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Matt Cowley: Our economic recovery will not be like turning on the ignition in your car
NZME has launched GO LOCAL! to encourage people to buy and support local.
Zoe Hunter: Thank you to our businesses
COMMENT: Reporter Zoe Hunter shares her experience writing for the GO LOCAL! campaign
Dawn Picken: Donald Trump's disinfectant and dangerous lies
COMMENT: Critical thinking skills are crucial when evaluating a leader during crisis.
Garry Webber - Buy Local must be our new catchcry
NZME has launched GO LOCAL! to encourage people to buy and support local.
Hanging out for takeout? Be safe and spread your support around
COMMENT: Showing respect also important.
Tenby Powell - Our local businesses need our communities to support them
NZME has today launched GO LOCAL! to encourage people to buy and support local.
Zizi Sparks: Why I've agreed to run/walk 100km in two weeks
Comment: 100km in 14 days doesn't appeal in the slightest but I've signed up anyway.
Scott Inglis: Now is the time to back Go Local! campaign
COMMENT: Now is the time for us to support local businesses.
Stephanie Worsop: Alert level 3 not the time to get complacent
Opinion: Restrictions at level 3 must be adhered to if we are to reach level 2.
'We all knew about the war but no one spoke of it'
Times have changed and as a country we are much better at observing Anzac Day.
Dr Phil Shoemack: Remembering the good from a bad situation
Comment: Let's make sure we remember all the good from a really difficult situation.
Stephanie Worsop: Anzac sacrifices feel more real than ever
The men and women who fought for our country have given us more than just our freedom.
Matthew Hooton: Simon Bridges' leadership beyond salvaging
National must find a replacement who the public might at least listen to.
Juliet Rowan: Lockdown a strange mix of normalcy and emergency
COMMENT: Just as I start to feel better about Covid-19, I also feel worse.
Will Johnston: Tauranga's full of ingenuity in these trying times
COMMENT: This week I heard that close to $6000 is heading to the foodbank.
Stephanie Worsop: What we have learned from Covid 19
Opinion: There are positives that have come out of our lockdown.
Bryan Gould: Bridges' leadership safe ... for now
Comment: Simon Bridges felt impelled to show that he was his own man.
Stephanie Worsop: Isolation will not end for everybody
Opinion: The isolation of some will go on long after the national lockdown ends.
Stephanie Worsop: 10 tips I wish I knew as a new mum
COMMENT: There's a lot to learn. These are the things I wish I'd known.
Bryan Gould: Our model of fighting Covid-19 crisis stands up against the rest
COMMENT: This small country in the South Seas has performed at least as well as any other.
Kiri Gillespie: Ardern has made the right decision
COMMENT: The impact will be far-reaching and affect every one of us.
Bryan Gould: Now is the time to stay strong
COMMENT: Now is the time to stay strong.
Comment: Lockdown stirs memories of when life was simple
Is every day a Sunday in our bubbles?
Matt Cowley: Businesses, councils and Government are in this together
Comment: Small changes could make a big difference to getting businesses earning again.
Will Johnston: My weird list for a weird world
COMMENT: Ladies and gentlemen … Allow me to present a list.
Dawn Picken: Covid 19 coronavirus breeding an obsession with data
COMMENT: We are obsessed, terrified and reassured by pandemic numbers at home and abroad.
Zizi Sparks: City leaders should take Covid-19 pay cut
COMMENT: Taking a pay cut should be a no-brainer for elected officials and council chiefs.
Juliet Rowan: Why am I having weird dreams lately?
Comment: Waking life is increasingly surreal; disturbing dreams may be a sign of trauma.
Letters to the editor: Virus an opportunity for humans to change ways
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Laura Boucher: Lockdown a chance to connect in new ways
COMMENT: It's a chance to experiment with digital technology to overcome barriers.