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Samantha Motion: Creeping costs are ruining Christmas

COMMENT: All this festive spending is getting out of hand.

Letters: New council should look forwards not backwards

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Letters: Beggars come out when cruise ships arrive

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Samantha Motion: Good riddance to Tauranga's begging ban

COMMENT: What was the end goal of banning begging and rough sleeping?

Letters: Vaping most effective way to stop smoking

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Jane Trask: It's time to start thinking about our own funerals and their cost

How can we reduce costs in our own funerals? What are our options?

Zizi Sparks: Pride parade needed in Rotorua and Tauranga

More can be done to support pride in the Bay of Plenty.

Bryan Gould: The lucky country's luck runs out, and it could be the same for NZ

We should not feel so smug in NZ, climate change is coming for us, too.

Letters: Homeless not wanted in the CBD

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Letters: No good reason not to vote for End of Life Choice Bill

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Sonya Bateson: Okay boomer, don't get mad

Don't dish it out if you can't take it.

Foodbank Christmas Appeal: Pitch in and do your bit

The Tauranga Foodbank Christmas Appeal begins today.

'I thought about taking my own life' - Radio host overcomes depression

The Hits radio host shares why he's thankful he experienced depression

Lizzie Marvelly: Irrelevant Guy Fawkes has had his day

COMMENT: It's time for Guy Fawkes to go.

Carmen Hall: Tauranga needs to become more like Rotorua

How did Tauranga get it so wrong?

Letters: NZ is a multi-racial society

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Letters: Paengaroa perfect location for regional stadium

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Letter: A councillor who will not be intimidated by others

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.