Season of goodwill is upon us
Nothing encompasses the Christmas spirit better than the readiness to think of others.
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Opinion: Homes just in time for Christmas
Eight families moved into Papamoa's new emergency housing village this week.
Water quality too important to ignore
Most Kiwis are probably adjusting to the idea that some our waterways are polluted.
Letters: Car parking, council legacies
Opinions on car parking, council legacies, Christmas light displays and traffic.
Letters to the editor: Call for an early election
December 20: Cost-effective councils, Maori wards and water restrictions.
Environment's survival should not take second place
"Turning a buck" has been the most important goal for far too long, Bryan Gould says.
Letters: Tauranga suffering from results of poor decisions
December 19: Water restrictions, Maori wards and welfare spending.
Rain signals a spate of crashes
Drive to the conditions especially when it rains after a dry spell.
Tommy Wilson: Christmas is about belonging
It's about connecting or reconnecting to what matters most, and that is whanau and family.
Letters: Treaty discussion and museum options
December 18: Interpreting the Treaty of Waitangi and getting city priorities right.
Letters: The 'Facebook myth', Maori wards, NZ Post and lending restrictions
Letters: The 'Facebook myth', Maori wards, NZ Post and lending restrictions.
Letters: Putting the needs of Tauranga ratepayers first
December 15: There are more important things to spend ratepayer money on.
10 ways you've won in 2017
Here are ten ways to know you've won the game of life this year...
Cats more straightforward than men
If they're only after one thing at least it's easily provided in bowls.
Letters: Maori can be elected under regular wards
December 14: Maori wards, the Treaty of Waitangi and supporting museum.
Letters: Reject racial privilege
December 13: The Treaty of Waitangi and Maori wards
Finding a solution to congestion problems
We need to find a solution to Tauranga's congestion problems, and quickly.
Don't blame the young for unemployment
Unemployment is not the fault of the unemployed.
Letters: Rates increases will hit hard
December 12: Rates increases hitting people hard and visitor centre unnecessary for Mauao.
The spirit of giving at Christmas
Christmas is about giving - even a simple Christmas card can bring joy.
Letters: Water quality and elder abuse
December 11: Readers discuss New Zealand's water quality and elder abuse by neglect.
New speed limit for Tauranga Eastern Link
From today drivers are able to travel legally at 110km/h on the eastern toll road.
Letters: Tauranga museum plan and Maori wards
Readers views on the Tauranga museum plan and Maori wards.
Take care of our taloned friends
There's the sound of tiny talons in the Whakarewarewa Forest.
Letters: Maori wards and plans for a Tauranga museum
Letters: Maori wards and museums
Best dish the dirt yourself - or someone else will
Barry Humphries will tour as himself in what sounds like a final autobiography.
Other options available for a Tauranga museum
December 7: Historic Village as a museum, housing investment and Maori rights.
Letters to the editor: Upgrade for road safety
December 6: Usefulness of road upgrades, exciting theatre and glass recycling.
Museum gets first tick from committee
Tauranga councillors vote for legacy on museum plan.
Nothing can beat a Bay summer
There is not a lot of places better to be than the Bay of Plenty in the summer.