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Keep tying those ties
I see the appeal in wanting to own one example of everything.

Let's hope the mud festival is clean
COMMENT: NZ is importing mud from South Korea where foot and mouth disease has occurred.

Opinion: Price increases changing home ownership
Million-dollar suburbs are great news for home owners. Less so for renters.

City's growing pains likely to continue
The inflow of new residents brings benefits as well as headaches.

Letters: Bill English and climate change
The minority view can often be proved right.

Tommy Wilson: Haere ra to loved kuia
Tommy says goodbye to a pohutukawa of the community - Maria Ngatai.

Rainbows rare but in good condition
Thoughts are turning to the new fishing season starting in October.

Dawn Picken: Decluttering needs to be a joint effort
My birthday's about a month away. In case you were wondering, I don't need gifts

Letters: TECT cheques, priorities & flu
A reader believes there should be more options on how the annual TECT payment is made.

Clayton Mitchell: This election - Referendum on Referenda
Clayton Mitchell weekly column

Rachel Stewart: Councils must walk climate talk
COMMENT: Is your local council doing enough about mitigating effects of climate change?

Would you help if you could?
Is there no room in politics for a simple human response to the plight of another?

Dame Lynley responds to yarn bombing
Author Lynley Dodd's view on yarn bombing of the Hairy Maclary and Friends sculptures.

Opinion: We must preserve Mauao for future
Some groups may be upset by changes proposed under a new management plan for Mauao.

Tommy Wilson: Salute to an imaginative dad
The voting public gets to decide on the billboard and the promises made on it.

Comedy love - who was your first?
Who was your first comedy love, one who got you through your tough times?

The armchair fashion critic
Melania Trump's floral flock doesn't wash with Rosemary McLeod.

Tommy Wilson: Homelessness is a problem we can fix
Welcome the homeless with an open heart and be part of the solution.

Sadness over spoiled beauty
Why would anyone want to spoil our city's natural beauty?

Opinion: Judging mum-of-nine helps no one
Nine children about to be homeless and people sit back and judge their mother.

E-bike to speed things up for Trails caretaker
A generous donation has been made to the Rotorua Trails Trust.

Right gear important when fish are scarce
It's been challenging fishing in the Rotorua lakes this season.

Letters: Look after Kiwis first
We should be looking after Kiwis first, a reader writes.

Why is Tauranga so addicted to cars?
Tauranga is the most car-reliant main centre in the country.

In term time and in the holidays ...
Do you have a complicated relationship with school holidays?

Letters: Cycle lanes better than footpaths
Psychiatrists made a mistake when describing deficiencies in the service, a reader writes.