East Coast economy is recovering strongly?

Would you subscribe to a full version of The Gisborne Herald online?

Queen Elizabeth has just turned 84. Should she be our last monarch?

Should the Eastland Community Trust put money and resources into the Navigation Project and resolving the Cone of Vision issue?